INVENTORY ITEMS: An Introduction

Often times there’s a specific item missing from your wardrobe and you just don’t feel right until it’s yours. At Inventory, we find there are certain classic, well made products that we feel we need but they just don’t exist. By working with carefully selected designers and manufacturers, we are able to make our perfect items. With a focus on time honoured traditions, impeccable craftsmanship and attention to detail, we set out to compile a limited run of Inventory Items. We have done five collaborations this fall resulting in Items 001-006. It's been a learning process with each piece the end result has come to fruition just as we pictured it. The items will release through the fall at different times but there are already a couple available in the Inventory Stockroom. We'll be featuring individual items both in print and online to showcase the people and stories behind the products.

Comments

[Julian]

I'm excited. Especially about that red knit hat.

[wheristhecool]

many things which will be in
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[Andrew]

Please Stop it with the "limited run" bullshit. Why don't you continue to produce the items as long as there is demand for them? Unless there is some sort of problem with the companies you are collaborating with all you are doing is making people drool over items and then find that their size is sold out. I hope the '"limited run" shit isn't a marketing ploy to make your products more attractive. "we find there are certain classic, well made products that we feel we need but they just don’t exist."..... they still won't exist until you make your offers more permanent. If you need to order in bulk from the manufacturers I recommend you set up a waiting list and when you have sufficient amount of buyers, you make the order. I love the stuff you cover, keep it up and stay true to your unsnobbish mandate of bringing obscure fashions/niches to those out of the loop.

[admin]

^Hey Andrew,
We don't mean to be trying to make it hard for people to find what they like or the products were producing but it comes down to what many we think people might buy or how many items we can even afford to produce. While the suggestion of taking pre-order and payment can work for somethings, it takes some of the fun of dropping a new product and can drag out the process even further. It's really not meant as a marketing ploy as we are still testing the waters in how people are actually reacting to our own products.

Thanks for the comment though and nice words. We're trying...

[mike]

mcnairy bucks are too good. will be buying these soon for sure.

[bob]

I've always loved the Duluth utility pack -- which costs 85 bucks and comes in like 10 colors. Yours is a few inches bigger and has an extra strap and is more than double the price? Why?

[admin]

^Hi Bob
For anybody to even wholesale Duluth Utility Packs, cost is nearly at their retail price. Then the addition of our own stamp/leather patch, the extra strap, the all brass hardware, longer shoulder straps and the addition of a zip pocket on the inside upped the cost. Believe me, we don't even have good margins on the bags.
Also, ours actually aren't bigger, they are in fact 2 inches more narrow as we found it was better fitted for our wear around the city on a daily basis.
-rw