Head Porter Plus M-65 Field Jacket
Head Porter Plus, the apparel line from Yoshida & Co.'s Head Porter, remade the US Army M-65 field jacket in washed cotton with a hood and wooden buttons (2009).

Head Porter Plus, the apparel line from Yoshida & Co.'s Head Porter, remade the US Army M-65 field jacket in washed cotton with a hood and wooden buttons (2009).








The red GORE-TEX shell takes inspiration from a classic M-65 military jacket and also features a drawstring over sized collar with a packable hood for added detail and function. Look for this jacket to be available through select visvim retailers this week as well as through F.I.L. locations in Asia.
A page from 'TEXT in visvim', the visvim Spring/Summer 2012 feature in Japan's SENSE Magazine (March 2012). Naturally dyed, hand-constructed pieces from Hiroki Nakamura.

Tan pleated shorts on the street in Harajuku, Tokyo, shot for Fashionsnap in September 2012. Full, high-waisted and worn long.

FORTY PERCENTS AGAINST RIGHTS (FPAR), a Japanese label by Tetsu Nishiyama, who also runs WTAPS and ran the 1990s FPAR. Message-based graphics with military- and workwear-derived cuts; it opened its own online store in 2013.






A multi-pocket vest from White Mountaineering's Militally line (2012), the Tokyo label of Yosuke Aizawa. GORE WINDSTOPPER fabric with cargo and utility pockets, hence the 'Luggage' name.

Soldiers of the Jagdkommando, the Austrian Armed Forces' special operations command, fast-roping from a helicopter. The unit was raised in 1963 and is based at Wiener Neustadt.

The nonnative x New Balance CM997 'Dune' (2011): the Tokyo label nonnative's version of the 997 in muted, earthy suede and mesh.

A stadium jacket by Bounty Hunter, the Tokyo label Hikaru Iwanaga started in the mid-1990s from his Harajuku toy-and-clothing shop. Melton body, leather sleeves, with the brand's skull-and-crossbones graphics. Ura-Harajuku.

The Original Urban Expedition Bag, a 2011 collaboration between Kinfolk (Brooklyn) and Porter / Yoshida & Co. (Japan). Porter's nylon construction and hardware with Kinfolk's bike-utility detailing, made in Japan.

A pullover hoodie from visvim (Hiroki Nakamura), identified by the neck tag. Heavyweight loopback cotton with natural dyes and hand-finished detailing. Sold through visvim's FIL network.

A roughly six-litre waist bag from visvim (Hiroki Nakamura), in ballistic nylon, worn low on the hips. Sold through visvim's FIL / visvim.tv channels.
