Champion is an institution. The American heritage brand established by the Feinloom brothers in 1919 in Rochester, New York, was here with an eye on quality athletic garments long before sportswear was ever considered fashionable. Throughout the ’60s to most of the ’90s, brands like Nike, adidas, and Reebok, weren’t seen at all on the courts and fields—rather, Champion was the sole brand outfitting the NCAA, later supplying the NFL in the ’70s and the NBA in the ’90s. photo: champion-eu.com But even before all that, Champion was a heralded and trusted brand because of a simple technique in modern apparel production that proved to be a technological marvel—their invention of the Reverse Weave. Champion’s crowning achievement was found in their most basic...
What happens on tour stays on tour” was the famous dictum of rascally rock stars in more unsavoury times. That’s not the case with Nirvana’s iconic Smiley T-shirt, however, which hit the merch stand in 1992, shortly after the release of the trio’s seminal sophomore album, Nevermind, and has rarely been out of the public conscious since. True, it does stay on tour, pulled out of wardrobes and dusted down for gigs some 25 years after Kurt Cobain took his own life, thereby calling time on the band. But it has also been passed on to a new generation, like a baton for those who don’t quite fit in. The design was inspired partly by the smiley badge that took hold in...
The Journey Follow the product journey, seed to shop. Our Restore merch products is made in partnership with a award winning company in the innovation category. Scroll down to see the story of the most recent products shipped and meet the people who made it. Organic Farming Organic cotton is better for the producers and the ecosystem in which it is produced. Instead of more toxic pesticides and fertilisers, co planting and insect traps are used along with the special ingredient - cow poo. It encourages biodiversity and leads to the extra soft feel of our products. Less inputs also means less water, but even organic cotton is still a thirsty crop. So where you grow it matters. The fields that...
At restore we love the sea and everything that brings us closer to it. Here is a list of the top 5 spearfishing youtube channels that inspire us the most. If you are totally new to spearfishing, ore maybe just want to learn a few more tricks, this list is an excellent place to start and to subscribe. 1. Daniel Mann Daniel Mann is maybe the coolest spear-fisherman on YouTube, while being totally down-to-earth at the same time. His videos include shooting everything from halibut in Norway, to Wahoo and even does great tutorials on things like tying knots. At restore our favourite video of course has to be, the time he won the Öresund Scorpena Cup with at team of...
1990s Bart Simpson Ban Inspires Bart’s Homemade T-Shirts Ahh yes, the great Bart Simpson ban. Remember? It all started in 1990, at Lutz Elementary School in Fremont, Ohio. Principal William Krumnow delivered a ban on T-shirts featuring Bart Simpson, the rebellious breakout star of The Simpsons. Naturally, this Bart Ban made everybody want the T-shirt even more. Silly adults. Although the ban initially called out a T-shirt featuring Bart aiming a slingshot with the word underachiever emblazoned in quotes above him and Bart saying, “and proud of it, man!” - the Barton Simpson T-shirt ban spread like wildfire in schools. Everything from “Eat My Shorts” to “Get Bent” was out. They all “had a cow, man”. District administrators in Florida,...
