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  1. dr greg

    Distressing (or scuffing...)

    distress signal There are three types of people in the world, those who buy something new and wear it til it is worn in, and those who hunt around and get vintage clothes that have the patina, on the other side of a large divide are those who buy stressed jackets, acid-wash jeans and all the...
  2. dr greg

    cashmere topcoat cost ?

    the top coat Many years ago I got one for $10, with a few dings in it, took it to a tailor to be repaired, and he said "I won't touch it til it's drycleaned" so off to the drycleaner I went, and asked him if it was worth spending another 10 cleaning it, he offered me 400 for it on the spot. I...
  3. dr greg

    Restoration blues

    I went for a drive in the country last week, look what I found, 8 of them are in fine condition, mint in fact including the fabulous blue Akubra Renmark with cavanagh edge. Most fit me but not unfortunately the exquisite straw Stetson Bermuda. In the restoration stakes here is an Open Road as...
  4. dr greg

    New Cooper jacket

    simple trick A good coating of neatsfoot oil will darken it and bring up any creases, apart from that, wear it a lot.
  5. dr greg

    The Cheese thread

    raclete What about this fabulous cheese?
  7. dr greg

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    for courses I always thought a dress watch was one that was not robust enough to wear when brawling with villains on a speedboat or such like. My GP Gyromatic is such a watch, I would only wear it socially and never when any physical activity is possible. Just as one does not take a town car...
  8. dr greg

    Steampunk, Dieselpunk, etc.

    qualifier? I saw this the other night, and I think you could pretty much call the mise-en-scene steampunk http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403407/
  9. dr greg

    bingo

    perfect it fits like it should, just roomy enough for a chap to exert himself, but close enough to keep draughts out, all my Oregon jackets are like that!
  10. dr greg

    bingo

    Got this on the bay for about US$30 post inc....going by the label it's pretty old and is of course my favourite label OREGON, a bit of stitching required but I've seen them in worse condition in the shops for $2-300. A nice detail is the belted waist at the back..never saw it before in a...
  11. dr greg

    any japanese doll experts?

    domo arigato It looks quite aged so I suppose it to be a tourist piece from the 60's or so...onto the stall it goes and we'll see what happens
  13. dr greg

    The stock market 1/22/08

    what a joke If I get this correctly, America is in trouble because lots of bankers lent lots of money to people who can't pay it back, then having lost billions for their shareholders they all hit the eject button with massive golden handshakes for their efforts and no penalty of any kind...
  14. dr greg

    any japanese doll experts?

    I found this thing for $5, it's about 9" high and the face feels like porcelain, I tried google searches but no luck...what is it?
  15. dr greg

    dhobi wallah

    darting around Thanks for that, it does look a bit 'mod', so I'll use that as a selling point on my stall, well-made jacket though, and for all you damn yankees, "the old dart" is an expression used by us colonials to refer to England. Its origins are obscure, a corruption of 'old dirt' or...
  16. dr greg

    dhobi wallah

    Attention all in the Old Dart, I just picked up a 3/4 coat in drill made in England by DHOBI, yet can't track anything down about them on the net, are they of any vintage cred?
  17. dr greg

    good news story

    the legend I was of course referring to the legendary ERIC in Riley St, and the one in William St Paddo which I lived next door to for a while! I became good mates with Eric and when the shop closed I cleaned it all out for him and souvenired a lot of stuff that the antique dealers didn't...
  19. dr greg

    good news story

    fine tradition Twitch, my man, you are missing out on an ancient ritual, I reckon the old-style barber shop is a precious reliquary of male shibboleths, a refuge in these times of rampant cultural feminisation. :) I was never one of those kids who hated the shears and the chair, instead I...
  20. dr greg

    good news story

    http://www.smh.com.au/news/beauty/barber-shops-make-a-comeback/2008/01/14/1200159335791.html
  21. dr greg

    Akubra "Slouch"

    hats off Nice yarn, the slouch hat is known colloquially here as a 'digger's' hat, and a thorough history is here http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-uniforms/slouch_hat.htm I still have my old one from school cadets when I was 14 or so, and it's a bit motheaten, but worth having on the wall.
  22. dr greg

    My fedoras are haunted.

    big sleep Just remember, you never really own anything of substance, you're just minding it while you're here.
  23. dr greg

    Giant Pith Helmet Thread of Doom

    old hat I've had this one for about 30 years, and it's a bit tired but so would you be if you'd been around since 1941 and seen active service in Injah old chap. It is lined with foil in a couple of layers as well as the layer that's fallen out over time, so as this was military issue, we can...

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