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May 8 is National Bike to School Day!

SCHOOL CHILDREN, WERE FORCED TO USE THEIR BICYCLES ON FIELD TRIPS DURING THE FUEL CRISIS IN THE WINTER OF 1974. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH GASOLINE FOR SCHOOL BUSES TO BE USED FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, EVEN DURING DARK AND RAINY WEATHER, 02/1974
David Falconer, photographer.  From the EPA’s DOCUMERICA Series

What did you ride to school? 10 Speed? BMX? Fixie?

todaysdocument:

May 8 is National Bike to School Day!

SCHOOL CHILDREN, WERE FORCED TO USE THEIR BICYCLES ON FIELD TRIPS DURING THE FUEL CRISIS IN THE WINTER OF 1974. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH GASOLINE FOR SCHOOL BUSES TO BE USED FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, EVEN DURING DARK AND RAINY WEATHER, 02/1974

David Falconer, photographer.  From the EPA’s DOCUMERICA Series

What did you ride to school? 10 Speed? BMX? Fixie?

wbez:

verosays:

This is what structural racism looks like. 
Chicago, we have to do better.

Media criticism done on a napkin.

wbez:

verosays:

This is what structural racism looks like. 

Chicago, we have to do better.

Media criticism done on a napkin.

fishingboatproceeds:

88,000 notes?!

(By the way, you can follow Sarah on tumblr. Also the President.)

closetfreaksblog:

Lands’ End Canvas x Closet Freaks #CanvasCheers Giveaway
Cheers to the New Year! In order to celebrate the beginning of 2013 we’ve teamed up with Lands’ End Canvas to outfit you for the winter in style. We’ve always loved the iconic American style of the Lands’ End Canvas brand and now you can too! Win all five pieces that Dustin is wearing in this outfit in your select color and size!
Men’s Wool Down Parka | Men’s Wool Plaid Bomber | Men’s Fine Gauge V-neck Sweater | Men’s 5-pocket Slim Fit Cords | Men’s Allen Edmonds Yuma Boots
Here’s how to enter:
TWEET the following using the “Tweet about the Giveaway” option in the Rafflecopter widget below:




 Just entered the @canvaslandsend x @closet_freaks #canvascheers giveaway. My favorite item is: [link to item] 




Simply replace the text “[link to item]” with the product link of your favorite item from the http://canvas.landsend.com site
For example, you can TWEET:




Just entered the @canvaslandsend x @closet_freaks #canvascheers giveaway. My favorite item is: http://canvas.landsend.com/pp/mens-wool-plaid-bomber~244891_-1.html 




DON’T FORGET to copy and paste the tweet URL of your tweet into the RAFFLECOPTER widget below for you entry to count! You can tweet once per day and unlock more entry options through the Rafflecopter widget.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
You don’t want to miss this killer giveaway! Good luck everyone!
- Anthony & Dustin
***Note that if any of the items are sold out, the winner can select something else to replace it. Otherwise, the prize will be the same items shown above in the winner’s preferred size and color.
Find us: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | BLOGLOVIN | PINTEREST | LOOKBOOK

closetfreaksblog:

Lands’ End Canvas x Closet Freaks #CanvasCheers Giveaway

Cheers to the New Year! In order to celebrate the beginning of 2013 we’ve teamed up with Lands’ End Canvas to outfit you for the winter in style. We’ve always loved the iconic American style of the Lands’ End Canvas brand and now you can too! Win all five pieces that Dustin is wearing in this outfit in your select color and size!

Men’s Wool Down Parka | Men’s Wool Plaid Bomber | Men’s Fine Gauge V-neck Sweater | Men’s 5-pocket Slim Fit Cords | Men’s Allen Edmonds Yuma Boots

Here’s how to enter:

TWEET the following using the “Tweet about the Giveaway” option in the Rafflecopter widget below:

Just entered the @canvaslandsend x @closet_freaks #canvascheers giveaway. My favorite item is: [link to item]

Simply replace the text “[link to item]” with the product link of your favorite item from the http://canvas.landsend.com site

For example, you can TWEET:

Just entered the @canvaslandsend x @closet_freaks #canvascheers giveaway. My favorite item is: http://canvas.landsend.com/pp/mens-wool-plaid-bomber~244891_-1.html

DON’T FORGET to copy and paste the tweet URL of your tweet into the RAFFLECOPTER widget below for you entry to count! You can tweet once per day and unlock more entry options through the Rafflecopter widget.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

You don’t want to miss this killer giveaway! Good luck everyone!

