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Palladenim® after some wear and sun exposure, August 2013
Introducing the “PALLADENIM”®, a traditional PALLADIUM® shoe design, revisited by MISTER FREEDOM®
For a kid like me, growing up partly in France and Africa, the brand PALLADIUM® meant sneakers (we called them baskettes) and outdoor shoes. Everyone owned a pair…
So when talks about a collaboration MFxP® initiated over a year ago, I had two words: OUI MESSIEURS!… And called my Mum right away…
Flipping through an old cherished photo album my Dad, Gérard Loiron, had put together when doing his two years in the French military in Algeria, I found several shots of him wearing government issued chaussures de brousse. The year was 1956, my Dad was 24, and wearing a pair of Palladium!
Starting in the late 1940’s PALLADIUM® contracted with the French military to supply troops with rugged, functional, durable and comfortable footwear. PALLADIUM® manufactured gym shoes and outdoor boots (the legendary Chaussure Pampa, Pallabrousse…), supplying Légion Etrangère, Armée de l’Air, Marine Nationale…
Non related, but there are a few shots of Steve McQueen wearing his Pallabrousse in the very excellent book “The Last Mile” by Barbara McQueen.
That’s ol’ school enough for me ☺
The “PALLADENIM”® SPECS:
* Inspired by 1950’s Government issued French military chaussure de brousse, the enlisted man jungle boot during the French Indochina and Algerian campaign.
* Traditional PALLADIUM® last, sole and panel pattern.
* Upper made of New Old Stock indigo selvedge denim, 12 oz., origin USA.
* Lining made of vintage NOS 100% cotton stripe twill, origin USA.
* Black vulcanized rubber sole.
* Canvas reinforced eyelet backing.
* Inside lining hand stamped with military style ink size markings.
* Original MFxP® artwork printed sock liner for comfort.
* Original molded MFxP® ankle rubber bumpers.
* 100% cotton olive drab bias taping.
* Original MFxP® rayon woven tongue label.
* Packaged in original MFxP® printed box.
* Small run, limited edition.
All design, pattern and artwork property of PALLADIUM® www.palladiumboots.com
Available RAW (UN-ISSUED)
RETAIL: $149.95
SIZES:
US 5w (FR 37.5) SOLD OUT
US 6w (FR 39)
US 7 (FR 39.5) SOLD OUT
US 8 (FR 41) SOLD OUT
US 9 (FR 42) SOLD OUT
US 10 (FR 43) SOLD OUT
US 11 (FR 44.5) SOLD OUT
US 12 (FR 46) SOLD OUT
NOTE: The first three photos are of a WORN pair of PALLADENIM®, I road tested on/off for about 2 months, and left in the California sun for a while. Production comes RAW, unwashed, not fakely distressed, not faded, or as we like to put it UN-ISSUED. So your shoes will have 100% mileage left in them when you receive them.
Call the store at (323) 653-2014 or mail sales@misterfreedom.com to get yours while they last. We ship internationally.
 
  
Limited Edition Mister Freedom® original “Ninkyo” Tshirt. The FULL amount of your purchase will go to the American Red Cross to support disaster relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific.
Because the fight is far from over, and I believe in res non verba versus being just speechless in front of the constant and on-going flow of bad news from Japan, here is round two. This is what we cooked up this time:
We hand stenciled 30 custom numbered T-shirts, with original MF® artwork, this time inspired by 60’s propaganda art (Mai ’68in France, Cuba Libre, etc…)
The use of the ninkyo kanji (“an ancient philosophy that values Humanity, Justice and Duty…”) was inspired by an interesting read entitled “Yakuza to the rescue”. Take five, it’s insightful about the often crossed line between Right and Wrong.
Before afterhours bloggers get all excited, I confirm that there is NO political message is this graphic. The only message conveyed is that Japan will need all its will/work power and solidarity to rebuild the mess, especially after the world’s attention gets distracted by other events.
Mister Freedom will be donating ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of the sale of each shirt to the American Red Cross, who will properly dispatch the funds to help those affected by the recent 9.0 earthquake in Japan and Tsunami throughout the Pacific. The MF donation for the FULL AMOUNT, $100.00 per shirt, will be made on the day of your purchase, and the official Red Cross receipt will be available on demand.
