Save The Date: 3rd Annual Inspiration Vintage, Fashion, Art & Kulture Show At The Historic Queen Mary • February 10-11, 2012 Produced By Japanese Collector Rin Tanaka, Counter-Culture Event Showcases 100+ International Exhibitors—From Vintage & Contemporary Work Wear, Surf Accessories & Art—On Display & For Sale “Rin Tanaka’s Inspiration vintage clothing fair in Long Beach […]
Dear Freedamn Heads Only three months are left till 2/10-11/2012 already; my e-mails & phones are getting busy now. Thanks to all vintage dealer’s friends, B2 floor are already sold out!! But B1 floor are still available: only 5 booth left now. If you are interested in having your booth at the next show, […]
Dear Freedamn Heads I am editing the next book, My Freedamn! 10 now. Featuring 1980s new wave fashions: including over 1000 items in totally P352 pages!! Thanks to super many supports by worldwide fredamn heads, This title will be the final one in the My Freedamn! series since 2003, finally!! So, we, MF Teams in […]
Vintage Auction File 3: Embroidered Japan-Tour Jacket “Iwojima” Embroidered Japan-Tour Reversible Jacket “Iwojima,” with “Tokyo Speed” zipper, manufactured in Japan in ca. 1957. Size: Small. *This Japan-Tour jacket, ordered by Art Donnie who served for U.S. M.C. from 1954 to 1957, has extremely rare embroidery on the back: “Iojima.” Wow….!! Probably, his “3rd Service Engineering” […]
Dear Freedamn Head Suddenly, I got a good news from Shaw Stussy (our Event logo designer, too!). He will open his new shop “S/ Double Surfborad” in Montecito (Santa Barbara area) soon! Opening party will be held on 6-8 pm on 11/11/11! Let us go up to Montecito!! Congraturation, Shawn!! Rin Tanaka
Vintage Auction File 2: Lee’s Hand-Painted U.S. Navy Cotton Sailor-Jacket “1940” Lee’s Cotton Shirt-Jacket for U.S. Navy during WWII, manufactured by Lee ( “Sanforized Pat” label,) hand-painted “Camp Fire” at the front and “1940” at the back. Ca. 1940. Size: Large.
Vintage Auction File 1: Lee Cowboy’s 1940s “Hair On Hide” Jeans Lee’s Cowboy Pants, second version of “Hair On Hide” model, with cinch & buckle, “Lazy S” stitches, “one-side lined” Selvedge denim, “Union Made Lee Sanforaized Shurank” Label which was used from 1936 to 1943. *This very rare pair of Lee’s “Hair oh Hide” model […]
Dear Freedamn Head Hello! Next weekend, 11/4-5, Men’s Vintage show will be held in NYC! Larry McKaughan, Brian Cohen, John Gluckow….. will be all there!!!! Probably many “my East Coast friends” will be there too!!! Wow, I wish to fly to NYC!!!! Please check out their show, if you will be in Manhattan next weekend!!! […]
Dear Freedamn Heads Hello! Entering October, many e-mails are coming into my mail box! Thanks to many supporters, many booths of Inspiration 2012 were already sold out!! But we have few or some left. Please think about to join as a exhibitors next feb!!! Thanks always! Rin Tanaka
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