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From Blackbird’s ongoing collaboration with Alden comes this Summer Oxford in a Reverse Tobacco Chamois shell. It’s a mixture of two well-recieved styles from the fruitful collaboration. This Summer Oxford, like other Alden pieces before it, is hand made with Horween leather in an all-natural, special recipe tanning process that can take up to six weeks to complete. Needless to say, the time dedicated to the making of each pair really shows in the final product.

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Alden of New England has teamed up with Blackbird once again to deliver another fine shoe, this time the Leschi Picnic saddle shoe. It features contrasting suede and smooth calf leathers in snuff suede and black, topped off with fine detailing such as brass eyelets and a classic saddle shoe shape. Each shoe is hand made and takes 6 weeks to produce, with supply being extremely limited.

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Christmas is past us but that doesn’t mean you can’t pick up a gift for yourself. The brutal cold has hit us here in the East Coast and this basket of goods would’ve really been ideal right now. Blackbird collaborated with Quoddy to design a limited edition custom deck chukka exclusively for Blackbird and the result’s tremendous. They’re made from a tough nubuck leather coated with a tar-like wax which is dry to the touch and the standard nickel hardware and natural stitching have been swapped for black hardware and black stitching. All black everything.

Also in the package are two sets of laces — contrasting natural leather with deep chocolate edges or standard black leather — as well as a few other Blackbird favorites like a 1lb bag of whole bean Blackbird Coffee roasted by Caffe Vita, a porcelain double walled thermal Bird Boy tumbler, and a Bird Boy recycled notebook by ReBinder.

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Blackbird has been known to work with Alden of New England in the past on collaborative footwear, available exclusively through the Seattle-based retailer and they’re at it again. This time, they’re delivering a new version of last year’s Foss Tugger, a boot inspired by Seattle’s famous Foss tugboats. It’s essentially a Blucher High Boot with a brown calf skin leather upper and a light-weight Goodyear molded rubber outsole in a light espresso finish. The durability and comfort are unmatched and the leather insole also features the “Made expressly for Blackbird” heel pod as an added stamp of approval.

These boots run a bit large so Blackbird suggests dropping a size.

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Nigel Cabourn‘s Japan Collection is truly special as it delivers some exceptional pieces that are made for the Japanese market which shows in the slim-cut specs. The line’s actually crafted in the East Asian country as well but Blackbird in Seattle may be one of the few American retailers lucky enough to carry the line. They’ve had onboard in seasons past and their list of highly-reputable labels only makes them an even better outlet for getting the best this segment has to offer.

For Fall 2010, Cabourn and company are giving us much of what we’re used to like reversible shirts but with some new welcomed designs. The shirts are made of heavy cotton flannel and are totally reversible, but reversible in a much more refined way. It’s like two shirts are stitched together seamlessly and all tags and pockets are completely ditched.

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Seattle-retailer Blackbird has officially introduced their first line of private label shirting. In hopes of delivering something truly special, they took the idea of using an all natural hand-dyeing process that would produce one-of-a-kind finishes specific to each shirt and therefore each individual wearer. The process was extensive but worthwhile in the end for Blackbird and its customers alike. They took high-quality 100% cotton oxford cloth and cut it into a trim fitting shirt with a slim collar and birch wood two-holed buttons. The shop worked directly with reputable Northwest dye masters to piece together a palette of moody grays and olives, rich reds, and dusty tans and greens. The result is tremendous as the shirts really fit well into an everyday-wear ensemble. This is looking to be a homerun for Blackbird’s first at bat in such an endeavor.

The shirts will be hitting the Blackbird shop soon and will fetch $189 a pop.

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Another fine collaboration between Alden and Seattle-based Blackbird has released, with this one paying homage to Frank Osgood, one of Seattle’s most well-known historical figures. Notable accomplishments included his horse drawn and electrical streetcars, and his efforts to make Seattle a more modernized city and enhanced its street culture in the process.

The Hayburner comes in a #8 burgundy cordovan finish while the Leschi Picnic saddle is finished in black calf and detailed with navy blue suede. Both are fully lined with leather and feature a high quality Goodyear single welt construction.

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Another mash-up featuring Seattle’s Blackbird retail shop and New England’s Alden shoe company. This time, the duo’s taken inspiration from the simple black dress shoes of standard military dress. “The name itself comes from Baa Baa Blacksheep, a TV series that aired on NBC from 1976 to 1978. As a child born on Pearl Harbor day, our owner, Nicole, loved to watch the show with her father, and marked every birthday with WWII film marathons. A lifelong devotee of Army Navy surplus store shopping, it was a natural choice for Nicole, when it came time to design our Alden collaboration models, to reference the military look and feel she had grown up appreciating.”

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Blackbird‘s been getting a few exclusive pieces from their collaboration with Alden of New England and the Hauff’s Department Store Boot will surely catch the eyes of enthusiasts the World over. This high top blucher boot with perforated straight tip was inspired by early 20th century uptown gentleman’s attire. You might have found a boot like this at Hauff’s, Ballard’s first department store.

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Designed by Blackbird in collaboration with Alden of New England, the Christopherson’s Creamery Milkman Boot brings back memories of a neighborhood icon – the milkman. Inspired by the shiny simple uniform boots that so many delivery drivers wore back in the day when milk and groceries were delivered, the boot pulls additional inspiration from Christopherson’s Creamery, a local Ballard dairy shop, just around the corner from where Blackbird is located today.

Blackbird suggests you polish yours to a high gloss and wear them with sharply tailored trousers, or beat them up, lace them half-way, and wear them with whatever. This boot is cut sharp to accommodate a number of looks and built tough as nails for a life of hard, dedicated service.

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