Once In Harlem | Post O'Alls
POST O'ALLS | ONCE IN HARLEM
Post has its primary design idea deeply rooted in vintage work clothes and other functional garments-such as military outfits and outdoor garments-which are all evolved from work wear platform. Founder Takeshi Ohfuchi has huge respect towards anonymous American vintage work clothes designs, especially from 1920-30s which he considers "the very best", a great marriage of old-world craftsmanship and then emerging Machine Age inspired American industrial design. He believes many of the great American original designs have emerged and flourished in that era. By wearing and collecting these vintage pieces daily since early 1980s, he became naturally aware of beauty in their patterns and constructions, unmistakable designs and unique fabrications, the elements that make those vintage pieces ultra cool and eternal. Those essences were all thrown into the manufacturing of POST O'ALLS.
Once In Harlem is the photographic book by Katsu Naito. Katsu looks after production for Post Overalls. He is also a very talented photographer. We feel he has captured the feeling of Harlem during a time when the neighbourhood was recovering from the brutal economic devastation of the 1970s, and on the cusp of the drastic dislocation brought upon longtime residents in the 1990s. Great job Katsu.
