The Long John platform stands for
authenticity so we love this old way
of sending messages. This bottle ‘enveloppe’
goes back centuries and
was used by a lot of people on the sea.
In the 16th century, the English navy used
message in a bottle to send ashore information about enemy positions. And
during World War I soldiers used bottles to send
last messages to their loved ones.
A great story from May 2005 is about
eighty-eight shipwrecked migrants at the coast of Costa Rica. They had placed a
S.O.S. message in a bottle and tied it to one of the long lines of a passing
fishing boat. They were all rescued!
The oldest message in a bottle was
travelling more than 98 years in the sea
and was picked-up by a Scottish fisherman in
2012.
We are proud to show our latest collab:
'Tribute to message in a bottle'.
This shirt symbolize our passion for
travelling, sailors and fishermen.
The collab tee is made with artist Wytse
Sterk (Go Sterk) and printed by Blendomatic.
We used a Lee Jeans shirt to share our
passion for original blue jeans.
Made in a limited run.
'Old sailors never die'
Cheers
WOUTER thanks a lot for this great gift!!!
hope to see you soon. maybe at BREAD & BUTTER this summer? pics | LTG
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