SPECS:
100% cotton knit Tubular T-shirts/ Printed on vintage 1950’s-60s NOS military undershirts/ Hand stenciled with water-based ink/ Each print is unique in its variations/ Limited Edition of thirty numbered shirts/ Packaged in custom made original MF chipboard boxes, hand stenciled/ Pre-Washed and fully shrunk.
The limited Edition shirts numbered 1 through 20 are available at Mister Freedom®.
For locals who want to do the right thing, shirts numbered 21 through 30are available from Tina Wakino at BAZAR 1108c Abbot Kinney, Venice, California 90291. Email bazar@artnet.net
Here is the list of the generous donors who have helped folks in Japan who really needed a hand and a break (we will update the list as fast as we can):
T-shirt No. 01/30 (SMALL): TOMMY YIP (UK)
T-shirt No. 02/30 (SMALL): ZACK GINIES (Canada)
T-shirt No. 03/30 (SMALL): D.B.P. (USA)
T-shirt No. 04/30 (SMALL): DOMINGO VILLANUEVA vintageengineerboots.com (USA)
T-shirt No. 05/30 (SMALL): JORGE GIL DE GOMEZ SANTO (Spain)
T-shirt No. 06/30 (SMALL): NOBUKO NISHIMURA Fr/jp design&vintage (France)
T-shirt No. 07/30 (SMALL): HEADSISTAILS (USA)
T-shirt No. 08/30 (SMALL): NANCY DEALEY (USA)
T-shirt No. 09/30 (SMALL): JAMES SEARS (USA)
T-shirt No. 10/30 (SMALL): MAVI (Spain)
T-shirt No. 11/30 (MEDIUM): GREG FURUKAWA (USA)
T-shirt No. 12/30 (MEDIUM): THIS SUNDAY (USA)
T-shirt No. 13/30 (MEDIUM): T. SHOOTER (USA)
T-shirt No. 14/30 (MEDIUM): BEN STARMER (USA)
T-shirt No. 15/30 (MEDIUM): JAMES SEARS (USA)
T-shirt No. 16/30 (MEDIUM): MITCHELL CHANG (USA)
T-shirt No. 17/30 (MEDIUM): BANDIT PHOTOGRAPHER (USA)
T-shirt No. 18/30 (MEDIUM): CLINT MOREY (USA)
T-shirt No. 19/30 (MEDIUM): R.V. (USA)
T-shirt No. 20/30 (MEDIUM): R.V. (USA)
T-shirt No. 21/30 (SMALL) via Bazar: TIMOTHY “TUG” GODDARD (USA)
T-shirt No. 22/30 (SMALL) via Bazar: MICHAEL WILKERSON (USA)
T-shirt No. 23/30 (SMALL) via Bazar: AARON ISLE (USA)
T-shirt No. 24/30 (SMALL) via Bazar: MICHELLE WILLIAMS (USA)
T-shirt No. 25/30 (SMALL) via Bazar: KATERINA TANA katerinatanadesign.com (USA)
T-shirt No. 26/30 (MEDIUM) via Bazar: JOSHUA GILMAN (USA)
T-shirt No. 27/30 (MEDIUM) via Bazar: JASON HUE (USA)
T-shirt No. 28/30 (MEDIUM) via Bazar: THE RIOT ACT (USA)
T-shirt No. 29/30 (MEDIUM) via Bazar: ADRIENNE STOLTZ (USA)
T-shirt No. 30/30 (MEDIUM) via Bazar: COBY GEWERTZ (USA)
Size: SMALL & MEDIUM only
Retail $100.00 (full amount going t0 the American Red Cross). We pay for shipping.
We thank you sincerely in advance. For shirts No.1 through No.20, call John or Jordan at (323) 653-2014 or mail john@misterfreedom.com or jordan@misterfreedom.com to get yours while they last. We ship internationally.
For shirts No.21 through No.30, visit BAZAR in Venice, Calif. or call Tina at (310) 314 2101
UPDATE (Saturday April 2nd, 2011 at 02:00PM):
We still have a few left to go to win round two, but Mister Freedom® team and Tina Wakino would like to thank you again for your generosity and participation in making this donation of $3000.00 to the American Red Cross possible. YOU did it.
Lotsa love from MF® and BAZAR to all for your support of the JAPAN Disaster Relief.