- Anthony & Dustin

***Note that if any of the items are sold out, the winner can select something else to replace it. Otherwise, the prize will be the same items shown above in the winner’s preferred size and color.

Find us: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | BLOGLOVIN | PINTEREST | LOOKBOOK

smithsonianmag:

 
Where Did Pabst Win that Blue Ribbon?

“Go get me a blue ribbon.” I must’ve heard my grandpa utter those words hundreds of times as we sat together fishing off our small dock. Even before I could read I knew which beer to grab for him – the one with the first prize ribbon on the can. I didn’t realize it as a child of course, but that ease of recognition was a testament to the power of branding.
Pabst Blue Ribbon beer—PBR to its friends—may today be best known as the preferred beer of old Midwestern fishermen and mustachioed hipsters, but that instantly recognizable ribbon is more than just a symbol or marketing ploy. Pabst did, in fact, win a first-palace award at one of the most celebrated events in American history. The year was 1893 (a time when everyone looked like a mustachioed hipster) and in Chicago, Illinois, America’s greatest architects and planners had created a fairground unlike any the world had ever seen, a utopian White City. - Continue reading at Smithsonian.com.

Photo by: Flickr user rob_rob2001
Ed note: The truth behind beer goggles.

The 1893 World’s Fair was a hell of an event.

smithsonianmag:

Where Did Pabst Win that Blue Ribbon?

“Go get me a blue ribbon.” I must’ve heard my grandpa utter those words hundreds of times as we sat together fishing off our small dock. Even before I could read I knew which beer to grab for him – the one with the first prize ribbon on the can. I didn’t realize it as a child of course, but that ease of recognition was a testament to the power of branding.

Pabst Blue Ribbon beer—PBR to its friends—may today be best known as the preferred beer of old Midwestern fishermen and mustachioed hipsters, but that instantly recognizable ribbon is more than just a symbol or marketing ploy. Pabst did, in fact, win a first-palace award at one of the most celebrated events in American history. The year was 1893 (a time when everyone looked like a mustachioed hipster) and in Chicago, Illinois, America’s greatest architects and planners had created a fairground unlike any the world had ever seen, a utopian White City. - Continue reading at Smithsonian.com.

Photo by: Flickr user rob_rob2001

Ed note: The truth behind beer goggles.

The 1893 World’s Fair was a hell of an event.

cbenjamin:

27 hours before the DC @mrsuitsupply store opens. What else would we be doing? (Taken with Instagram)

cbenjamin:

27 hours before the DC @mrsuitsupply store opens. What else would we be doing? (Taken with Instagram)

youmightfindyourself:

waxandmilk: The films of Tony Scott (1983-1996)

putthison:

Put This On Season Two, Episode 3: (New) Traditions

Put This On, a web series about dressing like a grownup, visits London, where we examine how traditions are being reinvented in the birthplace of classic menswear.

We go to Savile Row, where we meet up with a historical guide to talk about the history of the world’s oldest tailoring street. We also chat with the tailor Richard Anderson about what’s special about The Row. Patrick Grant, the owner and designer of Norton & Sons, talks about how Savile Row can become a vital part of the international fashion world again.

Just off Savile Row, we go to the basement showroom of W. Bill, the world’s most legendary tweed merchant. Ray Hammet, who’s worked at W. Bill for decades, shows us around the stacks of wooly majesty.

In our PTO: Man segment, we talk with Ian Bruce, painter and member of the band The Correspondents, about re-imagining the SoHo dandy for the 21st century. He takes us through London’s red light district, and tells us why he doesn’t want to look like a painter at the end of a long day of painting.

We visit the tie factory owned and operated by Drake’s of London to learn how a high-quality tie is made, from fabric to finished product. Then we buy one to send to a supporter of the show.

Plus Dave Hill tells where sport sunglasses are and are not appropriate, in Rudiments.

This is the third episode in our six-episode second season. In this season, we visit the three greatest men’s style cities in the world, as chosen by our readers - New York, Milan and London.

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Watch it elsewhere:

Vimeo / Youtube / iTunes

Clothing Credits (Coming Soon)


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Buy Season One on DVD for $16

This episode was supported by our viewers and by The Put This On Gentlemen’s Association.


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Executive Producers: Jesse Thorn & Adam Lisagor

Director: Benjamin Ahr Harrison

Host / Writer / Producer: Jesse Thorn

Rudiments: Dave Hill

Producer: Kristian Brodie

Director of Photography: Charlie Cook

Sound: Kristian Brodie