Todd Barket. Long time friend of Secret Forts . Of THE always wonderful and ever-evolving Unionmade and most recently, Mill Mercantile . All around great guy and certainly one of…
Recently, Emil and Sandy Corsillo from The Hill-Side took a trip down to rural Virginia to pay a visit to “Old Bob the Weaver”, the man behind The Hill-Side’s “Old Virginia…
W hen OSB ‘s George Vlagos set out to create the Trench Boot, based off an old beat up pair of GI’s boots from the 40′s he’d picked up years before, it turned into a design…
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Darian Hocking. Free/Man . Gentlemen’s Reserve . My friend to the North, doing great things there in Victoria, BC. Perpetually seem to miss one another while he’s in NYC. A daily…
Chris Bray. Husband and father. Along with brother Kirk, he of New Jersey-based Billykirk leather goods . Damn good guy. Pleased to present Chris Bray’s Fall Three. 1) Boots : I…
“From infinity down to ten inches.”
Pop Up Flea. A Continuous Goldberg’s fifth go around. This needs little by way of introduction or description. Lots of great people involved, loads of great stuff. Man up , get…
This past April, lucky bastards and damn good photographers, the Impossibly Cool Sean Sullivan and Trespasser Mikael Kennedy set out from LA on a month-long 5,600 mile road trip…
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Sunday 11/27/2012 OUTABOUTHERETHERE. share:
Head over to The Avant/Garde Diaries this evening in support of my man, Mr. Done to Death aka Chris Black( Words for Young Men , #duh). Opening tonight, “Analogue / Visual” is an…
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Sandy “not-the-super-storm” Corsillo. AKA @the_dusky. The other half of The Hill-Side and Hickoree’s. Another Corsillo I am so fond of. One of the greatest guys around. Happy to…
Kate Jones. Good friend. Designer and maker of the beautiful Ursa Major ( as well as my favorite bottle opener ). Major-ly stylish. Recent New England repatriot. Fall Three…
Matt Eddmenson. He (along with wife Carrie) of the Nashville-based Imogene + Willie . Collector. Historian. Frequent Free & Easy subject . Designer. Maker. Pleased to present…
Sunday 11/22/2012 HAPPY THANKSGIVING from SECRET FORTS. share:
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Ben Ferencz . FairEnds (along with Martin Carvajal of course). Design Co-op . Hot Sauce purveyor . Cyclo-crosser. Living that Big Sky Country life. Glad to have this guy on board…
Director Jake Davis . The Test Shot . Constant collaborator with the likes of Union , Supreme , Unis and ’bout any other dope label you can think of. Here, Jake once again takes a…
T here’s that first time of year, sometime in early Fall, fondly referred to as simply “Barbour weather”. Year in, year out, for well over a decade now, it’s this Bedale I’ve…
L ast December, I had the pleasure of introducing you to Joinery , the wonderful bricks and mortar Williamsburg, Brooklyn shop opened and run by Angela Silva. Beautifully spare…
Attendant to the recent post on my 12+ year old Bedale comes “ an intimate portrait of the relationship between Barbour and its customers seen through the Customer Services Dept…
Characteristically great video by a SFs fave The Scout on Brooklyn-based Pilgrim Surf + Supply founder, surfer, artist and all around good dude, Chris Gentile. Directed & edited x…
Chris Grodzki. Stanley & Sons apron and bag maker. Surfer. Craftsman. Brooklynite. Duder. 1)I am psyched on the new Woods album Bend Beyond and excited to see them play in NY next…
James Fox. 10 Engines . Family/food/library/rural/transatlantic/vintage. Boom. James’ Fall Three 2012. 1)Pumpkin Pie : Fall has been around for a week or so and we already have 1…
Bob Myaing. Cork Grips . Olive Drab . Boots, brews and ‘cross. The following, Bob’s Fall Three. 1)Cyclocross: Skinny knobbies, dirt, mud, beer, friends, heckling said friends- it…
Jeff Thrope. Cold Splinters . Nomad. My man. My bud Jeff Thrope’s Fall Three 2012. 1) Juniper Ridge : I’ve spent so many wonderful days/nights/weekends with my…
James Jean. The Mod Rockers . Always sharp. Cryptic. Future thirty year old. Renaissance Man. My man’s Fall Three. 1) “P.L.R.G.”: An editorial I am eagerly awaiting to unleash out…
Matt Hranek. Stand up guy, traveler, photographer and he of always excellent The William Brown Project. (If you don’t already, get to know it, pronto.) Matt’s Fall Three. 1…
Thursday 10/24/2012 OUT/ABOUT/HERE/THERE. share:
Mikael Kennedy. Photographer . Polaroid enthusiast . Friend. Rambler . My man Mikael’s Fall Three. 1)Sailing the White Whale: it’s always the right time of year for this, but not…
Steven Kimura and Peter Sieper. Owner/Operator. Classic mountain ready outerwear. Mt. Chiller rippers. Below, Pete and Steven’s Fall Three. 1)Empty Skateparks: Lock the kids…
Alain Derderian. These Tings Take Time . Native Brooklynite, South Williamsburg by way of Bensonhurst. Visual Archivist. Creative Director, Sohotel . Righteous dude. Mr…
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Brother Jay Carroll. One Trip Pass . Nomad. Trekker. Explorer. Discoverer. 1)rth half socks: rth , my favorite shop in america. rene never leaves me uninspired with his…
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The bow tie can be a mystifying endeavor. For those adept at the technique of tying one on, it is as effortless and second nature as tying ones’ shoe. I recall meeting Mr. Max…
Katherine McMillan. Mrs. P. Hicks . The better half of Pierrepont Hicks . Mother. Northerngrader . Mrs. P. Hicks Fall Three. 1) My new Jeep. 2)My shoes: Mrs. P. Hicks . We’re…
O ne thing better than The William Brown Project is the stand up guy behind it, photographer and friend Matt Hranek. The site, for me, has always been this great glimpse into…
Friday 10/01/2012 ONCE AGAIN : THE FALL THREE, 2012. It’s back. Stand by. share:
Michael Macko . He of MMLoves . Longtime industry consultant, stylist, curator. The Mr. Macko’s Fall Three. For fall 2012 I am definitely in the mood for all things warm & fuzzy!…
Your pictorial guide to a proper, stylish, adventurous and perhaps dangerous Fall season.