Update Email from the RED CROSS, received June 20, 2011:
http://redcrossla.org/donations/files/2011/05/Jpn-Spring-Stroms-draft-6.pdf
 
 
Limited Edition Nihon tourist T-shirt: “I SURVIVED JAPAN 9.0 AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY SHIRT”
I’ll try to be brief.
We are all getting depressed by the on-going dramas unfolding in Japan since March 11th 2011.
As a small and humble token of appreciation of a People, and respect of a Country I personally owe so much to, here is what we cooked up at work:
We hand stenciled 15 custom numbered T-shirts, with original artwork inspired by not-so-serious“tourist” type 1960’s-70’s graphic T-shirts. The recent events are obviously a non laughing matter, but some ‘lightness’ is the only remedy i have found against the daily flow of bad news and alarming updates…
Mister Freedom will be donating ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of the sale of each shirt to the American Red Cross, who will properly dispatch the funds to help those affected by the recent 9.0 earthquake in Japan and Tsunami throughout the Pacific. The MF donation for the FULL AMOUNT, $100.00/shirt, will be made on the day of your purchase, and official receipts will be available on demand.
Of course we don’t expect you to be wearing the shirts, if you were not there when the 9.0 hit… But if you have a friend in Japan and would like to show that you “did something” by sending him/her this shirt as a present, know that your generosity will be helping some folks in need of food/shelter/support. (Just wait a bit and let the Post Office deliver more urgent goods for now.)
We will be updating this post with the name or website of the 15 participants.
SPECS:
100% cotton indigo blue dyed Tubular T-shirts/ Vintage 1950’s-60s NOS military T-shirts/ Hand stenciled with slight variations/ Dual discharge and red waterbase ink printing/ Limited Edition of fifteen numbered shirts/ Packaged in custom made original MF chipboard boxes/ Pre-Washed and fully shrunk.
LIST OF DONORS (we salute you…):
T-shirt No. 01/15: RUMI I CHUNG (Australia)
T-shirt No. 02/15: BEATLE (Germany)
T-shirt No. 03/15: DOC BLUE (France)
T-shirt No. 04/15: THIS SUNDAY (USA)
T-shirt No. 05/15: JAMES SEARS (USA)
T-shirt No. 06/15: GREGOIRE (USA)
T-shirt No. 07/15: MAX RINCON (USA)
T-shirt No. 08/15: JOE McINTYRE (USA)
T-shirt No. 09/15: JOHAN HURTIG café.se (Sweden)
T-shirt No. 10/15: MICHAEL GOLLOTTI (USA)
T-shirt No. 11/15: LEAH GIONIS (Australia)
T-shirt No. 12/15: WALTER CARILLION (USA)
T-shirt No. 13/15: JAMES SEARS (USA)
T-shirt No. 14/15: NOBUKO NISHIMURA Fr/jp design&vintage (France)
T-shirt No. 15/15: KAI FU CHENG (USA)
Size: Small only
Retail $100.00 (full amount going t0 the American Red Cross). We pay for shipping
We thank you sincerely in advance. Call John or Jordan at (323) 653-2014 or mail john@misterfreedom.com or jordan@misterfreedom.com to get yours while they last. We ship internationally.
UPDATE (March 19th 2011, 1:48PM)
All of us at MISTER FREEDOM® wish to thank all of you dearly for your prompt actions and your generosity…
Thanks to the above listed 15 international donors, and everyone who applied, the American Red Cross has received a payment of $1500.00 (MF® made the full payment on day 1 because of the obvious urgency. Official receipt above.)
Lotsa love from MF® to all for your support of the JAPAN Disaster Relief.
 
 
 
MISTER FREEDOM® x SUGAR CANE Spring 2011 Collection “Les Apaches”: VESTE OUVRIER
Voila l’été…et voila les Apaches!
I would like to thank everyone involved in making this collection a reality, all the believers, supporters, risk takers and hard workers, especially our friends at Sugar Cane Co for their unconditional support with this new MFSC collaboration.
MFSC Veste Ouvrier (workman’s jacket):
Inspired by early french work wear gear, the first installment of the MFSC Apache collection is a our version of a french worker’s coat. We combined elements of several 1900’s to 1940’s pieces to make our veste ouvrier. We kinda like that one…
SPECS:
PATTERN: An original MFSC pattern and fit, inspired by early french bleu de chauffe.
