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Arm yrself in the peaceful struggle

The coolest young designer in NYC, home jawns, and a sick deep-cut corner of the vintage L.L. Bean universe

Sep 29, 2022
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Today ?? We’ve got:

  • The coolest young designer right now in NYC, doing fantastic small-run unisex cut & sew pieces

  • A home-jawn seller with a great eye for objects, art books, and other vibey miscellanea, who doesn’t charge very much

BUT FIRST —

  • A very sick deep-cut corner of the vintage L.L. Bean universe that slaps as hard as ever today and yet no one is checking for.

Let’s get 2 it —

Real ones know that one of the most effective ways you can arm yourself in the “peaceful struggle” that is fire-clothes-amassing is to set obscure saved searches at eBay etc. and see what they pick up as time goes on … Every time there’s a ping it must be a lot like what chill old dudes with metal detectors experience at the beach when their gear clues them in to the presence of possible sub-sand treasure, except this metaphor breaks down in your favor because they are walking around all day and then they have to dig, whereas you just typed words into a search field then went off and did other s**t…

That’s the fundamental premise behind the recurring BBSP rubric that is “Unbeatable Search Terms,” but in a rare “BBSP Rubric Collision,” today’s unbeatable search term does double duty as another very cool recurring BBSP rubric — “Archaeological Jawn Discoveries.”

Today’s discovery is a true slept-on trove of low-priced, high-swag gems:

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