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  1. Doctor Damage

    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    They other reason for their short length was ease of movement and so the skirts don't catch on everything.
  2. Doctor Damage

    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Some old Gary Cooper films: "Lilac Time" (with fur collar) and "Wings".
  3. Doctor Damage

    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    That photo is of Gary Cooper in "A Man From Wyoming". Here's another pic.
  4. Doctor Damage

    Dirty Dancing Jacket

    Nice shape: roomy shoulders, snug waist.
  5. Doctor Damage

    Flight jacket sighting and planes

    Probably why so many vintage jackets, especially shearling, have a million scrapes and tears on them.
  7. Doctor Damage

    Nomex Flyer jacket

    excellent info... thank you both, gentlemen!
  8. Doctor Damage

    Nomex Flyer jacket

    When did they start adding shoulder straps to the CWU nomex jackets? Maybe this is a custom addition?
  9. Doctor Damage

    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    ^ That's an awesome photo, Tom. It's a nice, roomy coat, not a short skinny modern one. I like that throat latch, too. Once upon a time one could get trench coats in a variety of colours, not just tan or black like today.
  10. Doctor Damage

    General thread about quilted-jackets

    It doesn't rain all the time even in the UK. They're a warming jacket; waxed jackets are for rain. They also dry very quickly if they get wet being 100% synthetic.
  11. Doctor Damage

    Hey Butte - they're back in stock...

    You used to be able to get welder's coats in full length (to the knees) but I guess that would be too authentic even for hipsters...
  13. Doctor Damage

    The Fedora Lounge Guide to Mackinaw coats

    No belt, but here's an interesting mackinaw-style coat... worn in the UK by a royal detective guarding the Queen in 1972!
  14. Doctor Damage

    General thread about quilted-jackets

    Here's some pics which show an early quilted jacket - note unshaped collar and no corduroy.
  15. Doctor Damage

    Tokyo Joe

    ^ could you post that in the Outerwear forum in a thread called Famous People in Flight Jackets? it will get more interest there hopefully then delete your post here if you've got more pics like that make sure to post them!
  16. Doctor Damage

    Tokyo Joe

    Does anyone have a line on a cheap DVD copy? I've been on e-bay but everyone seems to have realized this is a rare film...
  17. Doctor Damage

    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    Bogart in "Tokyo Joe", a movie I've wanted to see for a long time but have never been able to find a cheap copy.
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    Famous People in Flight Jackets

  20. Doctor Damage

    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    Component parts of a Burberry trench coat, pre-assembly. I've never been able to figure out what book this is from.
  21. Doctor Damage

    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    Prince Edward in a nice trench coat (not Burberry, though).
  22. Doctor Damage

    Trench Coat - the 'Ultimate' Thread!

    This sort of thing always amuses me: here's how Burberry photographs and promotes their coats (below left) and how they actually look (below right).
  23. Doctor Damage

    Famous People in Flight Jackets

    It would appear the CWU style jackets are now being weirded-up for the fashion set, just as the MA-1 jackets have been...

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