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OUTLIER http://outlier.cc/ Tailored Performance en Copyright 2010 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:30:13 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It's on Saturday, the Outlier Open Showroom So far so good. We've been opening up our showroom in Brooklyn on Saturdays lately and it's been all good. Guess that means we'll be keeping it going indefinitely. So here are the details. We'll be open most, but not all, Saturdays from 1-5pm. If we can't open then it probably means we are on the road and we'll try to hold events where ever we go. For instance we'll be out in Portland Oregon on April 10th & 11th, so visit us there if you can. If nothing is listed here than you can assume we'll be at the showroom, so come on by. Event: The Outlier Open Showroom Day: Most Saturdays Time: 1-5pm Location: 364 Leonard St, Brooklyn NY USA News: Comes quickest on our twitter (@OutlierTailored) See you soon, been great meeting all the people who have come through!]]> http://outlier.cc/2010/02/its_on_saturday_the_outlier_open_showroo.php http://outlier.cc/2010/02/its_on_saturday_the_outlier_open_showroo.php Retail Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:30:13 -0500 Winterweight OG Pant

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado} Just in time for snow, the Winterweight OGs are back. Made in New York City these pants are designed for life both on and off your bike, all winter long. Yeah you'll see your breath as you cross the bridges and zip past your coworkers trapped in traffic, but you'll wind up at work feeling great and looking better. The Winterweight fabric is a heavier fleeced back version of our core 4Season fabric with a 3XDry Treatment. Designed to keep you warm and dry no matter where you ride, yet still look good and wear comfortably when you get inside. A four-way stretch ensures you can move freely, handle the repetitive motion of cycling and still look sharp and refined. The 3XDry treatment is directional. It pushes water in just one direction, away from your body. It wicks away the sweat and moisture, breathes as well as you do, and is seriously water resistant. Most rain, snow or slush just beads up and rolls away. It's a softshell so eventually it will saturate in intense conditions but when it does get wet, you'll find yourself dry in 10-20 minutes when safe from the elements. The doubleweave fabric has Cordura woven towards the outside for durability and a soft fleecy interior for a beautiful warmth and comfort. Medium lean in cut. Wear it with a sport coat and oxfords or a hoodie with sneakers. More importantly, wear it without thinking, wear it like a second skin, wear it like a classic that works for any occasion. Fits true to size.

Winterweight OG Pant

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado} ]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/12/winterweight_og_pant.php http://outlier.cc/2009/12/winterweight_og_pant.php Garments Pants Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:18:15 -0500 Outlier for Women, the Daily Riding Pant

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado} Ladies, don't ever say we didn't listen. Almost from day one we got requests for a women's version of our trousers, and since you are all smarter than us, we figured we better take your advice. It took three tries, but we think we finally got it right. Outlier for Women, the Daily Riding Pant. Lean, sleek and made of our core 4Season fabric. You get all the men's performance features, in an elegant and slimming silhouette. The four way stretch and a soft inner face of the doubleweave twill fabric ensures you're always riding in both comfort and style. Wear them to work or out for drinks, rain or shine you'll be stepping off your bicycle looking good and feeling better. Made locally in New York City. Not only does our 4Season fabric shed rain and dirt, dry fast and resist wear and tear, but it also meets the strict bluesign environmental standards. It's a low impact fabric, made with tight emissions standards that ensures it's produced with the absolute minimum amount of waste. A better way of clothing for a better way of life, enjoy them, and let us know what you think. Fits true to size. Available in Slate Blue and Black, $180. Also available in a Black Winter version that will keep you warm throughout the colder months, $188.

