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The Sporting Life Notebook The field journal of Durrell Smith

Chapter 05

Original Dogman

High-end field clothing and accessories, in limited runs.

Original Dogman wordmark

Original Dogman is a brand I started a while back, before the notebook had a name for it: high-end, functional clothing and accessories for the sporting life, made in limited runs. It is the clothing side of everything else on these pages — the dogs, the field, the tradition — cut to be worn out there first and everywhere else after.

The rule is the same as the paintings and the songs. Nothing is made in volume. A release is a small run, made right, and when it’s gone it’s gone.

Release 01 · 2021

Original Dogman Waxed Cotton Jacket — open, showing the custom-printed lining

Original Dogman Waxed Cotton Jacket

Waxed cotton · custom-printed textile lining · sustainable materials

A field-worn waxed cotton hunting jacket, lined with a custom-printed textile that patterns the Original Dogman wordmark with English Pointer silhouettes and bobwhite quail over typewritten field notes. The garment as wearable assemblage — finished by hand, one in a small run.

Sold. Displayed as an art piece in a private collection.

Release 02 · 2026 · coming

On the bench now. A small run, made right, released when it’s ready. Join the list and you’ll hear first.

on the bench — D.S.