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Max Wastler. All Plaidout . Buckshot Sonny’s . Kicking things off yet again, my good friend Max’s Fall Three, 2012. 1) Camp Wandawega . Everything about Tereasa Surratt and David…
(Photo by Kim Lucian ) Fall Three first-timer, Christine Mitchell. Stylish lady. Illustrator . N’easterner, Vermont to be more precise. Hence, N’east Style . Below, Christine…
Great little video from the homies over at FairEnds directed by Alex Braverman and Poppy de Villeneuve and produced by everyone and company . Until next year, summer.
Friday 09/24/2012 OUT/ABOUT/HERE/THERE. share:
Sandy and Emil Corsillo, creators and proprietors of both The Hill-Side and Hickorees , live and work in Brooklyn. It’s where The Hill-Side has grown over the past few years into…
Dir. x Paul Thomas Anderson In theaters 9.14.12
Friday 07/01/2012 Allez. Tour de France 2012. share:
Thursday 07/09/2012 OUT/ABOUT/HERE/THERE. share:
Thursday 07/04/2012 HAPPY FOURTH FROM SECRET FORTS. share:
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Friday 06/17/2012 HAPPY FATHER’S DAY from SECRET FORTS. dad, 1963. share:
These short videos, made exclusively for The Hill-Side & Co. , are quite literally moving pictures. Created using stop motion animation, the idea sprang from inspiration found in…
My fine friends at FairEnds (with whom I had the pleasure of working with months back on this tweed beauty ) just today have let loose a video shot on Super 8 and produced by The…
T he “lifestyle blogger” is not a hard species to spot in the wild. He is the one wearing long-unwashed 12.5 oz denim, carrying a handmade waxed canvas backpack and embarking on a…
A few weeks back I had the pleasure of making a trip out to Portland OR in the company of some other great dudes from various points on the map. Having always wanted to get out…
Remember when you first “discovered” Quoddy ? Me too . Back in August of ’08 , during the first few fledgling months of this here endeavor, I had a very similar feeling after…
Many of the same recent preview images of Daiki’s forthcoming FW12 Engineered Garments collection have been surfacing piecemeal across the internet as of late. That said, I…
Friday 06/03/2012 OUT/ABOUT/HERE/THERE. share:
Your pictorial guide to a proper, stylish, adventurous and perhaps dangerous Summer.
Monday May 31, 2012 IN DETAIL : ACE HOTEL, PORTLAND. share:
Friday 05/31/2012 COMING ATTRACTIONS : THE MASTER. Directed x P.T. Anderson share:
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From day one, a question consistently asked of brothers Emil and Sandy Corsillo has been “when is The Hill-Side going to make clothes?” Something they’ve long considered, it’s…
Friend and photographer Antony Crook recently sent over a little teaser for a project he’s been involved with for some time now along with James Bowthorpe (who you’ll recognize as…
“When the Lights are Low” DQMNEWYORK
Friday April 9, 2012 OUT/ABOUT/HERE/THERE. share:
Written by Sam Shepard. Premiered July 10, 1980 at the Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA. Revived by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company starring Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. Parts…
Back in August of 2010, I had the pleasure of introducing Oak Street Bootmakers to the world of Secret Forts readership. Since, Founder George Vlagos and company have continued in…
With the Spring Equinox behind us, it seems as good a time as any to give you a look at The Hill-Side ‘s Spring/Summer ’12 lookbook. Shot over two days back in January by our good…
A while back, I came across a partial rolL of this beautifully speckled herringbone tweed fabric. Not knowing what it might become, I bought it and in my studio it sat for some…
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Friday February 10, 2012 Out/About/Here/There. share:
Friday January 31, 2012 Articles & Effects : Restaurant Pens. share:
Friday January 9, 2012 Out/About/Here/There : In the Year 2012. share:
written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola. Directed by Wes Anderson.
It’s that time of year in New York City. One new add to the line up this year is MAN. Created by Antoine Floch (former Surface to Air / Rendez-Vous shows) and Romain…
Henry Darger, April 12, 1892 – April 13, 1973 . Worked as a Hospital custodian in Chicago, Illinois. The reclusive author and artist of a posthumously-discovered 15,145-page…
Your pictorial guide to a proper, stylish, adventurous and perhaps dangerous Winter season.
Saturday January 10, 2012 Legend : Matt Hensley. share: