SEASON'S GREETINGS

HO, HO, HO! Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. 
All the best, remember - eat until you're sick and drink far more than your body can handle and we'll see you next year. T&D

BLACK LODGE HAT...

Tomorrow's release see's the return of the Black Lodge hat, inspired by the crazy world of Twin Peaks. Online Tuesday 15th December 7pm. TC

POSTAL REMINDER - CHRISTMAS DATES

Ho, ho, ho....Christmas is looming, we will post as and when we can over the Xmas and New Year period, we will of course be having a few days off like most of you and will be dictated by opening times! As always please allow and expect as standard delays over this period, it get's quite hectic there's no way around it.
Here are the official Royal Mail Christmas Postal cut off dates:

International (standard airmail) :

Tuesday 15 December	Canada, Finland, Sweden, USA
Wednesday 16 December	Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain
Thursday 17 December	France
Friday 18 December	Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland

UK (First Class Recorded) We will be posting our final pre-xmas sales on Monday 21st.

Below is THE official Royal Mail last date. We will have done our bit and hope the post is processed and delivered in time for you!

Monday 21 December

1st Class and Royal Mail Signed For®

Please note any sales purchased over the festive period WILL be subject to delays in being posted. Please allow extra time to receive orders. 
We will be back to normal service on the 5th January.  
Thanks and enjoy the festive season! TC

EL CAPITAN 2 IN NAVY AND BROWN

NEW Navy and Brown colours, limited numbers. Online tomorrow at 12pm GMT

MANCHESTER DEADSTOCK SALE + EXCLUSIVE WEIR RELEASE.

This Friday and Saturday sees a sample and deadstock sale taking place in Manchester City Centre. Precise location is 20 Dale Street Northern Quarter, Manchester M1 1EZ. There will be a range of brands of offer with limited samples and deadstock from the likes of Carhartt, Saucony, Veras, New Balance, Vans, Stan Ray, Edwin, Patagonia, Buddy, Manastash, Reigning Champ, Stussy, Alife and more.  

We were invited to take part but not having a great deal of deadstock ourselves means we'll make an appearance on the Friday with a few bits on offer. However, on the SATURDAY we decided we'd offer a new titfer; the 'Choc-Orange' Weir, a little differently this year and via this event only. Being online only we don't normally get the opportunity to offer them differently so that's why we've done this. 

The usual rules will apply with this one still, just 50 available, no more no less, strictly one per person, first come, first served. That's the deal, that's how it is. In the event that any are left over they will go online at a later date. 

We've already been inundated with emails asking if one can be saved or sold to them early, as they can't make the event. The answer to that simply is NO. Most of our customers will know how this works by now. Also this is one of a number of hats this winter, as per previous years - including stockist exclusives and specials and there are around a dozen or more colourways still to arrive over this winter, so fear not if you can't/don't get this one, there's plenty more coming!

Please note : we will also be offering a limited number of the forthcoming Twin Peaks inspired Black Lodge and The Shining inspired Room 237 hats on the day too. These WILL however, also be available online too over the coming weeks. 
Once again, in the interest of fairness all the hats are strictly one hat per person. No more. We hope things won't get too silly, but we will have measures in place to ensure they don't. 

FRIDAY : we'll be there for a bit selling some very limited numbers of deadstock, these will be strictly random sizes only of older/archive product like apparel, footwear and random things. 

The new Weirs will definitely NOT be available on the Friday so please don't ask for them. Please!

SATURDAY - We will be selling the said 3 hats from 11am

Please note: if you're queuing, there are 50 of each hat and that's it. That's one hat per person on a first come first served basis. That's one hat each, not one of each hats or two of one etc etc. Once they're done and gone that's it. We appreciate the hats can be in far bigger demand than are actually available....that's the whole point! 

*We reserve to right to refuse a sale or end our participation at any point if we believe it to be in the best interests. 

Please note : the opening times advertised on the flyer are for the event, we are partaking in the event as a guest brand amongst several other sellers, our attendance times may depend on the availability of stock. There are a bunch of great brands on offer so be sure to pay it a visit and have a good look around, this most certainly isn't just about CC and the Weirs. 

Terms and conditions apply with the event, it is strictly a *cash only event too, no other form of payments will be accepted or available at the event. Please ensure you are prepared in advance to avoid any problems as we cannot do any reservations. Let's make it simple and easy for us all.

*All items sold are as final stock sales, no exchanges or refunds are available whatsoever.

McMURPHY'S...

Our first round of McMurphy's go online this evening. This is the fifth year of doing these and this years see's a little change with the addition of topped colours on each. 
There's four colours in all all, Navy/Red, Red/Navy, Green/Green and Blue/Purple. 
After these we'll also be released our block striped ones too later in December. 
These one's though, online at 7pm, limited numbers. Like the Weirs they don't tend to hang about. TC

CC x OUTSKIRTS WEIR

Now then, this one is a collabo Weir we did with our friends at Outskirts. They've already sold there's and they went super quick as usual. We've got a batch to sell too and they go online tomorrow night at 7pm. 

