With a Little Help from my Friends : Weve Moved.

After much ado, SECRET FORTS has a new address. Weve re-built the fort, bigger and better, but tried to keep it the same old Secret Forts youve come to know and love. This site will remain as an...

Transit Issue : Apolis + Sierra Designs, Oakland, CA.

My good friends over at Apolis have just today released the latest additions to their Transit Issue collection, the stand out being(though very stoked to see the re-stock of the tough-as-nails...

Thirty Minutes or Less : Warhols BMW M1.

BMWs art car project. Started by French race car driver Hervé Poulain in 1975, Warhol spent all of 23 minutes painting the M1 in 1977. It raced only once in the 24 Hours Le Mans endurance race in...

Articles & Effects : Hemingways Bean Boots.

Photo x Jonathan Becker for Town&Country

Summer Blues : Oak Street Navy Suede Trail Oxford.

A while back, I introduced you to Oak Street Bootmakers and have since been wearing the heck out of their Trail Oxfords. Just today, available in limited numbers, a navy Horween suede Trail Oxford...

Summer Listening : Dirty Golds California Sunrise.

Thanks to GT, havent stopped listening to this jam in weeks.

Kerouac in Shorts : Miki "Da Cat" Dora.

“Real secrets will get you dead. I always forget to remember anything. I am a waterlogged, sun-baked old surf bum and that act always ends the inquisition. I wanted to be left alone. So I left...

Its Back : The Rig Out, #IV.

Hot off the presses, the fine fellows of the Rig Out(them being Glenn Kitson, Andy Bird and Antony Crook) have done it yet again and as usual, in a big way.If youve been charting the progress of...

Studio Visit : Stanley & Sons, BK/NY.

The other day I paid a long overdue visit to Stanley & Sons. Just down the street from my apartment in Brooklyn, each bag and apron is handmade, start to finish, in a 350 sg/ft studio space on...

Pictures of Pictures of : Steve McQueen.

All photos of Steve McQueen, the undisputed King of Cool(as they say), by William Claxton. Published by Taschen Books. Thanks Junior.

Coming Attractions : Baldwin Mens Shop, KC.

My buddy Matt & co. just putting the finishing touches on things. Get ready, KC.

Epic Road Trip : Hamilton Dry Goods, Sparta, TN.

While Sandy was back in Brooklyn, handling the daily operations of both The Hill-Side and Hickorees, Emil and I made a trip down south to Nashville to do some sight seeing, some honky-tonking and...

Out/About : Here/There.

R.I.P. : Cy Twombly, 4/25/28-7/5/11.

Graphic in Nature : Hatch Show Print.

On a recent trip back home to Nashville(more on that later), I made a stop in to the legendary Hatch Show Print.Started in 1879 by the sons of Reverend William T. Hatch, The history of the city has...

Have a good Fourth of July.

Goin Back to Cali : US Made Sierra Designs, 60 /40.

I know that its not even the Fourth of July yet, but lets talk about a particular favorite topic here on SECRET FORTS; parkas. And one in particular, Sierra Designs. Thanks to the diligence of some...

Moving Pictures : The Rig Out IV Film, The Stream.

With The Rig Out Issue IV at the printers presently, Im pleased to present the teams accompanying film. According to the press release, This time out, the wanderlust of stylist Glenn Kitson and...

The Map : Wallabout Bay and The Brooklyn Navy Yard.

A look back at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. Along my bike route between Greenpoint and Red Hook. "At its peak, during World War II, the yard employed 70,000 people, 24 hours a day." most images...

The Board : Full Blown Summer.

Your pictorial guide to a proper, stylish, adventurous and perhaps dangerous summer.

Out & About / Here & There.

Johnny and the Quest for the Perfect Wave.

"Religion? You might say I smoke my pot religiously."

Greetings From Old Far Rockaway.

Images found HERE.

Shelf Life : WORKWEAR 2, MONO.

Head to Toe : Get Lost.

-Filson Shelter Cloth cap-American Optics Sunglasses + MS&Co. Sleeve-Grandfathers Omega Bumper Constellation + NATO strap-Case Sod Buster jr. -Canon S95 + ACL&Co. waxed canvas zipper...

Flahutes and Roleurs : The Rapha Continental Film.

“The greater the suffering, the greater the pleasure. That is nature’s payback to riders for the homage they pay her by suffering. Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses; people have become...

Field Test : Apolis + Katin Surf Trunks.

The other day, the fellas at Apolis closed up shop for a day spent saying hello to summer, surfing the southern swells off the Malibu coast. The official mission, to field test their Apolis + Katin...

FOBs.

On the Subject of : Psychomania, 1971.

"Just ordinary trouble makers..." Cult classic, Psychomania, 1971. For some reason, had this on VHS years back. Seriously dig The Living Deads helmets. Of course, Secret Forts doesnt endorse...

Riding Dirty : Motorcyle Diaries.

Mark Buche from the Motorcycle Industry Council is on a mission to get us on bikes. And this past weekend, a group of us got together in a parking lot out at Queensborough College to learn the...