Short Sleeve Shibori Tees are in stock!

Our burly Columbiaknit-made Archival tees (white with a blue pocket) have been given the royal treatment by our pals at Upstate. These shirts are individually hand-dyed, and each piece is completely unique. Extremely limited quantities available only through our store.

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New: Archival Rugby Shirt

We love wearing a classic rugby shirt as a casual, durable layer for rough work and play. Our new Archival Rugby Shirt, made just for us by Columbiaknit, can take the toughest treatment. The fabric is a traditional 10 ounce cotton jersey knitted in Portland, Oregon. It is incredibly soft but resilient. We've kept all the classic details -- a continuously sewn placket, rubber buttons, and a drill cloth collar, but we trimmed up the fit to make for a perfect slim (but not tight) garment. Also, we have created a more refined hemmed sleeve so that it easily transitions to indoor events.

These Rugbys are perfect for wearing unlayered for a pick-up game of soccer or even (Tom's favorite), rock climbing. The underarm gussets extend your arm's range of motion.

We are offering our new Archival Rugby in our favorite navy-gray stripe colorway, but will be adding more colors throughout the season. Let us know if you have a historic favorite.

Baines card courtesy Rugby-Pioneers

Archival Field Trip: PDX July 2011

On Friday, the AC team headed up to Portland for meetings with vendors and stockists. Most of the morning was spent at Columbiaknit where we reviewed a new garment prototype and collected fabric swatches for our reference library. After lunch at Tasty & Sons with Patrick Long, we checked in with a few more shops including Woodlands Supply Co. , Lizard Lounge and Tanner Goods. Some travel snaps below.

Thunderbird label for Japan

Jersey knitting machine

Collecting swatch samples

Sifting the deadstock archives for future scarf and rugby fabrics

Nickie sewing a garment sample

Al Faussett, waterfall jumping daredevil

Lunch at Tasty & Sons with Patrick Long (Chester Wallace)

In transit with AC canvas duck rucksack

Cold Splinters Campfire Shorts

Woodlands Supply Co.

AC Field Bags and Rucksacks at Lizard Lounge

Danner Stumptown boot

Tanner Goods

Portland Field Trip

I (Tom) took a quick solo trip up to Portland yesterday to run some Archival errands. All is well with our suppliers. I was thrilled to catch the hat machine at Columbiaknit spinning merrily away.

We're working on quite a few new projects with Columbiaknit, including a classic Rugby shirt.

Another delightful lunch with friend Patrick of Chester Wallace

A quick stop at one of our retailers, Woodlands

I picked up some inventory from the former Winn Perry, including these great Cooperstown Cap Company Portland Beavers and Seattle Rainers hats, coming soon to our store.

A far-away project....

Archival Update: AC x Columbiaknit Sweatshirts

AC x Columbiaknit striped sweatshirt

AC x Columbiaknit sweatshirt in french terry

Ours comes with a knit v-neck insert too

On the heels of our scarf order, Columbiaknit just delivered a new production run of Archival sweatshirts in gray french terry and navy/white chevron stripe. The french terry was recently knit by Columbiaknit in their Portland, Oregon factory; the chevron is a new old stock floor fabric. The new sweatshirts, produced exclusively for Archival Clothing, are constructed with chain-stitching on the neck tape and waist ribbing. Flat-lock stitching along the sleeves and body creates an extremely comfortable seam which lies flat to the garment. All other seams are cover-stitched. Archival specified a midweight, all cotton fabric for Spring/Summer wear. The fit is modern. Sizing from XS to XL. XXS in the works. Made in Portland, Oregon.

The sweatshirts are available through the AC web shop and the following Archival retailers: The Tannery (Boston) and Goose Barnacle (Brooklyn).

Archival Update: AC x Columbiaknit Scarves

Birdseye in navy/white

Dark gray stripes on natural

Yellow stripes on navy

Navy stripes on white

We just took delivery of a new production run of Columbiaknit Scarves produced exclusively for Archival Clothing. We've restocked the popular royal navy/white scarf and added new colors in a lighter weight (7 oz) all cotton jersey (the same as our t-shirts). Original project report here.

Archival Stripes: Columbiaknit Tees

Frank Senior, sculler

Archival Clothing loves stripes. We love striped sweaters, shirts, jackets, caps and scarves. On any given day, we might be wearing multiple, mixed stripe layers in a single ensemble. While we stock Saint James nautical tops from France, we wanted to produce our own striped shirts in the USA.

This Spring, we're offering new striped cotton crewneck tees in short and long sleeve styles. Like our scarves, the shirts are produced for us by Columbiaknit, a Portland (Oregon) company who has been making sturdy cotton garments since 1921. The new shirts are made of a terrific, stout yet soft cotton jersey with chain-stitched neck tape, cover-stitched collar seam, and double needle sewn hem. The tees boast a perfect fit - slim, but not tight, designed by our friend Jordan Sayler of Winn Perry. We're offering a generous size range from XS to XL to fit both men and women.

The shirts pair well with our new striped Columbiaknit scarves.

Columbiaknit long sleeve striped T-shirts

Columbiaknit short sleeve striped T-shirts