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DB Clay

Take a look to your left. Take a look to your right. Studies confirm that one of you three will lose a loved one to the low-rent shrubbery of Portland, OR. But take heart, because P-town is giving something back: kickin' wallets.

Portland's DB Clay is commemorating a decade of billfolding radness with a line of 18 photographic- printed wallets made from custom-engineered, water/heat/abrasion-resistant tope. Each is inspired by a life experience of the founder, "Mr. Diggles". Prime examples:

Thrillist - DB ClayAdult Chores: This piece revels in the singular pleasure of crossing items off a to-do list with magic marker (do laundry, pay rent, make some lucky woman "Mrs. Diggles").

Thrillist - DB ClaySlow Bugs: During '07, Mr. D collected insects (bees, ladybugs, moths, dragonfliesÂ…a crab) that had died before they could escape his brick warehouse. Bugs honors these fallen soldiers, and the clearly substandard sanitation policies of the synthetic wallet industry.

Thrillist - DB ClayTime to Swim: A meditation on Diggles' lifelong fear of the sea, printed with a lap clock, a lifeguard stand, and an indoor pool. Implausibly absent: sneakily excreted urine.

While 12 of 18 wallets are out right now, the other six are only available for preorder -- a stay of execution before they travel to SF, for an exhausting career of being constantly gutted to pay your ever-escalating rent.

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DB Clay (Emailed on May 16, 2008)

Select items at Villains, Park Life and the Curiosity Shop; full line/retailer list available online

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