Run Of The Mill F/W 2011 Has Landed

My two buddies and I are back at it for F/W 2011.  Our own little Run of the Mill has expanded its offerings for the season with 4 new shirts and 4 new shoes (our fan favorite cutaway collar oxfords will be back up for sale later in the day).  Since day one it's been about offering the stuff we love and wear at a great value to our customers.  While manufacturing has stayed consistent (shirts made in the USA, shoes made in Italy), we tried to push the envelope.  The fabrics sourced for a few of the shirts are on another level - we're talking Albini and Albiati, which are two of Italy's most renowned mills, for those of you who care about this sort of thing.  We also updated our cutaway collar.  The new collar has a slightly wider spread and longer collar points adding up to the best cutaway we've had the pleaseure of offering.  Shoes are still coming out of one of Northern Italy's best ready to wear factories and F/W 2011's program features beautiful shades of suede and one double monk stomper that is snow ready, seriously.  All our product is still on a made to order basis and the new stuff will be up for about a month long window starting today.  Hopefully those of you who are interested will head on over and do a little browsing.  Maybe you'll even do a little buying.   Regardless, I'd like to thank everyone who supports my endeavors and me for helping make special things like this possible.  Feel free to email me with any questions/concerns/inquiries/slander.

-L.A.S

Run Of The Mill Shop S/S 2011 Is Live

Not much to say here, since I think we pretty much everything the other day, but I just wanted to let all interested parties know that all of our S/S 2011 gear, both private label and the Monitaly double breasted linen blazer, is now online.

-L.A.S

First Look: Run Of The Mill S/S 2011 Private Label

I normally like to keep all things ROTM related off the blog since they really don't have anything to do with each other, but I'm really proud of our new private label goods for S/S 2011 and wanted to share them with you guys as soon as possible.  When thinking about where we wanted to take the online shop it was pretty much a no brainer.  While we love working with some of our favorite brands, it came to a point where we wanted to do something that really spoke to what the brand was about.  For S/S 2011 we are offering our first ever forays into the worlds of private label footwear and shirting.

Our made in Northern Italy (between Milan and Como in Lombardia) double monk straps are probably what I, personally, am most psyched for.  The thought process behind those was to create what we believed to be the double monk strap a guy should own if he was only going to have one pair.  We skipped the aggressive toe you see on most Italian and English version and went with a more naturally rounded last reminiscent of Allen Edmonds' discontinued, but much loved Mora.  To keep things as versatile as possible we did it up in a beautiful brown calfskin and added silver rounded buckles that look fantastic when left undone.  The quality of this shoe is off the charts - the plan, all along, being to offer the best value double monk on the market.

To compliment the shoes, and simply offer a seven days a week staple item, we are also selling cutaway collar oxford shirts.  As most of you probably realize this style of shirt is virtually impossible to find off the rack anywhere.  We have both a blue and white version available that are made in the USA and speak to our love of mixing Anglo and Italian styles.  No matter how you wear your shirts, or what you wear them with, it is our belief that this shirt is as good as it gets.

All our private label items will be available on our website for preorder shorty (the plan is to launch tomorrow) and sales will be open for a month.  The double monks will retail for $405 and the shirts for $105.  We also added an incredible double breasted linen blazer from our friends at Monitaly to round out our S/S 2011 offerings.  Hopefully you guys like what we've done for the upcoming season and are a fraction of just how excited we are for all the good stuff that's coming up.  A lot more pictures and information will be available when everything launches, but if you have any pressing inquiries you can always send me a personal email.

-L.A.S

[Editor's Note: The new gear is live.]