FABRIC: Two options (fabrics loomed in Japan exclusively for MFSC):
A) INDIGO Métisse: 9.7 oz. indigo dyed twill blend, 70% cotton and 30% linen, un-sanforized. The yarn core is white, the indigo outer has a purple blue shade typical of early french indigo work clothes. Fades, bleeds and reacts to sun light…
B) INDIGO Rayure: 8 oz. indigo/white warp and black weft striped twill, herringbone weave, white selvedge, un-sanforized (respectfully lifted from a late 1800’s swatch of french textile). Fades…
BUTTONS: Original MFSC Corozo natural wood buttons. (aka “vegetable ivory”, corozo buttons where an hi-end option for suiting from the 1900’s to 1940’s). Five button-front.
DETAILS:
* Original slanted button holes, to keep straight vertical closure.
* Inside white cotton twill pocket backing, to reinforce pocket top edges.
* Concealed chest pocket, with flap covering the MFSC woven label (NO visible branding/logo, so you don’t feel like a billboard…).
* Cinch back belt, with original french NOS metal sharp-prong buckle (DISCLAIMER: guaranteed to mess up your car seat, but we figured they have been around on battle fileds and in factories since the 1840’s, so we’re taking the risk in 2011…). The buckle is removable and you can switch to one that fits your needs.
* Concealed chin strap.
CONSTRUCTION: Tailor type single needle french seams, no overlock nor chainstitch. 100% Cotton thread, oxidized black/brown colour.
SHRINKAGE: Both fabric options are RAW and unwashed, and will shrink lightly with cold wash/hang dry.
SIZING: The Apache collection is sized/labelled in french! (all the way, baby…).
92 (small), 97 (medium), 102 (large), 107(Xlarge), 112(XXlarge)
PACKAGING: The garment comes in an individual old school chipboard box, exclusive to MF.
The original oil painting was masterfully executed by Mr. PATRICK SEGUI of RIVETED blog fame, and a paper print of his artwork will be featured on the Apache Collection box tops. Merci M’sieur Pat’…☺
LIMITED EDITION: For US and EU, a total of 130 jackets were made
A) 70 pieces of INDIGO Métisse veste Ouvrier
B) 60 pieces of INDIGO Rayure veste Ouvrier
Garment designed in California by MISTER FREEDOM® and manufactured in Japan by Sugar Cane Co.
Available RAW (unwashed)
Sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL
Indigo Métisse (solid): Retail $579.95
Indigo Rayure (stripe): Retail $549.95
NOTE:
The Indigo métisse veste ouvrier featured in the above photos has been worn ‘in the field’ on/off for about 2 months, washed cold about 5 times, minimal soap, hang dry. NFS. Production jackets are NOT distressed and are available UNWASHED only.
Call John or Jordan at (323) 653-2014 or mail john@misterfreedom.com or jordan@misterfreedom.com to get yours while they last. We ship internationally.
  
Mister Freedom® Musette Biribi
On your way to breaking rocks in Tataouine? Here is the perfect little haversack to carry your casse-croute…
Inspired by late 1800’s French Military government issued shoulder bag for personnel effect/bread/tobacco carriage (musette modele 1892), originally made of linen/hemp fabric, cachou colour.
Poilus and pioupious often carried two, slung over each shoulder, when in the field.
MF’s interpretation of this old timer is an addition to our Biribi concept.
SPECS:
* 100% cotton NOS 10 oz. stripe denim twill, solid white selvedge (showing on inside flap fold).
* Double layer construction.
* Made in good ol’ U.S. of A.
* Light weight
* Indigo dyed HBT woven strap, adjustable.
* No outside branding, inside flap custom stenciling.
* 1930’s NOS vintage French metal buttons.
* Vintage french NOS metal double prong strap adjuster buckle.
Available One Wash (preshrunk)
Made in USA
Approx size: 13” x 10.5” x 3”
Retail $129.95
Call John or Jordan at (323) 653-2014 or mail john@misterfreedom.com or jordan@misterfreedom.com to get yours while they last. We ship internationally.
Featured on the photos is a one-of-a-kind linen Mister Freedom® “Bourgeron Biribi”, available in different sizes now!
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