Lee 101-J cinchback jacket

Yesterday i received this beautiful Lee 101-J single pocket jacket with cinchback.
The Lee 401 Prestige jacket was introduced in 1925 as an answer to the Levi's 506 jacket, and was made with 13oz denim.
This reproduction is made by Lee Japan and is based on the 1932 version, when the number changed from 401 to 101-J, but the design stayed the same.

soaking in the tub

The Lee Cowboy buttons remained on their jackets untill 1945 when Lee introduced their whole new designed Riders jacket in a lined and unlined version, and from that time on the buttons read Lee Riders, also with a renewed Lee logo, without the upturned ee's.
Throughout the years there have been lots of changes in the jacket tags, which is quite interesting, here's a link to the tags that were used from the early 1930's on.

Here are some nice early Lee ads

an early lit advertising sign

Also interesting is their advertising with the Buddy Lee dolls from the early 1920's on, here you can find the full history behind these cute little dolls.

picture courtesy of Denim, from cowboys to catwalk

Neal Cassady white pepper chambray and Buddy Lee chambray cap

This Neal Cassady white pepper chambray shirt i received last week from John Lofgren of  the Speedway Shop in Japan.
It's made in Japan by Freewheelers under the Bootleggers Reunion brandname.
The material and detailing of the shirt really is boss!
It came with some great looking flashers.  Let the pictures speak for themself.

I also got a reversable chambray cap by Lee Japan, based on the railroad caps that were worn in the early to mid 1900's, and as can be seen on the original Buddy Lee dolls.

John is a great guy who'll give you an unequalled service, but unfortunately his shop in Sendai got hit hard by last weeks earthquake and tsunami.
So please support them at Speedway Shop to get their things back on the road by ordering something, did i already mention they sell some awesome stuff? Well they do!
Here's a link to the shop, to order anything just shoot John an email and he'll sort you out
Speedway Shop

He also has an ebay store
Speedway ebay store