Now sold to a fellow Lounger
I've listed my Perfecto as I've upgraded/replaced it with an Aero motorcycle jacket. It's nicely broken in naked cowhide. I think its a 90's model, but someone here will know from the label. It's marked 46" but fits me comfortably and I'm a 44" chest. Thanks for...
A bloke sends his wife a text:
"Mary, I'm havin' one more pint, with the lads... If I'm not home in 20 mins, read this text again!"
I said to my wife "get me a newspaper" "don't be silly" she said "you can borrow my iPad"
That spider never knew what hit it".
My son said, "Dad, when...
It started with my thinking I'd have spent more on clothes when I was younger if I'd had the cash and then realizing I could afford it now. My focus began with jackets and after a few forays into eBay to buy a Barbour International and a Belstaff I started researching vintage leather jackets and...
This is our office with a few pieces we have collected. The desk is an early, nickel plated steel tube Comacina by Piero Bottini - although I bought it at Swinderby antique fair thinking it was a Marcel Breuer design. The chair is an early Series 7 by Arne Jacobsen, reupholstered in leather...
If it's possible it could be v expensive and you may not like the results. A professional tailor who has altered by one or two sizes a number of 'bargain buy' suit trouser waists and jacket chests for me for around £30 per item charged £50 to just to re-line the sleeves on an ELC M422A. He...
For my 60th. Birthday I was given two excellent guide books:
Secondhand and Vintage in New York by Debra Johnston Cobb
Discovering Vintage New York by Mitch Broder
Its a case of 'what it says on the tin' - the Cobb book is full of where to buy stuff with reviews and the Broder book suggests...
There are lots of N1 deck jackets for sale on eBay of varying quality and at least one Buzz Rickson version (top quality). I'm sure you'd find the other items there too by searching using some of the terms given above - Ray Ban etc.
While on holiday in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight (UK) I found this shop on the Main Street and could not believe his prices - very reasonable. I examined a couple of pairs of his vintage boots and the quality was excellent. Now this may sound naive to some of you but he actually makes a wooden...
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