Lovejoy and Pettygrove Logo Ideas

We're narrowing in on a logo for our new store Lovejoy and Pettygrove, which will carry goods for men and women and is inspired by the heritage of the Pacific Northwest.

The logos reflect the quality and craftsmanship of turn of the century design. Influences range from antique clothing labels to woodblock lettering. I like to think of something old-fashioned and elegant with a trace of gun smoke.

Please weigh in...

Historic lettering combined with a touch of hand drawn elements.


Elegant and refined stacked lettering.


Circular seal with a weathered look.


A combination of antique letter forms.

Snow Day Special

Snowed in? Come shop with us! Take an extra 20% off any purchase through Sunday, Feb 28th. The code is "snowday".

Winter Clearance Sale--Extra30

The Winter Sale continues--save an extra 30% storewide on items perviously marked down 30-50% off. Making way for Spring!

Onè Respe Magazine: A Beautiful Way To Help

The title Haiti: Onè Respe comes from a traditional Haitian greeting meaning "honor and respect."

Here is a gorgeous magazine celebrating the beauty of Haiti in photos by: Chet Gordon, Kari Hartmann, Mary Ellen Mark, Peter Pereira, and Lindsay Stark. Online publisher MagCloud is covering the publishing costs and donating all proceeds from sales to the American Red Cross International Response Fund for Haiti relief. The cost is just $12.

Order here

Insider Trading

Just a quick note to you loyal readers to let you know that the Winter Clearance Sale is getting bigger and better with new markdowns sitewide. Enter the Sale Here☛

Oh Leonid

The Leonid Meteor Shower, Nov. 10-20, optimal viewing time after 1 a.m. PST

Girls in Ties

How do you feel about wearing ties? Does it bring to mind images of quirky and sweet Diane Keaton or are you still recovering from the misuse that ensued during the 90's by pop-punk princess Avril Lavigne? We have a new line of ties at Le Train Bleu from a company called The Hill-Side. These very special ties in fabrics such as indigo Japanese selvedge denim and waxed cotton canvas are quickly becoming a cult item for sartorialist men, but we want to wear them too.

The free-spirited icon, Annie Hall

Veronica Lake showing her patriotism

Marlene was never more seductive than when she wore a suit and tie

Amedeo Modigliani
seems to have been a fan of the look

Girl-as-Boy crush, Katherine Hepburn as Sylvia Scarlett

ala Paolo Roversi

And below you will find The Hill-Side ties as styled for women in our last photoshoot. I think they lend a cute 1940's uniform look to many things.

Waxed Canvas Necktie from The Hill-Side

Deadstock Selvedge Hickory Stripe necktie from The Hill-Side

Selvedge Hemp/Cotton Necktie from The Hill-Side

Love-Bite

Happy Birthday Bela Lugosi. For a real treat visit the official Bela website and don't miss the animated intro. The site was created by the actor's son who confirms the rumor that he was buried in his Dracula cape. Creepy cool! In honor of the one and only Count, we celebrate through Oct 31st at Le Train Bleu with a special sale and lots of gorgeous new Fall clothing.

Enter coupon code "lovebite" at checkout to receive 20% off your order. Shop now ☛

Polaroid's From Our Fall Photoshoot

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What's Up, Preppy?

Chances are if you're into fashion, blogs, or news, you've already heard that Harvard has licensed it's name to a high end clothing line. On August 12th alone there were 300,000 hits on google for the line and I myself got the news from radio news program Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!.

I got pretty excited when I heard the line would feature Liberty Prints. The collection will launch for next Spring and I hope the commitment to Liberty will be strong enough to last until next Fall, but somehow I'm worried. For now, we just have the above. Not bad, but probably too twee for Oliver Barrett IV.

Happy Birthday Steve Martin, with all my love

IPhone Fashion Editorial, Part Four, Magazine

Days of Heaven, Terrence Malick, 1978

I had the idea to do an iPhone photoshoot before CameraBag's recent update and introduction of the new filter called Magazine. It was like they heard my prayers and made it just for me. The first thing that came to mind was one of my favorite films Days of Heaven. The Magazine filter imbues everything with that warm sepia glow of dusktime, especially in late Summer. I feel like I just touched the tip of the iceburg on this one and will definitely be playing around with it more. Hopefully in some fields of wheat in front of a house out of The Hawkline Monster.

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What's your favorite filter? I would really love to hear. And if you have an iPhone but don't currently have the CameraBag app, it is currently on sale for $1.99. I promise you it will be the best $1.99 app you have ever purchased. And if you don't have an iPhone, there is still hope--there is a desktop version in the works. You can sign up to be notified once it's out.

IPhone Fashion Editorial, Part Three, Pola

Oh dreamy nostalgic polaroid photos. I think the filter gets it just right (the frame dimensions are different but that doesn't bother me). Certain photos are gonna just ask for this one. You'll know.

IPhone Fashion Editorial, Part Two, Helga

Those of you who know me, know that I am a big Holga fan. When my Canon was stolen last year I was bummed but mostly relieved that my beloved hunk-a-plastic Holga, which had taken most of my favorite photos, was safe and sound. I know it was only worth $30 or so, but I have had it for so long I had become a bit superstitious about it and worried that a replacement wouldn't have the same familiar light leaks.

Well, the CameraBag Helga filter is a little too clean and predictable to perfectly match the look of Holgas but I love it nonetheless. In fact, I think, all in all, it is my favorite of the filters. I like the vignetting and somehow the photos look both saturated and desaturated at the same time. How can that be? Magic, I tell you.

Just for kicks I have included a few of my real Holgas just for comparison below. Which reminds me to ask, CameraBag, any chance of a Black and White Holga filter for the next update?