Selected Prose from "The Territory Ahead," a Clothing Catalog

Late fall, Vancouver Island. You dive into crystal clear waters and come up with a shiny crab in hand; pull up to a roadside shack to buy pounds of fresh shrimp for next to nothing; gingerly thread fingers through blackberry brambles, filling buckets with sweet, sticky clusters. This hand-picked shirt will keep those adventures in mind…Blackberry Tapestry Shirt, $79.00.

After a night in the penas and clubs on Avenida Bolognesi, your day starts about noon with a stroll to the cafe for the best coffee in the world. Sunlight smells of flowers and the sea. The Barrranco is your part of town, and this shirt matches the neighborhood’s flair for originality…Barranquino Shirt, $49.50.

The Rio Chama, a major tributary of the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico, flows through a spectacular and remote river canyon that’s as deep as 1,500 feet in places. The soft, mood enhancing colors of its towering sandstone walls are recreated here…Rio Chama Sweater, $69.00.

Twenty five miles off the southern tip of mainland Shetland lies Scotland’s most remote inhabited island, Fair Isle. This tiny island is home to the traditional knitting technique that bears its name, and for centuries sailing ships went out of their way to pass by and trade goods for the highly prized knits of Fair Isle. The good news is that you won’t have to go to all that trouble…Fair Isle Zip-Front Vest, $79.00.

A day spent in the wrong denim can be a very long one indeed. If you choose incorrectly, denim can be unforgiving, uncomfortable and simply unrelenting. Lucky for you, we’ve discovered the nicest denim around…Tilden Stretch Denim Skirt, $59.00.

We counted your blessings yesterday; turns out you’re one short. (Two, if you consider your golf swing. But that’s not our area of expertise.) The shortfall’s in your polo shirt collection. In a word, it’s hurting. It needs invigorating. It needs the Big Waffle Polo…$49.50.

Heading east out of Mojave, you spot her in a farmer’s front yard – that unmistakable dome of riveted aluminum heaped among some derelict appliances and a few rusted-out pickups. You’re guessing she’s a ’54, but the old farmer enlightens you: It’s a 1956 Flying Cloud – original, right down to the cracked Bargman taillights and the Jalousie window. She’s yours, he says, but you gotta fill the tires and clear the trash around it. So be it. For the restoration and the trailering ahead, a sturdy, subtly detailed shirt like this commence well…Flying Cloud Shirt, $49.50.

The directions – hand scrawled on the back of a Tecate label – were cautionary and vague: “Drive south 3 or 5 hours to the abandoned silver mine. Backtrack approx. 100 clicks to the dirt road. Head west to the burro carcass, then angle more or less north into oblivion. Don’t drive after dark.” We never found the secret point break, but we did find an old pescadero with whome we bartered a couple of liters of petrol for two bomber lobsters and the hand-woven blanket that inspired this sweater…Border Run Sweater, $79.00.

On your road trip through this wild-at-heart territory, it’s only natural to start lusting after a completely cool, vintage-inspired leather jacket like this one…Silver City Suede Jacket, $299.00.

The most difficult part of achieving perfection is finding something to do for an encore…Encore Denim Skirt, $59.00.