Daily Riding Pant

Winter Riding Pant

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado}]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/12/womens_daily_riding_pant.php http://outlier.cc/2009/12/womens_daily_riding_pant.php Garments Pants Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:09:41 -0500 Pivot Sleeve Shirt - An Experiment in Form

This is quite simply a better men's dress shirt. We started out with a basic task, how could we make a shirt that moved better on a cyclists body, but we wound up with something a bit more subtle. A buttondown shirt cut to fit the body better and open up a range of motion constrained by traditional shirt construction. An experiment in form, the Outlier Pivot Sleeve Shirt. The basic challenge was straightforward, when you lean forward on a bike a buttondown shirt stresses. It pulls uncomfortably taut across the shoulders. The sleeves pull up exposing your wrists to the cold, and the tails pull out of your pants, leaving you either untucked or with a blooming blouse of a shirt. Our solution is the patent-pending Pivot Sleeve, a completely reconstructed buttondown that retains the traditional look and feel of a dress shirt while working equally well both on and off the a bicycle. From the front it looks like a well cut dress shirt. Like a good stage show, the magic takes place in back unseen by most. The underside of the pivot sleeve flows seamlessly into the back of the garment, creating an extra side panel. By removing the rear arm seam you can move your arm forward without restriction. It opens up a whole range of arm motion, move your arms forward or up and your shirt stays in place, cuff at the wrist, no cutting at the shoulders, your shirt tucked in properly. The extra side panel created by the pivot sleeve gives the shirt a strong form, the extra fluff found in most modern dress shirts is gone, this is how a shirt should fit.

Pivot Sleeve Shirt - Preorder for March

^{Illustration by Andrew Hague}]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/12/pivot_sleeve_shirt_-_an_experiment_in_form.php http://outlier.cc/2009/12/pivot_sleeve_shirt_-_an_experiment_in_form.php Garments Shirts Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:54:46 -0500 The Outlier Khaki OG

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado} For many men putting on a pair of khakis is as much a part of the morning as breakfast. Take a daily operation, and subtly improve it. It's always been how we work at Outlier, and since we weren't quite ready to improve your breakfast, we came up with a better Khaki instead. A cleaner wearing pant, they move freer, breathe better, and handle moisture with ease. Whether you cycle to work everyday, or fly around the world on the regular, a straight up better pant to get the job done. The Outlier Khaki OGs. In typical Outlier fashion when we decided to do a khaki, we dove into hands-on research. We hustled together a selection of technical cottons and started whipping up samples to test ride. There were loads of promising leads, but nothing quite delivered to the level we needed. In the end we wound up doing a full 180 and returned to our core 4Season fabric. From the handfeel to the way it moved, it proved the best option so far (of course we're always are looking for better.) So we commissioned a special flat tan khaki color and iteration one of the Outlier Khaki was born. With less yellow than most khakis, these pants look better with a wider range of skin tones and can match up with nearly any item in your wardrobe, perfect for a better core garment to build your day around.

Khaki Pants

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado}]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/12/the_outlier_khaki_og.php http://outlier.cc/2009/12/the_outlier_khaki_og.php Garments Pants Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:38:37 -0500 4Season OG Pants - Iteration Three

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado} The ultimate ride to work pants. We built the OUTLIER 4Season OG Pant to be worn day in and day out, both on and off your bike. To this you need something that can stand up to the ride and look good after it's done. The 4Season OGs are a clean cut slack with versatile performance, ready to handle everything from the pressure of the office to a rain storm on your commute. The OG stands for Original Garment, the OG pants are the reason we exist. While the first version we released was close to perfect we refuse to stop pushing, and we are now on the third iteration, a finely honed improvement to our core pants. Why are these the best pants to bike to work in? On the bike, they breathe, they stretch, they wick and they repel light rain and road grime. At the office they drape beautifully, never stink of sweat, and look like the high quality made in New York City slacks that they are. Your coworkers will have no idea that you rode happily into work wearing them, while they stewed in traffic all morning. The self-cleaning nanosphere treatment means that coffee, wine and dirt roll off with ease, keeping you looking fresh and clean in the trickiest of situations. The Schoeller Dryskin Extreme fabric looks elegant, yet repels water. But when it does saturate, will dry in minutes (generally around 15-20). The doubleweave structure means it's tough and durable on the exterior, yet soft and comfortable inside. The four way stretch doubles-down on that comfort and means these pants move freely through any situation.

