Rowing Blazers’ Jack Carlson on subverting collegiate style | #048

“The clothes that we think of as elitist came from a place of fun and irreverence,” says Jack Carlson, founder of New York based indie brand, Rowing Blazers. Over the past six years, Carlson and his team have democratised the clothes most associated with stuffy Ivy League and Oxbridge sporting institutions, giving them a new lease of life. We talk about this at length this week, as Aleks explores just how Jack has built a brand that feels fresh and inclusive as opposed to elitist and stuffy. Thanks for tuning in as always, we hope you enjoy listening.

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Show Notes:
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[09:35] College of Arms
[13:35] Rowing Blazers by Jack Carlson [book]
[19:18] Barbour x Rowing Blazers
[20:42] FILA x Rowing Blazers
[20:43] Sperry x Rowing Blazers
[20:48] Harry’s Bar x Rowing Blazers
[27:28] The Jackal Magazine [defunct]
[31:42] Paul Winston; ‘Chipp Off The Old Block’ [article]
[33:37] Brendon Babenzien on HandCut Radio
[34:19] Vineyard Vines
[41:14] Rowing Blazers x Babar
[43:28] Rowing Blazers Medieval Manuscripts
[44:08] ‘Seiko’s New Collab With Rowing Blazers Is A Stroke Of Genius’ [article]
[45:11] Nike Dunk Low Georgetown
[46:07] Rowing Blazers x Seiko ‘dad hat’