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Colors are illusions of travels... scent of remote places... desert...cocoa... blue Polynesia... grey lava; high quality garments inspired by classic casual American life-style. In a period of very high technologic innovation, survive a real affection to the past, to what is genuine, traditional, lasting, lives inside us. Here born M51 spirit ; special washings and distressed printing gives to cloths a vintage look and feeling. In 1998 Mako 51 opened doors and in few time is became a brand, synonymous of quality, that idealizes, designs, merchandises, markets and lives a way of life. The collection is inspired by a century of traditional Emblems; M51 , the spirit of all American luxury casual. The tees family "Memphis Belle", where survives sexy pin-up and the most famous American aircrafts names indivisible from jet fighters and American bomber of Vietnam War. It is not a simple t-shirt, but the representation of pilots', crew's and artists' inspiration, shown in this fantastic heritage nose' aircraft art. As the Railroad collection where mythos of Central New York, Santa Fe and Union Pacific lives again in the tees; replications of official uniform of many famous railroads.Traditional emblems … reflect a time when people loves big cars, drive-ins and bowling alleys. Bowlers wear proudly their own Bowling tees since fifties; they wanted to show to the world their team spirit and unity with unique shirts.Who doesn't remember the cannonball, a flat-out high-speed road race across the US; an orgy of fast cars piloted by the best drivers of the day,an real affront to law enforcement and all things good and decent. Its mythos rise again thanks to M51 official uniforms of drivers, as Gurney and Yates, winners of first edition on board of Ferrari Daytona.