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  1. Doctor Strange

    b!wear cap size issue

    Alas, I have no experience with other makers. I'm not a cap collector... all I needed was a brownish one and a blackish one to match my assorted jackets/coats. I've seen lots of discussions here about other vendors over the years, but I can't really recommend any myself. I'm sure you'll hear...
  2. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I was a bigger oddball than you - I had virtually no interest in contemporary pop music AT ALL until I got to college. It was all light classical, old-time jazz, and show tunes. But while the film of Amadeus is great, I was lucky enough to see the original Broadway production in 1980, with Ian...
  3. Doctor Strange

    b!wear cap size issue

    I bought two B!Wear caps over a decade ago. As I'm a 7-1/8, they ended up being Mediums. But one of them fits like a 7, and the other fits like a 7-1/4. I wear both a lot... but neither fits quite right. I wish he'd do finer numeric sizes vs. just S-M-L-XL. Anyway, my observation was that...
  4. Doctor Strange

    Wested's Goatskin

    I can hazard a guess towards one reason why Wested's pricing is so reasonable... They are primarily a film/TV wardrobe shop - jumping from one project to another (likely with busy times and dead spots). They started web sales based on Peter Botwright's connection to the Indiana Jones jacket...
  5. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I Saw The Light, the recent Hank Williams biopic with Tom Hiddleston. It's a mixed bag. Hiddleston is, of course, excellent. The performance sequences are well done, and since the songs are pure gold, they sparkle. The production design and costumes are good - and of course, there are...
  7. Doctor Strange

    FS: Johnson Leathers A2 XL/XXL

    Sorry to be pedantic... but with no windflap or collar snaps, a two-piece back, and slash pockets instead of patch pockets, that's a vaguely A-2 style jacket, not an A-2. It's a beaut, but not an A-2.
  8. Doctor Strange

    Flight Jackets for dummies...please skool me...

    Andrew - I understand, and very much appreciate your input. I've learned an awful lot from your posts over the years. Sorry if I came off as scolding, that wasn't my intention!
  9. Doctor Strange

    Flight Jackets for dummies...please skool me...

    Andrew, I always defer to your expertise, and I am of course aware that we're now saying there were indeed cowhide originals (which wasn't the case for the first dozen years I was interested in A-2s!)... but you are providing a perfect example of the kind of obsessive attention to detail that...
  10. Doctor Strange

    Flight Jackets for dummies...please skool me...

    I respectfully disagree, El Marro. He's looking for his first leather flight jacket. Not everyone is up for the challenge of buying used. There are plenty of good starter A-2 and G-1 type jackets out there he can buy new. Pushing someone to go for a used Eastman/Aero/GW/etc. before they're...
  11. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Unknown, a short (50 min.) 1927 silent feature starring Lon Chaney and a very young Joan Crawford. Though beautifully shot, this is was one of the weaker Chaney films I've seen, with a predictable story and minus the typically engaging, moving performance I've come to expect from Chaney. I...
  13. Doctor Strange

    Flight Jackets for dummies...please skool me...

    You can definitely wear an A-2: I'm a widebody and have had several! If you're going for a modestly priced A-2, you want goatskin. Nothing wrong with cowhide or lambskin... but they weren't ever standard hides for mil-spec A-2s. And goatskin is quite supple yet almost indestructible. Forget...
  14. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I think this film is another brilliant experiment from the always interesting Linklater... but at least for me, it mostly fails as drama. While watching the same actors age through 12 years is fascinating, somewhat in the manner of Michael Apted's Up documentaries, I found that that actual...
  15. Doctor Strange

    Underfire: The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro

    Yesterday I watched the fascinating new HBO documentary Underfire: The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro. It's the incredible true story of a WWII GI who did the whole Band of Brothers experience, Omaha Beach to Germany... and photographed all of it while actively engaged in battle, shooting...
  16. Doctor Strange

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The fascinating HBO documentary Underfire: The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro. The incredible true story of a WWII GI who did the whole Band of Brothers experience, Omaha Beach to Germany... and photographed all of it while actively engaged in battle, shooting thousands of 35mm negatives...
  17. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I only made it halfway through Good Behavior. It didn't work for me. While Dockery is always fascinating, I just couldn't buy it. I finally watched the season finale of Better Things. I really like this show. I'm glad it's getting another season, it's a worthy project from the Louis C.K...
  19. Doctor Strange

    What Are You Reading

    I just finished The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon, a new book just published this year. Alas, I was disappointed. While it did a fine job of laying out the history of Batman, primarily in comics, but also with info on movies/TV/etc., and the growth of nerd...
  20. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    It's interesting that both Atwell and Dockery are playing American trainwrecks in these shows to counter their previous images as highly competent Brits. This is a good strategy on paper, but does anyone really want to see these classy ladies as losers trying to claw their way back though an...
  21. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Thanks for the review of "Good Behavior", Fading Fast. I have been considering watching the broadcast premiere tonight, but this sounds all too similar to why I gave up on "Conviction" after two episodes despite Hayley Atwell's performance (*). I'd love to see Michelle Dockery do something...
  22. Doctor Strange

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    The season - and possibly series - finale of Masters of Sex. Frankly, I hope it gets canceled. This show started off strong, but has lost its way more each season. The actors and production aspects are always excellent, but the writing really lets them down. It's become less and less about...
  23. Doctor Strange

    Leather Jacket Advice

    Who says Wested has fallen in quality? Their jackets are very good for the price. Even their custom work is very reasonable. I just recently got my son a Wested jacket - not an Indy style, a lambskin blouson - and I think it's excellent for an under-$150 jacket. I've had one of their...

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