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At long last the Engineer Jacket is here! Our run of these brand new jackets is complete and they are available for purchase. Mike is extra excited about these jackets and whipped up some extra special fabric tags to emphasize their dead stock denim and hand made construction. Each tag is made from the same selvedge denim as the jacket itself and is hand numbered and stamped with our logo. The tags also feature a printed hand-written note from Mike himself!
Jackets are available in sizes S-XL.
Ps. Like everything we make, these jackets are built tough. But they’re also so classy you’ll keep on wearing them right through dinner. And you know what all the true gentlemen wear to stay debonair? Yes, that’s right, chambray ties from Rising Sun.
-Jesse the Intern
When Pasadena Magazine thought up the concept to do a issue on the power women living in Pasadena they thought of Rosie the Riveter. Next they called up there resident experts on clothing from that era and asked us if we wanted to help. The idea sounded like fun, and the opportunity to meet Alison Brie… even better. We quickly sewed together a women’s chambray shirt, modeled after a vintage piece that we had, and we made one of our bandanas in a red and white version to complete the look. Both pieces turned out great and they may be something that we produce in the future. Mainly thought it was just a way for us to stay involved in the community that we love.
Some of you out there have been patiently waiting for us to produce more of our Engineer Jackets and I am happy to say that the wait is almost over. Further more we are making up for the long delay by making a extra special batch using some dead stock denim. This denim is a 40′s-50′s true ringspun 2×1 that was dyed with real indigo and has a white selvage edge. Unfortunately quantities will be limited. We are making sizes S-XL. If you are not on the waiting list already you might want to email in and request to be placed on it. I will notify those who have been waiting longest first. Here are some pictures of the dead stock denim and photos of a past engineer jacket that we had made, enjoy!
In 1933 Roosevelt resolved to pull this country out of the depression by putting the american people back to work. As part of Roosevelt’s second New Deal he instated several government funded organizations. One of these organizations was the Works Progress Administration, or WPA. Among other things the WPA was devoted to building roads, bridges and parks. Many young men found work during those hard times with the WPA. Today we can still enjoy the results of their hard work.
Below are pictures of some of these young men. Pay close attention to the work pants worn at that time.
Paying homage to the WPA workers, we developed the WPA Work Pant. Although these are a Rising Sun original you can see they are clearly inspired by those depression era work pants of the 1930′s.
Hope you like ‘em!
This years Inspiration show is taking place on board The Queen Mary down in Long Beach and we are happy to be apart of the line up once again. We will be sharing a booth with our Friend Julian of Julian Boots and should have a pretty cool set up. This is a fun opportunity to meet some of our fans and mingle with other members of the vintage americana community. I hope to see you there. 
We just came across some cool vintage Dutch Military suspenders! We are selling them here in our Pasadena shop, but would like to give some of them away. For a limited time, come in wearing a pair of our Blacksmiths, or either pair from our Dead Grass Collection and walk out with a free pair of these vintage military suspenders.
Here are some pictures of Chris, one of our favorite customers, in his Deadgrass collection jeans and Rising Sun chambray. He got his free pair, who’s next?
Thanks Chris!
While today the word apron is synonymous with women in the kitchen, throughout history they have been a workwear staple for men, and continue to be today. The word possibly comes from the french word for tablecloth “napron”. Just as a tablecloth protects a table, an apron can be useful in protecting ones clothes from wear and tear as well as keeping them clean.
In most cases the fabrics used are various qualities of canvas, woven on shuttle looms. This ensures that they are narrow goods with selvedge edges, and a rare fabrication in todays world.
We are planning to produce a small batch of aprons in the near future, using selvedge canvas, in raw natural seed also known as, greige.
Here is a small sampling of vintage work aprons from the Rising Sun archive, and we’d like to share these beautiful articles of workwear history with you.
