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  1. KILO NOVEMBER

    Residents of PA please read....Thanks!

    I grew up in western Pennsylvania. My father worked as a machinist in the steel mill (that's "still mill" in Western Pennsylvanian English) across the street from our house. My mother would make his lunch each morning, put it in the "lunch bucket" and walk across the street to pass it to him...
  2. KILO NOVEMBER

    Help Transitioning Up!

    Polish your shoes! Learn how to polish your shoes, and keep them polished and in good repair. I find that I wear heels very quickly, so when the rubber layer at the bottom gets close the the leather, I take them to my local repairman, and for $20, I get them replaced. Nothing looks shabbier...
  3. KILO NOVEMBER

    Questions and Answers -- General Attire

    Since I don't feel that black-and-brown is a categorical no-no, you may not value my opinion on your question, but I would wear the glove and coat combination you described. As for the scarf, wear it. If you are wearing a suit, tie, topcoat, and fedora would anyone think that the scarf was the...
  4. KILO NOVEMBER

    Questions and Answers -- General Attire

    An air port is a public place. Wear your hat until you are asked to put it in a plastic tray and run it through the X-ray machine. As for toilets, I have only two hands and they are both usually involved in the matter for which I entered, so I wear my hat.
  5. KILO NOVEMBER

    Questions and Answers -- General Attire

    I, too, live and work in the metro DC area, where "business casual" is on display every day in it's shabby worst. If the sponsor of the party is an embassy, I would go with black tie, if it is a business, I think the invitation is trying to flag that "business casual" is not what's expected, and...
  7. KILO NOVEMBER

    My favorite trick for snugging a slightly oversize hat

    Where can I find a hat that's too big? At 7 3/4 LO, I never have the problem of retro-fitting a hat that's too big.
  8. KILO NOVEMBER

    Tentatively dipping a toe...

    Who knew? I would have thought that you could get one for a good deal less, but can't say that I've shopped for one. If I really wanted to buy one cheaply for myself, I'd look for a second-hand clothing store (a charity sort, rather than a commercial one) in Fauquier County, VA. It's what we in...
  9. KILO NOVEMBER

    Tentatively dipping a toe...

    Light gray flannel trousers, cream or light gray tattersall vest (waistcoat).
  10. KILO NOVEMBER

    Need advice for which shoes to go with this suit

    Stick with black on these, and I favor the balmoral lacing that your sample has. Your suit has a very formal look and the closed-throat lacing is in keeping with that. Also, brown would detract from that feel. I'm partial to Allen Edmonds shoes, but I have no idea of what they may cost to import...
  11. KILO NOVEMBER

    "My Custom Tailor" disaster- so far

    Web site is not always current as to in-stock fabrics If you scrutinize the web site carefully, you will see that vests (waistcoats) are there. You have to add the price of that piece to the price of the coat and trousers suits to come up with the "three-piece suit" price. I won't say...
  13. KILO NOVEMBER

    "My Custom Tailor" disaster- so far

    Prince or Henry? I bought a DB suit in the same black-with-orange pin stripe that you bought recently. It came Tuesday and I took it to my local tailor shop for a pressing. I mentioned having referred you as a customer when being measured, and my guy said that it was his brother that does the...
  14. KILO NOVEMBER

    "My Custom Tailor" disaster- so far

    Similar experience with MCT I bought a suit from them, too. I had a long conversation about the scye with "Ravi" in a hotel room in Reston, VA last year. When I got the suit, the scye was just like any off-the rack suit. He asked me to send it back with photos of me wearing it. I did so...
  15. KILO NOVEMBER

    Elastic Band Thingy around Arms of Shirts - What is it?

    Sleeve garters and green eyeshades These were used by clerical workers whose job required them to write in large ledger books with fountain pens. By hiking up the sleeves and fixing them in place with sleeve garters, the clerks could reduce the chances of getting ink stains on their cuffs.
  16. KILO NOVEMBER

    Theme song

    Never fails me On the Sunny Side of the Street
  17. KILO NOVEMBER

    Estimate: $70,000 - $90,000: Michael Jackson Stage-Worn Fedora

    Widely attributed to P.T. Barnum "There's a sucker born every minute", but one with $90K?
  19. KILO NOVEMBER

    Spectator Shoes

    McClain bourbon and bone specs I have those, and a pair of Broadstreet in black and white. A few years back I wanted a pair of white nubuck wingtips, but AE didn't list them in the catalogue. My retailer, Sherman Brothers, got in touch with AE and they agreed to make a pair of McClain in white...
  20. KILO NOVEMBER

    Linen suit experiment

    My, what unusual thumbs you have! If you start counting where the digit connects to the hand, every finger BUT the thumb has two additional joints. Thumbs only have one, that's what makes them special. I can imagine the first knuckle (where the thumb attaches to the hand) and the second...
  21. KILO NOVEMBER

    New Generation Brims With Anxiety Over Hat Etiquette

    When I remove my hat, my rules. My rules distinguish between what I see as a public space and what is a private space. I remove my hat in private spaces, but not in public ones. I see no reason to make it more complicated than that. For example: Public places include building lobbies...
  22. KILO NOVEMBER

    Allen Edmond Recrafting

    Where can I get those flush-mounted taps? Tomasso's posted picture of flush-mounted toe cleats (taps?) is the first I have seen of this type. Where can they be got? Are they only used on specific types of soles, or could they be added to any leather sole?
  23. KILO NOVEMBER

    Graffiti Cloth

    P.G Wodehouse Wooster: "They’re handkerchiefs Jeeves, handkerchiefs" Jeeves: "I think not sir, they appear to have writing on them." Wooster: "I think it (the monogram) looks dashed smart!" Jeeves: "Do YOU, sir? It was my understanding that they were only for those people who were in danger...

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