Patron of the New who is Yearning to Acquire.

 Photo courtesy of analog/dialogue, who sources it from  acquiremag.com.

 

I LOVE these little wooden nautical flags.

 

I've been looking for art to hang in the cottage's laundry/room mudroom wall that can be seen from  the kitchen and eating area, and these are perfect. They are vaguely vintage but not hokey, nautical but not "sea-themed" and incorporate all the colors we use in the house. 

"Acquire Magazine" is the best name for a magazine I've ever heard. Why be subtle?  I can't actually find the link to the flags, but take a look at the website because it is a masculine luxury line whose target audience is either The Most Interesting Man in the World a la Dos Equis or  for the Wall Streeter who also owns a food co-op in Williamsburg and supplies it with rare funghi that it finds whilst mountain climbing in the Himalayas.

I found lots of beautiful goods.

Especially the bags.

For me. 

(Mr. Pom is more of a I-need-a-grocery-bag-to-put-my-clothes-in kind of guy when we go away. After 32 years, he is the perfectly distilled Mr. Pom, so let him be.)

As a lawyer who has to drag files to and from,I am always looking for THE briefcase/tote bag. Leather is too damn heavy once it's loaded and too boringly '80's. Have you ever seen a leather briefcase that made your heart quicken? No matter how supple the leather or how heavy the brass fittings, it still is just a boring work briefcase.

(Confession: what is worse than a conservative leather briefcase? A horrid  fabric rolling one with plastic wheels and an ugly, retractable aluminum handle as tall as myself. I recently got a new assignment requiring me to drag around a lot of files and laptop and after getting tendonitis in my elbow and shoulder, I caved and bought one of these hateful contraptions. The first one I bought was TOO SMALL, - can you imagine what I am lugging around?  And yes, I did consider my niche could be to design beautiful, funky ones, but who are we kidding? I will deny owning it if asked, by the way.)

I,too, want everyone to think that being a lawyer is just my day job and that in my  real life I crew for my alma mater,Oxford.

Mr Pom gave me a gorgeous red leather Coach tote for Christmas, but now that spring is here, I need to find something more lightweight. Also, we spend a lot of weekends on the Cape, and I am always looking out for the IT bag that I can cram everything into without looking like a shlub.

These are some interesting bags that Acquire spotlighted; they have that clean yet funky styling that I like in a bag:

 

 

From Stanley & Sons. In denim. Luscious and love the rivets. Probably too casual for work use, but it would be in heavy rotation on weekends for laptop, journal, beach towel. 

 

 

Love the leather handles and tabs and especially the outside pocket. Not suitable for most court appearances, but I certainly would use it for the office and  as an overnight bag.

 

Hickorees Tote Bag, another beauty from Stanley & Sons and my favorite with beautifully woven fabric and hand-hammered copper rivets. Neutral enough to be used anywhere. 

 

Love this, love this. 

 

The name of this bag is "Wantles" and I do wantle it.

 

This is from Dior, and I do believe that I could jam files into it. Elegant yet earthy.

 

A classic duffel that sets my heart aflutter. At several thousand dollars, however, I am very happy with the one I bought a few months ago from Amazon:

 

(FYI: I originally saw it on Kings Lane, but it was "in someone else's cart", and I was prompted to "check back later". Ah,ingeniously manipulative marketing ploys. After checking back a few times like a fool,I googled the name of the company and found the bag on Amazon for less than the supposed "deal" price. It comes in other colors for those of you that are not as enamored of the nautical look. Sturdy yet lightweight, and balances well on the shoulder and hip when loaded down with clogs, jeans, turtleneck, laptop, and too many books).

 

 

 

When in doubt, stick with a Spade, in this case Jack.  This is my favorite, especially for the shoulder strap links. 

 

 

Another darling Jack Spade at only  $38.

 

Acquire has all sorts of stuff for the men in your life or for your masculine side. I only looked at accessories and the pages are full of wonderful small leather goods, Iphone and I-whatever cases, as well as fun stuff like rolling leather dopp bags and leather pocketknife cases. 

 

 

This is ingenious: leather Iphone case with felted sleeve so it doesn't get scratched in your bag. I suspect it is rather heavy,though, and I am trying to get the dent out of my right shoulder blade from the usual weight of my bag.

 

 

I would plunk down cash for these vintage-inspired small wallets, particulary the blue zippered one with the sweet label. At a couple hundred each, I will have to be content with Yearning to Acquire. (By Jove, I think I just invented a new blog!)

 

 

When I saw this image, I literally gasped, much to the surprise of the table next to me at Sparrow's. Quamta's Sunburst Collection is  elegant simplicty. I love the thin profile, the quiet attention to detail, and the tan, red, and blue colorways, a favorite combination. Very elegant and completely unpretentious. Despite my best googling, I cannot determine the price point, but considering their as "luxurious leather goods", I believe they will become yet another entry in the Yearning to Acquire inventory.

The Quamta company not only produces these elegant and charming pieces, but also employs highly over-educated copy writers who heavily-influenced by Isaak Dinesen and Ernest Hemingway:

 

AS THE DAY BREAKS WE FIND OURSELVES OPENING UP TO AN ORGANIC FUSION OF UNTAMED SUMMER; BURSTING WITH PLAYFUL COLOURS AND RADIATING THE VIBRANCE OF AFRICA AND HER PEOPLE WHO, THROUGH THEIR CONSTANT JOURNEYS, HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED BY HER INTRICATE AND ELEGANT PATTERNS.

 

And I certainly would like to Acquire them.

The Quamta website identifies two stockists in New York, one of which is Patron of the New on Franklin Street. I would like to be a Patron of the New. In fact,  Yearning to Acquire is now facing competition from Patron of the New as a monikor for my new pretend blog.  The shop itself looks like it needs its own blog post, but that would require an in-person visit as their website is quite discreet.  Better to dream.

 

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We are enjoying the cool sunshine on the Cape before we bug out. Lots of exciting new outdoor work being done up here. Can't wait to see it all put together!

Have a good Sunday!

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