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  1. Seb Lucas

    Classic department store?

    Or huge scale stores that sell just one type of thing - stationary; electrical gear; furniture, whatever. That's why the department store doesn't work any more. It tries to do to much and can't do anything well.
  2. Seb Lucas

    Classic department store?

    Yeah - gentrification in my lifetime was in every decade since the 1960's. Areas come in and out of fashion, change character and sometimes revert to earlier times.
  3. Seb Lucas

    You know you are getting old when:

    Burt Reynolds did go to William Shatner's hair guy - Edward Katz. Shatner's early wigs were terrible and Reynolds later wigs were terrible. Why do they always put too much hair in these rugs and why is the hairline so low? I don't think Charlie Sheen wore a wig. His offsider, Jon Cryer, in...
  4. Seb Lucas

    Classic department store?

    "All under one roof" never made sense in a world of specialist discount stores, which took over the majority of sales from the 1980's on. Few people would go to a department store to buy furniture or whitegoods or camping gear. These anachronistic models are based on a retail world where...
  5. Seb Lucas

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Can you provide a few more explanations of the blue measurements and how you made those choices - I don't quite get this.
  7. Seb Lucas

    Let's see your mechanical watches

    Mineral is glass, acrylic is plastic. Touch a key gently against it you'll know.
  8. Seb Lucas

    Open Your Own Leather Jacket Company

    I disagree with your disagreement. :D I know quite a few young people (20 to 30) from many backgrounds who would not wear leather under any circumstances as it is 'not cool' for a range of reasons. They don't care if it is the by-product of meat production. Fake leather is a curious thing. And...
  9. Seb Lucas

    Open Your Own Leather Jacket Company

    The market doesn't seem big enough for another maker unless there is a point of difference so great people will want it. Schott has done what it has to say alive. Quality leather jackets in good patterns will not help Schott survive. Fashion might. What does surprise me is the appalling...
  10. Seb Lucas

    Five Star Leather Jackets

    The problem of a jacket lifting up when you lift your arms is pretty common in jackets, including cool vintage jackets. I have lost count of jackets I've owned that do this. Generally it has to do with how the sleeves are set into the torso but more than that I don't know. I wonder if the 5* A2...
  11. Seb Lucas

    Trousers for casual and semi formal wear

    I'm not keen on the chinos, weekend accountant look (no offence to accountants). I often wear Dickies 874 original fit work pants. High rise, loose, hard wearing. In black they can look formal, in grey they look neat casual.
  13. Seb Lucas

    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    Don't be surprised... you've made an assumption that we ignored the substance of your post. That would depend on which bit you consider to be the 'substance'. I personally can't get past 'the absolute best leather in the world' which is far more arresting that how many Northern Italian villages...
  14. Seb Lucas

    Schott PER70 Perfecto Review

    Yep. It that's a leather jacket, I never want one.
  15. Seb Lucas

    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    That's interesting. I wish Aero would provide a typical weight rating for these. They used to say that their medium HH hides were typically 2.2oz thick. I have a Vincenza half-belt and it seems about 2.5oz in weight. Not light by any means from my perspective. Didn't Areo claim that Jerky was...
  16. Seb Lucas

    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    "Best leathers" always makes me chuckle. Best for what? No doubt in this niche artisanal authenticity movement there will be any number of 'unique' processes and marketing claims.
  17. Seb Lucas

    Applying Obenauf's Boot Preservative to a leather jacket

    I agree. I think Outerwear often doesn't really seem to be a part of the FL aesthetic anymore and is its own thing. The biggest change I think I've noticed (apart from people moving away from brown and knits) is the larger amount of money people are spending regularly on high end jackets.
  19. Seb Lucas

    Applying Obenauf's Boot Preservative to a leather jacket

    Personal taste: for me it isn't really a proper trench unless it ends several inches past your knees.
  20. Seb Lucas

    Let's see your mechanical watches

    I've always used Brasso on acrylic watch glass. Works wonderfully well. Buff off with a microfiber. I've never really needed sapphire glass. In 30 years, I have never scratched mineral glass, it seems remarkably tough to me.
  21. Seb Lucas

    You know you are getting old when:

    When people tell you they love all the old classic songs on the radio and there's nothing there older than 2009...
  22. Seb Lucas

    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    Yep, you also need to sing to it some bawdy sea shanties to help lift that bristle.
  23. Seb Lucas

    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    As sportswear, leather jackets have a long association with bicycles. The Luftwaffe jacket is often described as the French Cycling jacket, betraying its origins as civilian sporting attire. Leather jackets were the staple wear of cyclists, golfers and outdoors's activities until the 1950's. I...

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