Recently Purchased | Filson Tab Suspenders

Brace yo'self foo!!!

*Additional Information

1 1/2" wide
elastic straps
Adjustable
Bridle leather button tabs (four in front, two in back)
Brass rivets on front tabs
Bridle leather crosspiece in back embossed with "C.C. FILSON CO, SEATTLE,
SINCE 1897"
Made in USA
Fabric Elastic
Straps, 100% cotton elastic, colorfast, 1 1/2" width   
Weight approximately 7 oz   
Fitting To order your correct size, measure your torso
in the same way that you wear suspenders (start at your waistband in back,
run the tape over your shoulder, and finish at your waistband in front). If this measurement is
46" or less, order size Regular. If this measurement is longer than 46" order size Long.
Sizes When adjusted to its longest length, but not stretched: Regular is 46"; Long is 54"
Care Spot clean with mild soap and water on a clean rag.

Use saddle soap to clean, soften, and preserve bridle leather. Saddle
soap is designed specifically to care for bridle leather, and is usually
available where shoe care products are sold. Follow the instructions
on the container.
 
DO NOT professionally dry clean or machine wash. The
dyes can bleed, or the leather can dry out, which can cause cracking
or splitting.

Random Thoughts | Heritage Clothing

An interesting excerpt from Tyler Britt on Heritage Clothing. Will it last, you be the judge...

Heritage clothing. You know what I mean—browsing the forums, it is omnipresent. Workwear (Japanese included), Americana, anything ACL champions, Levis, Filson, Alden, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Are these just part of a trend, or a change in the institution of fashion?

Biographic digression: I spent my late teens with a great interest in fashion. It was an escape from the singular ideology and dress code of my small hometown. With college came greater intellectual expansion and a growing distrust of the industry of fashion. I realized that fashion, like many other consumer products, was fueled by a need to promote seasonal trends, increase consumption, drive up profits, and in turn be more wasteful.

Over the past few years, I have been observing the rise of heritage clothing companies. Suddenly fashion had won me over again. I saw fashion companies that cared about what they were making (or in many cases—have been caring for decades, some nearly centuries). They were making products that conformed only to standards of quality, not seasonal trends.

Is heritage clothing going to be displaced by another trend approaching on the horizon, or will quality prevail?

[Source] Tyler Britt