Black trou and tan camel hair sport coat
I favor black trousers when I wear my tan camel hair sport coat. I challenge anyone to pick a better pairing for a tan camel hair sport coat.
Play-yuh
I recognized immediately who would buy and wear these hats. Check out this scene from "Night Shift". Michael Keaton wants to be a customer.
Michael Keaton explains it all here.
Indy Magnoli steps up
I've been struck by the look of the spade soled shoes that have been appearing here. The thread is titled "Spade Soles on Modern Shoes", so I sent an email to Indy Magnoli asking if his coblers could produce shoes with soles like these.
He replied, "Shouldn't be a...
Joe Banks Seersucker
I have two of these and the DB is slowly crawling its way off back order. I bought a 42L and the only thing I had to do was have the pants cuffed. I'm 6' 2" and 190 lbs.
I was wearing the tan SB version two weeks ago downtown (D.C.). I had my optimo Panama hat on my...
T.S. Eliot had something to say on this ...
The Naming of Hats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a hat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
-- apologies to Mr. Eliot
Tony, take a bow
I'd like to thank you all who like the hat, but all I did was pay for it. Tony, if you're out there, come on up and take a bow! (That's a bend at the waist, not a tied ribbon.)
Into the waaayy back machine... Tom Smothers
Back when I was in college, I had a part-time job in a great tobacco shop in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC. One evening I was working alone, and Tom Smothers walks in (If you are nearing 60, you will no doubt remember that Tom and his...
From Tumwater on Monday
Tony sent me this on Saturday and it arrived on Monday. I don't know what Tony does when he pounces his hats, but they have a great "hand". They are soft, easy to shape, and hold their shape. I now have four.
Watch for similar name
I had an experience with a similarly-named outfit that goes by the name of "MyCustomTailor.com" which required me to ship the coat back to Thailand, twice at my own expense, to get it right. I don't know MyTailor.com, but I will advise you to avoid MyCustomTailor.com and...
Mark Austin MTO shoes deal on Groupon
I got a Groupon offer today for Italian-made MTO shoes from an outfit called "Mark Austin". They claim the shoes have a retail price of $900, but they are offering them at $350 through Groupon. Anyone have first-hand knowledge of this retailer? Would you...
There are only four things wrong with the Yanks ...
I have the impression that in Britain, food was pretty scarce. Starvation is probably an overstatement, but I have read that the residents of that sceptered isle had pre-war clothing that hung pretty loose by the end of the war. Even in the...
Woody Allen, not Rick Blaine
For shame! Woody Allen entitled a movie, "Play it again, Sam" But Rick Blaine never uttered those words in Casablanca. The closest he came was "Play it! If she can take it, so can I!"
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