4Season OG Pants

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado}]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/12/4season_og_pants_iteration_three.php http://outlier.cc/2009/12/4season_og_pants_iteration_three.php Garments Pants Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:30:26 -0500 ML Brown & Co. for Outlier, the Leather Braided Keychain

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado} Function, strength, and style, the Outlier and ML Brown & Co. Braided Keychain. Like so many urban cyclists we keep our keys carabineered to our belt loops. Not because we like it particularly but because it works; keys far enough away from the body that they don't cut into you as you pedal, close enough that you don't forget to take them along. We always thought there had to be a more elegant solution, and we turned to our friends at ML Brown & Co. to help us out. We've long admired their leatherworking craftsmanship and the result is practical, restrained and purposeful, braided leather plus a stainless steel sailing shackle hand bound together with waxed linen to create a keychain. The Braided Keychain attaches easily to a belt loop, but is long enough to tuck your keys out of site in a back pocket. It can also be worn around a bike lock chain to allow easy access for undoing the lock quicker. If your hands are full, wrap it around your wrist. The Harken-5 shackle is rated for sailing the high seas so we are guessing it can handle the weight of carrying your keys around town too.

Leather Braided Keychain

]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/11/ml_brown_co_for_outlier_leather_braided.php http://outlier.cc/2009/11/ml_brown_co_for_outlier_leather_braided.php Accessories Collaborations Garments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:46:12 -0500 Merino Hoodie

^{Photo by Björn Wallander} It's fall again, the leaves are turning and hoodie season is on. From layering up on your morning ride to nighttime commutes home, we have some good news. The ultimate cool weather go-to garment is back. The Outlier Merino Hoodie. The Outlier Merino Hoodie is made from superfine New Zealand Merino. Merino means it is soft, comfortable, warm and breathable, for everyday wear. We use an 18.8 micron grade of merino that most other companies use for next to skin garments, it's comfortable enough to rock naked. Merino is naturally antimicrobial so it doesn't stink after a day (or three) of wear like so many other materials will. When you start pedaling hard, the merino wicks away moisture keeping you dry and cool. Slow down or stop though and it will keep you as warm as any other good wool sweater. Head inside and it's temperature regulating properties mean you won't overheat. From the messengers who ride all day, to the delivery guys working all night, and the commuters hitting those cold mornings trips and dark night journeys, Merino is perfect for any rider who doesn't insist on spandex. The three panel hood can fit both over and under a helmet, but looks fine without one too. The extended back of the hoodie keeps you covered and warm even when you reach down into the drops. Raglan sleeves allow for reach and motion. The thick but comfortable elastic cuff lets you push up your sleeves and know that they'll stay up and stay comfortable. The two way zipper lets you adjust the bottom opening and avoid awkward bunching as you pedal. You know how when you look into your closet you always want to grab the same few items that just feel right? That's exactly what this is, the item that you want to wear everyday. Maybe not 365 days a year, but everyday from first cool breezes of autumn through to last cool days of spring. The go-to essential, the Outlier Merino Hoodie. As always the production is local, made right here in NYC for quality and style. Available in Black, Mid Gray and Charcoal Blue.

Merino Hoodie

^{Photo by Björn Wallander}

^{Photo by Björn Wallander}]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/10/classic_merino_hoodie.php http://outlier.cc/2009/10/classic_merino_hoodie.php Garments Hoodies Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:15:28 -0500 Waxed Cotton Cap

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Waxed Cotton Cap

Most cycling caps are designed to last a season, our Waxed Cotton Cap is made to last beautifully for many seasons to come. The water resistant waxed cotton fabric protects you from the wind and rain and builds a rich character and texture as it ages. The double lined, made in New York City construction both gives it the right insulation to get you through those brisk autumn and winter rides and results in a far more durable cap. The grosgrain banding and bengaline lining will mold to your head shape over time make for a cap that might just age better than you. Made in collaboration with our friend and master milliner Victor Osborne, we've just slightly touched up the cut for this autumn by deepening the darts ensuring it fits better under your helmet and looks great both on and off the bike. Available in Navy, Army Green, Black and Stone Blue. Made in New York City for exceptional quality.