CC x TUKTUK 'BOISE' SHIRT

Our 18th shirt with tuktuk and the last one in a series of three inspired by old Americana is the 'Boise'.
It's a wonderful check of a mix of lovely colours on a heavy cotton/flannel. Featuring a smaller 2" button down collar, button top pocket with dual branded woven tab. Two large hand pockets at the hem. Box pleat and locket loop, finished off with genuine Mother of Pearl buttons and contrasting button thread detail. 
It's limited in numbers as always, available from both websites at 7pm tonight. TC

THE QUOTOOLE WEIR

That's right it's the first Weir this winter we're selling. Okay there's already been three released thus far and a hybrid with Trickett! 
Our collabos with Outskirts Moscow (our stock of those will be online next week), then the exclusive for Hip Store Leeds. And of course the most recent; a collabo with Overkill in Berlin a tie in with their recent adidas Consortium Equipment Racing '93 "Taxi" release.
This one is another adidas themed one, this time a collabo with Peter O'Toole and Quote based on their trainer release from last year. 
This one is online tomorrow evening, 7pm from both ours and Peter's webshops. TC

RATHER NOT SAY x CONNOISSEUR

Tonight see's the return of cult 00's brand Rather Not Say as a collaboration with ourselves. 
The release is three alternate coloured rugby shirts featuring two colour hoop designs made from a cotton poly mix and featuring two button contrast white collar! Like many football fans we absolutely dislike rugby quite a bit, but do like a classic rugby shirt, purely as a wardrobe piece. With Pink/Green, Orange/Navy and Yellow/Sky you can add a nice bit of colour to the forthcoming grey months. They're toasty too. 
As always Made in England in limited numbers. Online at 7pm from the shop. 
The first 30 sales will receive a free enamel badge to boot because we're dead nice like that. TC

VILLAIN HATS

This winter's 'Villains' in luxurious Harris Tweed and virgin wool Houndstooth. Proper titfers made with the best in the business. Available tomorrow at 7pm in three sizes.TC

CLARKS DESERT BOOTS.

Adventurer Ken Crutchlow running across Death Valley in 1970.

Selfie from Jacob at Clarks Originals

Pppph.

The eagerly awaited Clarks Desert Boots collection is finally available, this has been a great project for us to work on with one of our favourite brands. As a tie-in to the 65th anniversary of the famous Desert Boot, we were asked about doing a take on this not often seen sweater from a rare black and white photo. Worn by British athlete Ken Crutchlow in 1970 when he ran across America's treacherous Death Valley in this home made sweatshirt, a pair of Desert boots, a bowler hat and a brolly. Yes, it was a bet. 

The stand out piece is the sweatshirt, coming in a loopback Organic Grey marl jersey with V insert collar and black Flock fabric lettering. To accompany this, we also have a tee with the Navy and Red colours which we were lucky enough to see via the Clarks archive. We also have a 'Ken' design too illustrated by Peter O'Toole. 
All available online tomorrow from 7pm. Limited to one per person on the sweatshirts.

CONNOISSEUR x TRICKETT - THE 'TWEIR' HAT

That's right. Those Weir bobble hats have become a cult in themselves of the course of the last seven years, released in limited, non-repeated colourways they've caused a massive hoohah and upset people too every winter with demand for them incredible selling faster than tickets for Glastonbury and the like as went live and sold out in seconds. 
This one, the TWEIR designed and made with TRiCKETT is like a hybrid version, made with Shetland wool, featuring a lovely bunch of shades in the wool, wool lined for extra toastiness and also features C X T detailing as well as contrasting navy top and extra dense pom pom. You can read more details here. The hat will be available from both webshops this Friday at 7pm. Limited numbers produced as always, "fastest fngers first" and all that, usual rules and terms apply. TC

CONNOISSEUR x TUKTUK 'TULSA' SHIRT

Now then, who's for another round of shirtings?

time certainly flies, believe it or not this is the '17th' shirt (cctuk017) we've done with tuktuk! The Tulsa. 

This time, it sees another splendid checked flannel shirt, a lovely vivid Powder Blue with navy and dark check, inspired by classic Americana just perfect for that sudden drop in weather. 

Featuring a smaller 2" button down collar, button top pocket with dual branded woven tab. Two large hand pockets at the hem. Box pleat and locket loop, finished off with genuine Mother of Pearl buttons and contrasting button thread detail. 

It's made from 100% cotton, an excellent quality mid-heavyweight cotton fabric with a soft hand feel.Limited numbers produced as always. These are available here and from wearetuktuk.com, whilst they last. Online 7pm tomorrow evening.TC

HOLIDAY NOTICE :

Please note : We will be away on business on the 8th and 9th of October and then an annual break until Wednesday 14th October. Whilst the shop remains open 24/7, all sales during this period WILL be subject to delays for receiving items. 
Please be aware of this, apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. 
Thanks TCC.

PINS N' TITFERS...

Tomorrow sees the release of our next pin badge, it's been a while and with the return of Rather Not Say due soon we thought this was pretty appropriate. The logo is of course based on the 'Retour A La Normale' poster from the student uprisings of 1968 - meaning Return to Normal. (Not based on Derby County okay!) so add a bit of history to your collars. It's online tomorrow at 7pm GMT (usual rules apply).

Monday see's one of the first hat's of many over the coming months. 'The Garber'

a reversible fisherman style hat, coming in a colourful Tweed check on one side and plain Olive on the other. Slightly longer, floppier brim is the style on these. Features small orange tab branding.
Taking it's name from Lt Zachary Garber the no nonsense NYC Transit plod, played by Walter Matthau in the original Taking of Pelham 123 film...as we're getting that old 70s New Yoik vibe when we try it on. Gesundheit!

These are produced in strict limited numbers and come in three sizes 57, 59 & 61. Check out the shop for more details. These will go online Monday at 7pm GMT TC