I think that's probably the biggest problem with society today, most people don't know (or care) about history period. Rather bizarre in retrospect when you think about it. In the old days people had the mindset to want and have everything new and modern. My family for instance had one of those...
When I was younger, I never saw anything special about cars after 1962, but recently I've come to like those classic land yachts they built into the early '90s and your Lincoln is a real gem! Hardly see any shoebox Lincolns around here anymore.
Peacoats are probably one of the most classic pieces of outerwear ever created. The style has been minimally changed since the 1800's, though they changed from 10 buttons to 8 buttons in late '40s. It goes with practically anything, except fedoras/porkpies in my opinion. I own a modern issue 10...
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I had been wearing a scarf, but decided to take it off for the photo. I've thought the same thing about what kind of headwear goes with this coat. An officers cap would look nice with it, but I don't think it'd make much sense wearing one casually around town.
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