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado}

]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/10/waxed_cotton_cap_1.php http://outlier.cc/2009/10/waxed_cotton_cap_1.php Caps Collaborations Garments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:40:55 -0500 Workwear Pants

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado} A pair of pants stripped down to it's most minimal form and rebuilt for pure function in a 21st century city. Hardwearing, comfortable, tough and honest. The Outlier Workwear cut. Before we started Outlier we would blowout our jeans every few months, they just weren't made for how we ride our bikes. The Outlier Workwear pants are our attempt to make something better than jeans, an anti-jean if you will. We don't use denim, we aren't too concerned about fashion and we make no attempt at "authenticity." When Levi-Strauss invented the jean, we don't think he copied centuries old pants and fabric. Rather he tried to make the best pants he could with the technology of his day, which is exactly what we did. We didn't study some long dead miner's trousers and then carefully distress the garment to match. We didn't track down some antique loom and use it to make our fabric exactly the way it was back then. You don't need to wear our pants for six months to break them in just right. There is nothing "authentic" about these pants at all, they're just a simple and strong garment you can live in day in and day out. We started with the fabric, we wanted something that was both more durable than denim yet also more comfortable. We found it in the Outlier Doubleweave Canvas, a fabric that can take a serious beating yet feels great against the skin. The outer weave is a tough Cordora® canvas, the inside a soft brushed back. It's highly water resistant, quick drying and breathes incredibly well so you get none of that clammy constriction of wet denim. The self-cleaning lotus treatment keeps you looking crisp and smelling great. A curved waistband and gusseted crotch ensure full freedom of movement, just throw them on and start your day, let's go. UPDATE 11/04/09: We're pretty much sold out but Bicycle Habitat still has full stock, so check them out while they last.

Workwear Pants

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado}

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado}]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/09/workwear_pants.php http://outlier.cc/2009/09/workwear_pants.php Garments Pants Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:09:30 -0500 Björn Wallander for Outlier

^{Wearing Merino Tee and Climbers}

Empire Merino Tee

There is a special sort of light we always wanted to capture with Outlier. A soft sharp glow of sorts, the light of fresh Sunday morning as you ride through a silent city. When we first saw Björn's photos we knew we'd found a master of this golden hour. Luckily for us Björn saw our visceral, bikes in motion, style as a challenging way to expand beyond his core practice and the photos started rolling... This is just the beginning we hope...

