ODS Goes West: Gentlemen’s Reserve
It’s been a few days since I got home, and it’s been over a week since we spent a good amount of time in the wonderfully curated and beautiful Old Faithful Shop. It was great to see Jes and finally meet the third Gagnon brother, Joshua, we also got to meet some great people that ran some great businesses.
Although there were a lot of great brands around, Southern Field Industries was clearly the most popular. Coming all the way from Japan, Keiko and Manabu hand make incredible backpacks, totes, and purses. I am almost certain they came away with a good penny in their pocket, or at least paid for their trip. My other favourites were Freeman out of Seattle, Read’s Clothing Project out of DC, and because of my blanket obsession, Faribault Woollen Mills of Faribault Minnesota.
The first night we had the pleasure of partying with everyone of Gentlemen’s Reserve and finally got to meet the brain behind it all, Darian Hocking of Free/Man. Hoyne was generous enough to supply the party with beer, and with a couple of Read’s shirts sacrificed to the beer gods, the party only went up from there.
I feel like next year can only get better, I’ll definitely be heading out again, and Darian and I briefly discussed an East Coast equivalent, but don’t be holdin’ your breath on that it was party talk.
This post was basically just a list of brands you should check out, so with that I bid you good day.





