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Archival Clothing
www.archivalclothing.com
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Survey of retro to modern wool and waxed cotton outdoor clothing, bicycles, artifacts, movies, media and tv viewing events.
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SHOWERING WITH KIRKS

Our pal Matt has a great cabin on his land upstate, and next to the cabin theres a shower, and now next to the shower theres Kirks soap. Matt says: I LOVE AN OUTDOOR SHOWER AND THE MORE EXPOSED TO TH...

13 h ago

An Archival Salute

1 day ago

Archival Aviators

4 days ago

Evidence - Odds & Ends Sale

Illustrations by Morejohn, Archival shipping clerkThanks to all our local fans for stopping by last Friday for our first ever Odds n Ends sale. Thanks to Brad at Well Spent and Jesse at Put This On f...

6 days ago

Mountain Summer

For those of you working through the summer, I recommend shopping from the Glenbow Museum Archives for surrogate vacation snaps of the Canadian Rockies from the 1920s and 1930s. If youre too pressed ...

21 may 12

Reminder - Archival Odds n Ends Sale

A reminder that were having our first Archival Odds n Ends sale today (5/18) at our new Eugene headquarters from 12-7. Well have samples, seconds, discontinued items, and one-off oddments. Most every...

18 may 12

Archival Pencil Sharpeners

Shopping from 1949In our household, we still use pencils for annotating books and recipes, for list making and doodling. We love having a manual pencil sharpener that accommodates the various sized p...

16 may 12

Odds n Ends Sale

We just moved offices from one side of Lincoln street to the other! In honor of the occasion, well be hosting the First Annual OddsnEnds Sample Sale on Friday, May 18th from 12-7 PM. Come on down to ...

14 may 12

Archival Laundry

11 may 12

Archival Summer

While we love wool and waxed canvas, here are some Archival items in our favorite summer weight fabrics, canvas duck and cotton, for warm weather wear.The Hill-Side block bullseye scarfArchival strip...

09 may 12

From the archives - Nancy Neiman

Thanks to flickr contact Paris-Roubaix for posting these photos of Nancy Neiman, the U.S. National Cycling Champion in 1953, 1954, 1956 and 1957. Neiman was the first American woman to ride a stage r...

07 may 12

Spring Restock - The Hill-Side Scarves

For Spring, were restocking cotton chambray and printed scarves cut and sewn by our friends at the Hill-side, based in Brooklyn, New York. Hill-side Abstract Floral Print - Breaking from our traditio...

02 may 12

Shopping from the movies: The Queen (2006)

Next to Montgomery Wards and Mamets State and Main, the Queen (Frears 2006) is my favorite shopping opportunities. I love to browse all the classic Barbours, Range Rovers, silk scarves, leather brogu...

01 may 12

Update - Archival Pocket Tees

For Spring/Summer, were releasing new archival tees with contrasting, color block pockets. Like our new striped and solid tees, the pocket tees are made of soft 7 oz cotton jersey, with chain-stitche...

27 apr 12

Archival Found Muji x Huge

Thanks to our friend Takuhito who forwarded along this snap of an Archival Rucksack at the Found Muji x Huge magazine exhibit opening in Tokyo. Looking forward to seeing the companion print publicati...

26 apr 12

Archival Centaurs

Its rare to find archival images of "ardent," female polo enthusiasts. I dont know much about this historic match but I do admire the lady players classic causal sporting garb.My favorite ens...

24 apr 12

From the archives - Bottle Green Rucksack

While we cannot shop from the past we can still recycle materials from our fabric vendors archives. For a limited time, were featuring Archival Rucksacks made from deadstock bottle green canvas duck....

20 apr 12

Archival Illustration - Huge Magazine

A few months back, the gents from Huge magazine visited Archival to photograph (on film!) our bags for a feature on Oregon manufacturers. We havent seen the final print publication but our Huge conta...

18 apr 12

Archival Find - Hunting World Jacket

Superwax Forester Jacket in Hunting World catalog Toms report: I love thrifting because theres no common denominator of quality like you see at fancy vintage stores or high end (and high priced) flea...

17 apr 12

Shopping from ebay : Brooks-Veriwide

Heres your chance to bid on a Brooks-Veriwide, one of my favorite, medium format, panoramic cameras. Manufactured in Japan under license from Graflex, the Veriwide takes stunning, wide angle, 6 x 9 i...

13 apr 12

Archival Field Trip - Alex Singer (Paris)

Gabe and Sara outside the Alex Singer shopLast August, post Paris-Brest-Paris, we had the pleasure of visiting the Alex Singer shop on 53, Rue de Victor Hugo, in northwest Paris. The historic Singer ...

11 apr 12

Archival Recreation: Tennis

Yes, were most fond of cycling and hiking here at Archival, but we (almost) all love tennis, too. I waved a racquet around for an hour this morning on the last day of open tennis in New York (as of t...

09 apr 12

Update - Archival Scarves and Tees

Were releasing Archival cotton jersey scarves and tees in new colors for Spring/Summer.Our shirts are made of soft 7 oz cotton jersey, with chain-stitched neck tape, cover-stitched collar seam, doubl...

06 apr 12

Update - Archival Scarves and Tees

Were releasing Archival cotton jersey scarves and tees in new colors for Spring/Summer.Our shirts are made of soft 7 oz cotton jersey, with chain-stitched neck tape, cover-stitched collar seam, doubl...

06 apr 12

From the archives - Dave Falconer/DOCUMERI CA

Check out the Documerica - Dave Falconer set on the National Archives flickr photostream. Falconer photographed the impact of the 1970s energy crisis on communities in Washington and Oregon state. It...

04 apr 12

New Release - Archival Roll Top

Current color offerings - cobalt, natural & blackOur Archival Roll Top is a comfortable, roomy, stripped-down backpack for keeping your belongings dry and safe in any conditions. Slightly larger ...

01 apr 12

Update - Archival Small Field Bags in ranger tan and black

AC Small Field Bag in ranger tanWere now offering our Archival Small Field Bag in black and ranger tan in addition to gray and dark brown. The Small Field Bag is a scaled-down version of our Original...

30 mar 12

Shopping from the Past: The National Guard

National Guard practice maneuvers, February 1915. Im loving the emphasis on silly hats and outdoor cookery - as well as occasional firearms practice. From the Library of Congress superb photostream.

28 mar 12

Special Release - Archival x Upstate

Our friends Kalen and Astrid from Upstate have hand-dyed a very limited run of long sleeve tees for us! Using meticulous accordion folds, lots of twine, and scrunching, the two use a colorfast indigo...

23 mar 12

Shopping from the Antarctic

It may be the first day of Spring but Im in no mood to wear warm weather clothing. Wet, chilly conditions in Eugene have driven me back to my mid-winter wardrobe of anoraks and heavy woolens. Im goin...

21 mar 12

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