Berlin - Potsdamer Platz & Tiergarten (Chapter) Lonely Planet

This quarter is a showcase of fabulous contemporary architecture. Art lovers should not skip the nearby Kulturforum museums, especially the Gemäldegalerie and the Neue Nationalgalerie. The leafy Tiergarten, with its rambling paths and hidden beer gardens, makes for a perfect break.

Coverage includes: Neighbourhood Top Five, Local Life, Getting There & Away, Sights, Eating, Traipsing around the Tiergarten Walking Tour, Sleeping, Drinking & Nightlife, Sleeping, Entertainment and Shopping.

Berlin - Potsdamer Platz & Tiergarten (Chapter)

THE WINDSOR HAS THE SUMMER BLUES

Windsor showed their Spring/Summer collection 2014 @ Bread & Butter last week. This collection is packed with blue tones, but also some olive green and of course khaki's. I really love the denim feeling in the collection it makes it more relaxed, still having a lot of style.

FILSON @ BREAD & BUTTER, BERLIN

I think you all know by now, that I'm a sucker for Filson. I really get a smile on my face when I see

a Filson bag! On the booth in Berlin they didn't just showed the Spring/Summer 2014 collection but also a wall filled with vintage bags. These vintage bags are send back by customers for repair or even as a complaint. The company sent those customers free of charge a new bag, repair the old ones and sell these to guys who can't wait to break down there own bag. Filson bags are like a great denim

you have to break it down yourself. I do like the wool baseball cap with the "F" made in the USA that's for sure.

CHAD MEETS OAK STREET - BOOTMAKERS

I met George Vlagos @ Bread & Butter, Berlin in the L.O.C.K. Fire dept. He is the founding father of

Oak Street Bootmakers. His father has a shoe repair shop in Chicago and in this shop he learned the craft of shoemaking from an early age. Today, George seeks to preserve the heritage of fine shoemaking through thoughtfully designed and attentively crafted shoes.

All Oak Street shoes and boots are handcrafted in the USA by shoemakers with over 20 years of experience. The highest standards of production are employed to yield shoes that are as durable as they are comfortable. Each pair makes use of replaceable outsoles, a feature normally reserved for formal footwear, to ensure a lifetime of wear. 

As Chicago is also home to Horween leathers it ain't a surprise that Oak Street shoes and boots are constructed from renowned Horween Chromexcel leather. Chromexcel undergoes 89 separate processes taking 28 days and utilizing all five floors of the Horween facility in Chicago. Over the past 100 years very little has changed in the formula. Food-grade beef tallow, cosmetic-grade beeswax, marine oil, chrome salts, tree bark extracts and naturally occurring pigments are combined. The mixture is then applied using heat, steam pressure, the hands of craftsman and time. This ultimately yields the soft, supple and durable leather that is used for your shoes or boots.

Berlin - Museumsinsel & Alexanderplatz (Chapter) Lonely Planet

Museum lovers hit the jackpot on this little Spree River island with its five world-class museums, including the unmissable Pergamonmuseum, and the majestic Berliner Dom. Discover Berlin's birthplace in the Nikolaiviertel and learn about life under socialism at the DDR Museum.

Coverage includes: Neighbourhood Top Five, Local Life, Getting There & Away, Sights, Eating, Back to the Roots Walking Tour, Sleeping, Drinking & Nightlife, Sleeping, Entertainment and Shopping.

Berlin - Museumsinsel & Alexanderplatz (Chapter)

CHAD GOES TO BERLIN

Okay as you can see everything is packed for my visit of Bread & Butter, Berlin.

I'm really looking forward to see how the people are dressed in Berlin and what kind of brands I can spot. Keep you posted as always!! (oh in the bag Lee 101 jeans, Scotch & Soda Sweater and Pendleton Hawaii shirt)

Germany - Berlin (Chapter) Lonely Planet

Berlin is a scene-stealing, head-turning combo of glamour and grit, teeming with top museums and galleries, guerrilla clubs, gourmet temples and ethnic snack shacks. Over the past decade, it has become a pillar of the fashion, art, design and music worlds.

Coverage includes: Sights, Activities, Tours, Festivals & Events, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking, Entertainment and Shopping.

Germany - Berlin (Chapter)

14OZ. BERLIN "ROCKS"

You haven't been to Berlin or to the Bread & Butter if you haven't been to 14Oz. this "temple of fashion" is a must see for denim geeks, but not just denim. The founder of the Bread & Butter, curated a great mix of brands in his shop. What about Nigel Cabourn, the biggest collection in Europe, Filson with special colors just for made for 14Oz, Haversack, Tricker's, Alden, Red Wing, Denham, Barena, Monitaly, Momotaro etc. etc. I was very much surprised how crowded the store was, Xmas is early this year! (pics via 14Oz. blog)

CHAD GOES TO BERLIN

Tomorrow morning I will "take off" @ 6 in the morning to the Bread & Butter, Premium and Capsule Show, Berlin. Everything is packed for 650km of travel by car and 3 days of fairs. Keep you posted.