La Belle Echoppe

FrenchTrotters and redingote teamed up to open La Belle Echoppe, a sharply curated online boutique entirely dedicated to products that are made in France. Items include: bags by Bleu de Chauffe, Basque espadrilles by Don Quichosse, Breton sailor shirts by Le Minor, combs and shoehorns crafted by Atelier de la Licorne, fragrances by Institut Tres Bien, and apparel by FrenchTrotters. Stationery, kitchenware, and other sundries complete the collection.

Whillas & Gunn Rucksack

This piece from Whillas & Gunn looks solid.

Tonic Bubble

You can recall spending summer evenings as a child frolicking with your siblings and blowing bubbles out of a little plastic dispenser. Your mother bought the bottle of soapy solution for two bits on her midday trip to the general store. The '80s were a simpler time.

If you were growing up in 2011 with Tonic Bubble, the game clearly would be different. You'd be making airborne sculptures.

Stone Island Flagship in Riccione

Here's Stone Island demonstrating how to build a store. They simply kill it.

Kakadu Traders Jackets

Kakadu Traders have been making durable clothes to withstand the harsh Australian bush for over 40 years.

Kings Cross.
Pibara.
Nelson.

Sunpocket Original

Sunpocket foldable shades made quite the splash with the outdoorsy Euro set in the late-1970s and 1980s. Originally a French company, the brand has been revived in 2011 by Jacob Hoglund in his native Sweden. The reissued sunnies look sharp in a variety of colors, and at $65 are a more affordable alternative to Persols.

Saracen Messenger Bag from Bedouin Foundry

The Saracen Messenger Bag is handmade in England and constructed using waterproof 10-oz. "Rhinowax" waxed canvas and top-grain vegetable leather. Buckles are AustriAlpin Cobra, the strongest in the world, and the bag uses seatbelt-grade nylon webbing. There's a zip pocket at the front and two sleeve pockets within. Each bag is lined with a hand-printed cotton pattern. Workmanship and materials are guaranteed for life.

Up There

Up There, directed by Malcolm Murray, is a documentary about the dying craft of large-scale, hand-painted advertising in New York City.

School Supplies

New Chance Short Films

Chance debuted three short films last week, a series entitled "A Line You Discover By Chance." Each film was written and directed by Risa Mickenberg with cinematography by Kyle Kibbe and music by Joey Burns of Calexico. The featured subject is Kate Jones.

Jeremy Rifkin | The Empathic Civilisation

The Hill-Side "Wa" Woodblock Print Pocket Square

100% of the purchase price will be donated to the International Rescue Committee.

J.J. Mercer A/W 2011

J.J. Mercer is a London-based menswear label named for a fictional character of their own creation, John Jack "Bunny" Mercer. He's a Californian from yesteryear endowed with sartorial flair, the representation of which, in this collection, includes splashes of the preppy, military, surfy, and beatnik aesthetics.

In J. Crew Madras

This one's for J.R.S., Madras of the Day pioneer. #MOTD. Photo: Dustin A.