One of the things that separates Wm Lamb & Son from so many other companies is that we have original designs .... we have the artwork, we are the artist. For this reason we have been so blessed to collaborate with some of the best companies and the greatest folks we have met out there in this crazy world we live in as entrepenuers. We don't want to compete with our friends .... we want to work with them when we can and with this in mind we have produced some truly amazing products !!
The GSP fabric design is one of our favorites and teaming up with Hudson Sutler out of New York was a perfect fit for us. We are all about quality and Hudson Sutler bags are heavy canvas old school bags (you know we love old school) that are Made in America, not to mention great guys. Yes, that's right, we love the New Yorkers too! Collaborating with them and putting our GSP lining in four different color schemes made these bags just pop! The Thomaville has already sold out and the The Apalachicola and St. Simons are headed that way soon (the bags were just released on November 1st). The fourth color scheme hasnt been released yet. Head on over to www.hudsonsutler.com and check out the Wm Lamb & Son Collection before they are gone.
So, we, like so much of the South, feel in love with a little company up in Boston, The Old Try. Yes, they are located up North but they are Southern born and Southern at heart and good folk, as Micah would say. Everything they do is on an old letterpress and individually numbered and, as we love, old school. When we found them we knew we had to be a part of what they were and when we saw their Manners Print we knew we had to have it a part of what we are. Nothing says Wm Lamb & Son quite like the Manners Print. The Old Try agreed to print red and black prints exclusively for us, and we hope this is only the beginning of things to come between The Old Try and Wm Lamb & Son. These are available straight thru www.wmlambandson.com
So we have to say teaming up with the true, original, and first "Southern" Company has been an amazing experience. We met the Southern Proper folks first at the opening of Five Mile Club in Athens, Georgia this time last year. By Christmas we had agreed to collaborate on a tie collection for the Fall. A month later we had the designs ready and by June we were doing a photo shoot together on some South Georgia Plantations for the Wm Lamb & Son Fall Collection. We can tell you without a doubt, Southern Proper isnt just a great company that creates a beautiful, quality product, but they are truly good people and we are so blessed to be able to call them our close friends. The Wm Lamb & Son Collection is available in both neck ties and bow ties at www.southernproper.com The Fall 2012 theme is the South Georgia Plantation .... and yes, there is so much more to come from this collaboration, this friendship ......
Yes, it's what started it all .... a chance meeting (Wm wearing the Hunt Scene pants of course) at the Southeastern Wildlife Expo in Charleston in 2011 with K. Cooper Ray, The Social Primer and our world was completely opened up. Within 7 months of the Expo, Wm's first design, The Hunt Scene fabric was debuted in the Social Primer Tailgate Blazer with Brooks Brothers. Yes, that's right, one chance meeting and we are in Brooks Brothers AND have made yet another great friend. Cooper is definitely a one of a kind that is taking it upon himself to educate young men in how to dress and how to act like a true Southern Gentleman. The Tailgate Blazer is sold exclusively by Brooks Brothers, 2011 Fall blazer (very limited sizes left) has the Hunt Scene lining, 2012 Fall blazer is available in red and in navy and features the WLS Foxhunt lining, www.brooksbrothers.com Can't wait to see what Wm and Cooper come out with for 2013.
So, last spring during March Madness a blogger, www.greatlakesprep.com, created the Brand Bracket. Within this bracket he had brands (from the top folks over at LL Bean and Ray Ban to the smaller guys like .... Wm Lamb & Son vying for votes to move on from their fans on social media). Over the course of a couple of weeks many of us became obsessed with this bracket.... merely for bragging rights .... The cool thing was how we struck up friendships with some of these other brands during our battles. One of these friendships was with Loggerhead Apparel out of Greenville, South Carolina. We had noticed their wares before and were impressed with their conservation efforts with the sea turtles along the South Carolina coast as well as their Made in America quality products. In the midst of the brand bracket we agreed to collaborate on a tshirt design to introduce Loggerhead fans to Wm Lamb & Son and vice versa. Wm's watercolor of a sea turtle was the only design necessary and a percentage of the proceeds will go to sea turtle conservation along the Florida Panhandle. And for the record yes, Loggerhead was the one that knocked us out of the brand bracket in the Final Eight. Get your Wm Lamb & Son tee at www.loggerheadapparel.com and tell our friends in South Carolina we said hey.
Also a friendship that was made during the brand bracket last year was with Luxley & Bernard, a company straight out of the Midwest so it's been fun to expand and show that Wm Lamb & Son isnt just for those in the South..... we appeal to those all over the country. Having discussed doing something with them over the fall we decided that with of our love and respect for this great country we live in we would do an American Made tshirt together. There is just nothing better than the red, white and blue sometimes. Luxley & Bernard represents a similar lifestyle to Wm Lamb & Son and all these other companies .... wanting to bring quality products to folks and focusing on the simple things in life. Sometimes it really is as simple as that. God Bless America!! The American Made long sleeve tees are available thru www.wmlambandson.com and www.luxleyandbernard.com.
Yes, we told you there would be much more to come from the Wm Lamb & Son Collection with Southern Proper .... get your tee directly from www.southernproper.com - Who doesnt love original artwork on tshirts ?!?! (and stay tuned for the Spring Collection coming soon!!)
