^they are definitely throughout Brooks catalogs by early to mid 80s, i think

^ idk, maybe mid to late 80s, or faulty recollection. pendleton made them as well, and viyella. i had the latter in a 55/45 wool/cotton blend in that particular tie.

one person who wore tartan ties publicly with (pinpoint?) button downs (and cardigans, and tie pins) throughout the late 70s and 80s was Mr Rogers

My Bean boots have leaked, but I live with it

Wouldn't pay $350 for those. Quoddy is great, but I wouldn't buy those because $350 isn't what you spend on beater shoes, which is what rain/outdoor boots are.

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My main issue with them is they're a little too busy. Too many little details crammed in. The Bean boot is a classic because it's like a Paul Rand logo - smart, simple, and memorable.

/\  nice post Beebs but of course it's a catalog page and not an article; the Bean boots, or Maine Hunting Shoes as Bean called them, were, like so many of Bean's outdoor clothes and camping and fishing gear, most suitable for light, casual wear and not heavy use in the field.  Abercrombie & Fitch, Willis & Geiger, Filson, Russell, Sears Roebuck, those purveyors sold heavy-duty field goods, Bean's stuff, as cool as it was, was of lesser quality and their (generally) significantly lower prices reflected that.

Bean's stuff was better in cabins and at summer camp and school than it was on Everest.  If you ever tried to go camping with Bean tents and sleeping bags you know what I mean.  '70s Bean is what I'm discussing.

I love L. L. Bean but the company's stuff was not that rugged in my experience, and we had lots of the stuff. 

Campus puddles yes, serious cold-weather snow wear, no.  Doesn't matter what the Bean catalog said.

Bean blankets on dorm room beds, Bean brown duffles on the train, Bean blucher mocs 24/7/365, hell yes. 

Bean Norwegian sweaters, fantastic, until your neck got so itchy you had to go for Brooks Brothers made-in-England black/silver label camel-colored cashmere v-necks for relief, please.

Bean green mountain parka anorak, a great example, looked fantastic though it was only useful as a lightweight garment on a dry day and you would not want to depend on it if a chilly wind started to blow.

The old mechanical Bean Field Watch, loved it, what excellent style, but hardly indestructible

We had these very conversations back in the dorms 40 years ago, as I've written before, the post office at school used to receive so many Bean packages every day, you'd see the catalogs and packaging stuffed into the trash cans at Yale Station and you'd see kids walking out of the place with their new goodies, their Baxter States, etc.

/\  oh yeah, not only are these last looks perfect for this thread and all '70s Rugged Prep purposes, the places you're rambling through are spectacular,
I dig your style, it's downright inspirational .......

we didn't have fleece until the very end of the '70s really, my girlfriend the sailor and I had some of the first ones on campus, she took me to the sailing shop where the team bought lots of its gear and we got some great Chuck Roast of Conway, New Hampshire zip jackets in fleece, very good stuff, it lasted for years and people tried to copy the vibe but they didn't know where to find it .....

this was before Patagonia was around ...... that sailing shop also carried some tough O'Neill sailing jackets that were perfect for the gray New Haven Long Island Sound weather, this was before O'Neill had become mainly a lifestyle brand ....

these looks would be equally amazing featuring a Shetland, even a trippy Fair Isle or Cowichan, an Icelandic, or a Bean Norwegian, but I know modern fleece has a lot of advantages, and I am a fan of The North Face and have and use their stuff a lot, that fleece is a good one

The North Face backs its products with good warranties and customer service, I rep them for that for sure

Walks keep it up. very much looking forward to the next installment, this thread is my favorite and you're crushing things here in fine form!