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  1. Doctor Damage

    The Fedora Lounge Guide to Mackinaw coats

    LL Bean mackinaw (belt is missing)
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    Question about Belstaff

    I flipped through my photos with that in mind and couldn't see any consistency regarding tags, the sleeve logo, or the steel serial number tag. This ain't a Belstaff-friendly forum, so probably only one or two guys are familiar with these - let's hope they chime in. wow, I had not expected...
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    Question about Belstaff

    Good knock-offs would presumably duplicate all the tags and whatnot. But they won't duplicate high-quality leather. With that in mind, you're a guy who's familiar with leather. Look closely at the photos. Does it look like high-quality leather? I realize this jacket shows a lot of wear but you...
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    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

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    Show Us Your OVERCOATS

    ^ superb coat Michael, this is I guess your 'best' overcoat (the rest of the outfit works well with it) and $12.50??? (sigh)
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    Cleaning Nylon Flight Wear

    In my experience nomex has never been soaked through with grime, it's just been surface grime which washes out relatively easily. Oil stains don't wash out but after washing they end up being more like a paint stain, i.e. a 'dry' stain. But obviously nylon is a different animal, and it's worth...
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    Cleaning Nylon Flight Wear

    You can be sure they were not sending jackets to the dry cleaners after every flight or even once a week. Probably an annual thing, although ground crew would have been the ones who got dirtiest. I know all the pilots are going to chime in and claim aircraft are dirty, etc, but in actual fact no...
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    first flight of Concorde, four French pilots: Michel Retif flight eng, Andre Turcat capt, Henri Perrier mech eng, Jacques Guignard co-pilot
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Rose McGowan... an actress I think.
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    This orange lining style has become a 'thing' but in this case the jacket has actually been made in orange whereas in other photos the wearer has clearly turned a normal MA-1 jacket inside-out.
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    Cleaning Nylon Flight Wear

    That's unfortunate about the cleaners. This is presumably an L2B with a wool lining? I suspect you might have luck hand-washing with a sponge and some detergent in cold water. I have a friend who hand-washes his camel hair overcoat every few years and it's fine.
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    Show Us Your OVERCOATS

    interesting shawl-collared overcoat on one of my fav actors:
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    Alpha MA-1: Size Large, Made in the USA, Excellent Condition

    This is a civilian model but it's actually rather rare due to the following details: 1. the "for ground crew only" text 2. the green lining 3. the hourglass stitching of the lining
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Rothco jacket... they come in smaller sizes, miss.
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    Coldest Weather I've been in

    Few more weeks... stay strong.
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    USAF N-3B parkas - Let's talk about them!!

    Here's our very own Michael A in a post-nylon USAF military N3B.
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    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    Please post what you do find out about the origin of the word, which I think I have read will be related to the cloth more than the style of coat. When it comes to clothing history there is unfortunately a lot of obscurity and mis-use of terminology.
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    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    If you're interested in safari and bush jackets there's a really good thread in the Great Outdoors sub-forum here which has lots of cool jackets posted and discussion. I recommend checking it out. Here's the link: https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/bush-jackets.5099/
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    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    Genuine military surplus?? I had no idea they did that, but I guess it makes sense they'd buy warehouse of stuff or a hundred boxes of something and why not flog them.
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    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    ^ That's great, thanks for posting Tom. I'll definitely check out the catalog link this weekend and see what other stuff BR was selling in its heyday!

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