Aurora Marine Field For Nepenthes Los Angeles

Nepenthes Los Angeles presents a new special edition of Aurora Shoe Co.’s Middle English, made in Horween Marine Field Roughout.

Developed by Chicago’s Horween Leather during the 1940s for military field footwear, Marine Field is a roughout leather made to be worn with the suede side facing outward. The rough exterior was suited to hard use, while the smooth reverse provided a comfortable surface against the foot in an unlined shoe.

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Tarvas x Engineered Garments: Wanderer - FW25

Tarvas: "Daiki-san, we would like to start by going back to 2018, when we sent you an email out of the blue and introduced our then 6 months old Tarvas brand. At that time Tarvas was almost unknown, producing from Helsinki, Finland, it still feels fantastic that we connected creatively and from different sides of the globe. Do you recall your firstreaction to Tarvas that made you think: "I want to work with these makers"?"

Daiki: The biggest factor was probably Takuya, the store manager, convincing me. I didn’t know about Tarvas or its background at the time.

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