Heller's Cafe Warehouse Homage Collage

Heller's Cafe and Warehouse have put together a new line of very convincing vintage-inspired workwear pieces. They look and feel like the real deal vintage you may find in the collection of Heller's Cafe minus the smell. Beautiful construction but the emphasis is definitely wash and trims.

The collaboration line marries the exceptional strengths of both parties. Heller's Cafe has one of the strongest vintage workwear collections in the world and owner Larry McKaughan can genuinely be called an expert. Many museum-quality vintage denim and archive-worthy Levi's have passed through his hands but he admits his love is for the beautiful denim piece from an obscure brand few have ever heard of.

That is why I have been eager to see the results of Larry’s efforts with Japan's famously vintage-obsessed Warehouse Company who makes some of the most beautifully sewn jeans in the world.

What follows is a collage of details that show what they did and by the end hopefully explains why they do what they do.


































































Heller's Cafe on Warehouse Website

Warehouse x Heller's Cafe New Old Goods



The good folks at Heller's Cafe sent us some pictures to preview a couple of products from the next season of Warehouse x Heller's Cafe. The hand treatments that create the dirty looks seem quite authentic. These are no doubt faithful reproductions of beat up vintage pieces from the Heller's Cafe archive. The denim on the rivetless waist overalls seems to feature a slub that approximates the rough character of vintage workwear fabric that was sold raw and so hid many beautiful, irregular yarn characters that today we call "defects."
















Is that a lined belt loop I see? More details as I get them. Stay tuned!

To see images of their previous work see my last post on this exciting brand.