cmalbrecht
Familiar Face
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- 70
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- Sacramento, CA
In 1982 I was wandering along a London street and stopped at a Dunn & Co. window display. I don't remember everything in the window. What caught my eye was a pair of leather gloves, the kind I'd been looking for. They had a button on the inside of the wrist. I had thought these were no longer made.
Inside the shop was almost bare, lined with dark wood cabinets. The employee and I knelt down before a drawer and he sorted through gloves until he found what I wanted. Then he had to go to another room to get change.
Very British!
Those gloves are nearly 30 years old and still good as new. The leather palms have darkened over the years, but aside from that, they're great. True I don't wear them all the time, but they get their wear in winter or when I go to a colder place, Oregon, Tahoe, etc.
A year or so later, back home, I spotted a clean Harris tweed driving cap ($25) in an antique store. It came from Dunn & Company. I wear that now and then. Much more recently I came upon a very heavy (Think an overcoat cut like an English riding jacket with 3 buttons) stylish Harris tweed hacking jacket from Dunn & Co. Like new and just my size. Had to have it even though it cost a whopping $4.99US at the Goodwill Store.
In California I don't get too many opportunities to wear a jacket like this, but there will be days. Just having it in my wardrobe gives me a warm feeling all over.
That prompted me to look for Dunn & Co. on the web and now I find to my chagrin that the company is gone. Sad.
Someone else said it was a fuddy-duddy store. That's my kind of store. I'm an old fuddy-duddy.
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Inside the shop was almost bare, lined with dark wood cabinets. The employee and I knelt down before a drawer and he sorted through gloves until he found what I wanted. Then he had to go to another room to get change.
Very British!
Those gloves are nearly 30 years old and still good as new. The leather palms have darkened over the years, but aside from that, they're great. True I don't wear them all the time, but they get their wear in winter or when I go to a colder place, Oregon, Tahoe, etc.
A year or so later, back home, I spotted a clean Harris tweed driving cap ($25) in an antique store. It came from Dunn & Company. I wear that now and then. Much more recently I came upon a very heavy (Think an overcoat cut like an English riding jacket with 3 buttons) stylish Harris tweed hacking jacket from Dunn & Co. Like new and just my size. Had to have it even though it cost a whopping $4.99US at the Goodwill Store.
In California I don't get too many opportunities to wear a jacket like this, but there will be days. Just having it in my wardrobe gives me a warm feeling all over.
That prompted me to look for Dunn & Co. on the web and now I find to my chagrin that the company is gone. Sad.
Someone else said it was a fuddy-duddy store. That's my kind of store. I'm an old fuddy-duddy.
www.cmalbrecht.com
www.cmalbrecht.wordpress.com
