Every week, Boss Hunting’s editors spend far too much time scouring the web: in search of the coolest gear, food & drink, and destinations worth trekking to across the globe.
In this week’s edition of ‘Good Finds’, we’ve got Bar Julius — a highly anticipated new Sydney F&B opening— heavy-duty cotton khakis, Omega’s latest heritage-inspired Speedmaster ‘Pilot’ and much more.
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Bar Julius, Redfern
Ever since the arrival of Attenzione! late last year, Redfern has exploded into Sydney’s hottest enclave for high-concept hospitality.
These days, that momentum seems to be concentrated around 8 Baptist Street — home to the Wunderlich Lane precinct containing TFE’s new EVE Hotel, restaurants in the mould of Olympus Dining, and as of this week, Bar Julius.
One of two openings in the vicinity from the award-winning team at Liquid & Larder, this new bar-slash-eatery is a spiritual ode to the European hotel lobby bar. In that tradition, we’re excited for a concept that ebbs with the passage of time: egg soldiers and espresso at breakfast, gourmet hot dogs for lunch, and lemony roast chicken at dinnertime.
Low-key, the venue also adds another bullet to Liquid & Larder’s proverbial chamber of awarding winning burgers, with a brasserie-inspired recipe that subs the Gidley’s bacon and American cheese for an accoutrement of dijonnaise and celeriac remoulade. Delightful.
Casatlantic ‘Tanger’ Khaki Cotton Trousers
These generously sized volumes, from cult menswear label Casatlantic, are pretty much the only pair of casual trousers I’m considering pulling the trigger on this year. And with good reason.
Cut in the brand’s extra-wide ‘Tanger’ fit, the proportions here lend themselves to fabric that is sturdy and structured — the sort of cloth that looks great (without being overly stuffy) once you iron in a crease.
There are four colours to choose from, but considering the Tanger’s historical inspiration (e.g. French legionnaires in North Africa) the khaki feels like an especially on-brand choice.
Handmade in Casablanca, Morocco using midweight cotton twill. Suitable for year-round wear.
Rimowa x Rick Owens Original Cabin Bronze
On the one hand, collaborations at Rimowa have become so commonplace it can be difficult to keep track. Yet even with such saturation, the name ‘Rick Owens’ will cause fashion lovers to sit up and take notice. Almost immediately.
Yesterday, the brand unveiled its team-up with fashion’s resident ‘Lord Of Darkness’ — a riff on the best-selling Original Cabin, made in a tidy little run of 500 pieces (worldwide).
That all sounds fairly pat to begin with, until you start parsing this cabin bag’s feature set. The aluminium hardshell has been treated with what Rimowa dubs its “manual pigment application” process, resulting in a unique patina that recalls Owens’s well-documented love of cast bronze sculpture.
In addition, this is the first Original Cabin to utilise a fully leather interior supplied, as it turns out, by the High Priest of Gothic Couture. “I don’t need much, but I like my necessities to be as supernatural as possible,” says Owens. “I wanted the interior to feel like the touch of a black leather glove.”
Omega Speedmaster Pilot
I’m a firm believer in the wisdom that one can never have too much of a good thing — and that’s an adage that works particularly well in the context of Speedmasters.
Omega’s signature chronograph continues to be a wellspring of inspiration for the brand; and as long as it results in releases like this pilot-inspired number, we’d consider that a very good thing.
Working from a canvas of the original 1957 Speedmaster, the ‘Pilot’ incorporates references to the instrumentation of military aircraft (before landing on the moon, the Speedy was a favourite of US combat aviators).
The 1-minute register is decorated with orange markings used to measure fuel burn rates, while the small seconds features a crosshair motif akin to what one would find in an analogue targeting display.
September 5 (in cinemas this February)
Described by The Guardian‘s Peter Bradshaw as the film “Steven Spielberg could have made rather than Munich,” this new historical drama from Swiss director Tim Fehlbaum follows ABC Sports journalists as they attempt to cover the horrific events of the 1972 Munich Massacre.
Veteran character actors Peter Sarsgaard (The Batman) and John Magaro (Past Lives) lead a cast of uniformly strong and straight-forward performers, whose chief object appears to be to put you in the newsroom during Black September’s Munich Olympics attack.
Proof that a great historical thriller doesn’t necessarily need to encode a wider message. In cinemas on February 6th.
