A Darker Shade. Unfurled.

A Darker Shade of Waxed Cotton.

Each of the leather and waxed cotton handbags has emerged with a distinct personality.

This particular bag has been stitched with a strikingly darker shade of olive and contrasting tan thread.

The leather from this section of the buffalo hide has a lot of ridges and texture. It compliments well the darker forest-inspired shades of this batch of waxed cotton.

The height of this bag is 15" with a full 9" fabric to roll down and securely protect the contents inside.

Custom orders for Die at the Helm handbags are available.

"Van Off!" the Eighties VS the Seventies

Love.

Will Tear Us Apart.

...we're changing our ways,
Taking different roads...

The 2012 Die at the Helm's collaboration with Portland based musician and illustrator Zack Barbery.

In the left corner: 2.0 liter air-cooled horizontally opposed, 4 cylinder engine

Vanagon (a contraction of "van" & "station wagon").

The one grill at the front of the van is not for cooling the air intake but instead functions as an interior ventilation system. A pair of single round headlights are on opposite sides of the grill. This one-grill look distinguishes all of the air cooled Vanagons from 1980 till 1983, when the air cooled Vanagons were discontinued.

In the right corner: Type 2 "Splitie" bus.

The most noticeable difference in the body styles is a shift from a round vehicle to a very square, sharp edged look of the Vanagon body. These changes mimicked the cultural changes happening in the society.

The social experiments and burgeoning environmental movement of the seventies gave way to the rise of corporate hostile takeovers and leverage buyouts of the eighties.