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  1. KILO NOVEMBER

    Men's Sandals

    Long or Short? I would (and do) wear socks with some very closed-in sandal-type shoes, but ONLY with long trousers! These are along the line of the Cole Hahn or Mephistos at this link. If you want to look like this (insert a mental picture here of a man with an overhanging gut, a too-small...
  2. KILO NOVEMBER

    Bow tie neat or imperfect?

    Do the best you can ... It's easy to tie an imperfect bow tie. Heck! I do it all the time! Tying one that looks like it was tied by some poor south Asian drone working 20 hours a day in an unhealthy factory is really hard. If you can tie one as well as the wage slave, I say, "Go ahead and do...
  3. KILO NOVEMBER

    Striped Pants

    Striped Pants metaphor Think of the millionaire character on the Monopoly board game. In the early 20th Century, the black frock coat and striped pants outfit was associated with the wealthy and well-connected. It was worn by Wall Street Barons, diplomats, cabinet secretaries. A man who made...
  4. KILO NOVEMBER

    Looking for some brand advice on a new hat.

    Avoid Panama, Akubra is good If inclement weather concerns you, I would avoid a panama hat. I would never wear mine in the rain, unless I was using an umbrella. I have two Akubras, very sturdy, not terribly expensive.
  5. KILO NOVEMBER

    Can you get a quality straw hat for $100

    Avoid the noise, avoid PH Direct I tried twice to get satisfactory hats from Casey at Panama Hats Direct. What I got instead were hats of good quality bodies, but low quality finishing. Eventually I sent them both to Art Fawcett for remedial work. Stick with Bob, avoid the sound tag and the...
  7. KILO NOVEMBER

    Formal Wear Primer

    Not Greek, German Actually he isn't Greek, nor were his ancestors. They were Germans. When the Greeks needed a king, they imported a German to be "King of the Greeks".
  8. KILO NOVEMBER

    Asking for some suit advice

    Shirt and Tie advice Spread collar (not button down), white shirt. Red and white or black and silver rep stripe tie.
  9. KILO NOVEMBER

    Noob here, question about large hat sizes...

    Hamlet says, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." On the other hand, he ended up dead. But seriously, you will look foolish if you feel foolish. If you feel confident and project confidence, you will look good in a fedora with a wider brim.
  10. KILO NOVEMBER

    How do you drink your whiskey?

    How do I drink my whiskey This bit of doggerel covers it: "Over the teeth And through the gums Look out stomach Here it comes."
  11. KILO NOVEMBER

    The nicest comment I ever heard

    I got a hat trick today Today I went out of my office to walk in mid-afternoon. At my age (57 at last count) I sometimes get drowsy after sitting at my desk all day, anyway, I can use the exercise. I'm down 35 lbs. with 10 more to go. I was wearing one of Tony Brouner's fedoras. It is...
  13. KILO NOVEMBER

    The Allen Edmonds Strawfut

    Strawfuts are lined. I saw a pair on Friday. The inside of the shoes looks just like the inside of any other AE shoes, so, yes, there is a liner.
  14. KILO NOVEMBER

    Spectator Shoes

    AE in downtown DC - Strawfut on display Were you at the store on Connecticut Avenue, just north of K Street? I was there yesterday and spotted a pair of Strawfut (http://www.allenedmonds.com/aeonline/product_6541414_1_40000000001_-1?categoryId=109902&top_category=120552) wingtip spectators...
  15. KILO NOVEMBER

    How to travel with hats

    Top-of-the-line travelling hat boxes If you have money to burn, check these out: http://www.millerhats.com/accesories_index/hatboxesindex.htm
  16. KILO NOVEMBER

    Hat comeback

    Yes, but it's so easy, it makes you look like the class bully holding up the wimpy kid for his milk money.
  17. KILO NOVEMBER

    Detective hats

    Second I remember reading that one. First rate.
  19. KILO NOVEMBER

    Suits in Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent

    I was re-watching Foreign Correspondent again last night. One scene I vividly remembered was how Johnny Jones outwits the assassins by slipping out the window of the bathroom in his hotel suite. The scene combines silliness with real tension. Jones is sitting in his room planning to go out. He...
  20. KILO NOVEMBER

    Braces without Waistcoat

    You say to-may-to, they say to-mah-to In the USA, "suspenders" are what in the UK are called "braces". In the USA, "sock garters" are what in the UK are called "suspenders".
  21. KILO NOVEMBER

    Pakol Hat

    Afghan hat I bought one from an Afghan street vendor in Washington, DC, back when Charlie Wilson was pushing funding bills through Congress for the mujahadeen fighting against the Soviet army. It was very itchy, the wool being not of the highest quality. The only arabs who ever wore them...
  22. KILO NOVEMBER

    Action on the Hatless Fad!

    American Hatter, 1928 I want one of those, and one of those, and, oh, just give me all the homburgs and especially a hat like Jimmy Walker is wearing. Have any of you seen the bio-pic of Jimmy Walker starring Bob Hope?
  23. KILO NOVEMBER

    Residents of PA please read....Thanks!

    From the Alleghenies, west. "Soda" is, so far as I can tell, particular to the Atlantic seaboard, say from the Allegheny Mountains on east. "Pop" carries on westward across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and on west. In the South, carbonated soft drinks are referred to (or at least were by...

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