Remember back in August when I told you that neo-classic sportswear designers Shipley & Halmos would be rolling through the downtown Barneys with a tricked out photobooth and a mission?

The mission is complete.

Consider the small run (just 40 copies for now – we’ll see if they print more) of their image-based ’We’re An American _____________’ a sort of pre-cursor to their spring collection. Consisting of cheerfully stark photographs of shoppers, curious extroverts, and oh-what-the-heck-I’m-game joiners-in the book launches their newly minted S & H Publishers imprint.

While I like what the NY-based designers do for your closet (particularly if you’re a guy), I really like the line’s hang tags, logo, branding, and printed matter. I always have. So it made sense to me when I heard they were moving into the realm of bound paper. And, as a friend and I were discussing the other night, it’s always heartening to see designers of one discipline swim into another. Well, okay, I take that back. It’s not always heartening. But when it’s done well, it’s so right.

So anyway, as I was reminding you, these guys were in San Fran, LA, Chicago, and your town and now there’s art-book proof. (Little-known fact: Sam Shipley is actually a native Northwesterner.) Check out this peek at ’We’re An American’s’ portraits and see if you don’t recognize a few faces.