^{Wearing Nailhead Cap and Merino Tee}

Nailhead Cap

]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/09/bjorn_wallander_for_outlier.php http://outlier.cc/2009/09/bjorn_wallander_for_outlier.php Collaborations Garments Pants Tees Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:59:16 -0500 An Outlier Philosophy The sun is rising, the air clear, the city unfolds below you as you reach the top of the bridge. Your legs are spinning fast, heart pumping, maybe you are sweating just a touch. It's a magical feeling of exhilaration and liberation that comes from riding a bike in a city. Inside trains, humans are imitating sardines, while drivers stall and stew in their own exhaust. The cyclist however is completely free, in motion, almost flying, a huge smile wiped across their face. We firmly believe that the bicycle is the best form of urban transit for the 21st century, and our clothing is designed to make that fact even more true. Your clothing should work as well on a bicycle as it does on the subway or in a car, without shouting to the world "I'm a cyclist." We are a clothing company first, not a cycling company. But we're a clothing company that designs simple, good looking and hard wearing garments for a world where bikes are a part of your daily life. At the core, Outlier clothing is about a certain freedom. A freedom to ride, regardless of the destination. You should always look like you belong inside the city, not just out on the road pedaling. A freedom to ride, at any speed you want to. Sometimes you ride slow sometimes you ride quick, but no matter how you ride, you should always look and feel fresh and clean. A freedom to ride, no matter the weather. A cyclist is exposed to the elements in a way that few other city dwellers are, and your clothing should be ready to handle whatever the sky and streets kick at it. Our garments are designed to make getting to that freedom just a little bit easier. In many ways Outlier is a child of the Garment District. When we started this company neither of us really knew how to make clothing. We just knew that we couldn't find the garments that we wanted and if no one else was going make them then we would have to do it ourselves. We began hunting down the best technical fabrics in the world and brought them to small factories in New York City where craftsmanship still reigns supreme. Through a constant process of experimentation and refinement we started producing a line of goods we can believe in. Our goal is always to produce future classics. Garments that work as well half a century down the road as they do today. We believe in making the highest quality garments possible and we sell them at the best possible prices. We refuse to compromise on quality and we refuse to compromise on ethics. We use the best materials for the job and we make sure they meet the highest environmental standards. We keep production values sky high while keeping the work local. We believe in strong communities and we see both our production people and our customers as an integral part of our personal community. We are here to build a long lasting company dedicated to quality. Quality in our product of course, and also quality in how we relate to the world. We treat people fairly and we treat our environment like it's not just our home, but the home we want our grandchildren to ride their bikes in. We think we are making clothing for a better way of life, and hopefully you'll join with us to get there. Abe & Company, New York City September 2009]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/09/an_outlier_philosophy.php http://outlier.cc/2009/09/an_outlier_philosophy.php Company Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:09:09 -0500 Nailhead Cap

^{Photo by Emiliano Granado} This is literally the good stuff. Stuff is a word that can mean just about anything, but its first use as a noun was to describe the worsted wool fabrics that medieval knights stuffed under their suits of armor. Nailhead is one of our favorite worsted wools around. Its subtle pinprick pattern gives it an incredible depth of texture, and as a fine suiting fabric it tends to be made from the softest and longest wool fibers available. That makes it one of the best performance fabrics in the world, but you'd never know since it tends to be used in expensive men's suits and nothing but. We snatched these fabrics from our favorite Brooklyn warehouse determined to find a better use for this quality stuff than the upper class ghetto of office armor and take it back to the streets. Wool sometimes has a bad rep for being itchy, course and overwarm, but that's only because the good stuff always gets snatched up for suiting fabric. The finer wools breathe better than cotton, and wick moisture into the inner core of their actual fibers. This means they cool you in the summer, keep you warm in the winter and always feel drier to the touch than other fabrics, no matter how wet it is outside. It makes for an incredible cap. The Nailhead Collection uses our classic cycling cap design done with master milliner Victor Osborne. We line our caps with a bengaline fabric that molds to your head over time, as does our high quality grosgrain banding. Because it's a lined cap, it costs twice as much to make, the lining is essentially a second cap sewn inside the first. But for that added cost you get a cap that should last way more than twice as long, and fit great for all the years you own it. As always we produce our garments in New York City for exceptional quality. Update 11/29/09: We're sold out but Victor Osborne still has a few left. So head over to his new shop on Orchard St.

Nailhead Cap

]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/08/nailhead_cap.php http://outlier.cc/2009/08/nailhead_cap.php Caps Collaborations Garments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:37:35 -0500 Outlier Merino Hoodie in Monocle This month we've been lucky enough to make the pages of Monocle Magazine. One of Tyler Brûlé's joints. Check it out in the fashion briefing of section D page 122. Big thanks to Monocle for finding us and making this happen!

]]> http://outlier.cc/2009/07/outlier_merino_hoodie_in_monocle.php http://outlier.cc/2009/07/outlier_merino_hoodie_in_monocle.php Press Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:45:55 -0500 Wired Summer Merino Test Wired magazine called us up a few months ago to get their hands on a Merino Tee. They wanted to put it to the test and see if it lived up to our claims. To their amazement, it did, and we landed on page 52 of their July edition. See what they have to say about us and the rest of the Summer Test Edition at Wired.com.

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