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  1. Dirk Wainscotting

    So I Found These Pants Today

    I'm going to tentatively put them at the late '50s, but using an older tried-and-true drafting system (rear darts not at centre-line, finishing on the side pockets are all standard details for trousers of the 1930s and earlier). There is a lot of visible machine work, so that is either a sign...
  2. Dirk Wainscotting

    Delon's strange DB in 1970 gangster flick "Borsalino"

    I'm going to have a watch later and look at the coat in question. Borsalino is a great film. It's odd though, the first half is like a crime comedy and the second half is really serious. There's a good fight scene at the beginning between Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo.
  3. Dirk Wainscotting

    Richman Brothers suit jacket

    I meant chest drape as a feature in 1930s suits. It was the stock-in-trade of Anderson & Sheppard - as the acknowledged originators of this feature (under Scholte). When I think of a 'spiv' I just picture Walker from Dad's Army!
  4. Dirk Wainscotting

    Richman Brothers suit jacket

    I'm less certain about this. You do see bold look in some British films, but it's not common. Chest drape was already a feature of some British suits from the 30s, but wide shoulders of the type in post-war American suits was not quite so evident. Neither was the longer length coat of that look.
  5. Dirk Wainscotting

    Show us your suits

    It's all a matter of taste of course, but the sleeves and trousers are loooong!
  7. Dirk Wainscotting

    Show us your suits

    That tartan suit is the craziest thing I've seen in a while, but it's great. This is one I would wear now that I no longer care what people think. I'd probably go to a job interview in this.
  8. Dirk Wainscotting

    Single Button Double Breasted Suit??

    Must be a modern fashion twist, but I think it looks fine. I didn't know the polo/roll neck and suit had come back into vogue (or the axe-murderer stare). There have been all sorts of unusual jacket configurations, in the film The Wrong Arm of the Law Peter Sellers is wearing a SB jacket with...
  9. Dirk Wainscotting

    How you ever worn certain clothes to give others "the finger?"

    I don't think he was claiming that all bullying is clothes-based! However I would say that when my school allowed personal items of clothing to interfere with standard school uniform, it caused problems. Sports shoes being the chief culprit, so that someone not able to afford the 'right' shoes...
  10. Dirk Wainscotting

    How you ever worn certain clothes to give others "the finger?"

    Addressing a crowd in shorts (unless it's a sports meeting) should be illegal. There is a postman here who walks about in nothing but shorts and flip-flops in the summer and a sort of Yassir Arafat cloth on his head. Fair enough when it's hot and you're carting several thousand of letters...
  11. Dirk Wainscotting

    Morning Dress On the Cheap

    I was reading way too fast. I saw "bridesmaid" and thought: 'Oh yes, what have we here?' To be fair though the matching barathea trousers part is far more shocking. Oh no.
  13. Dirk Wainscotting

    How you ever worn certain clothes to give others "the finger?"

    In pyjamas?! How could anyone go outside in their pyjamas, aside from briefly putting out the bins? Aside from this (for which I need a scotch and water to recover) I have to say I am far less bothered about what other people wear these days. I don't like the ultra lax attitude to dressing down...
  14. Dirk Wainscotting

    The Vintage Tailoring Thread

    Mathematicus is right about the canvassed lapel giving the rolled 'bloom' at the button. In truth the revers on a decently fused coat front should also be able to roll fairly well, but dry cleaners and bad manufacturers are notorious for pressing lapels flat; in the case of dry cleaners even...
  15. Dirk Wainscotting

    The Vintage Tailoring Thread

    I differ a bit on some points from Patrick Hall's approach. I don't think a half or quarter lining is a standard vintage detail, not in the best tailoring establishments anyway. Full lining was always the norm in the best houses. A lot of vintage items that turn up now (especially the American...
  16. Dirk Wainscotting

    Show off the sports coats.

    I still prefer a silk knit with tweed, but a grenadine is a good second. I think the grenadine pairs better with flannel suits and jackets.
  17. Dirk Wainscotting

    Bulletproof Suits ?

    Well anyone who has that many deadly enemies in daily life probably should stay indoors and think about why.
  19. Dirk Wainscotting

    Bulletproof Suits ?

    Who wears a bullet-proof suit?
  20. Dirk Wainscotting

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I just watched the first 5 episodes of the original Twilight Zone series. This would so not fly in today's boisterous media world. Too low-key and thoughtful for today. The 5th episode: Walking Distance is fascinating. I didn't even know that Bernard Herrmann had done the music. You can hear a...
  21. Dirk Wainscotting

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Last night I watched The Woman in the Window (Ed G Robinson and Joan Bennett). I last watched it about 25 years ago and I couldn't remember a jot. Which is good because the ending is a marvellous surprise. Joan Bennett wears a really nice evening gown about halfway through. She's pretty...
  22. Dirk Wainscotting

    Show off the sports coats.

    Somehow I never feel that smooth silk ties work with 'tweed'. A silk pochette perhaps, but if I wear a tie with tweed it's generally a silk-knit or something in wool and often plain, since the jackets already have a lot of pattern going on.
  23. Dirk Wainscotting

    I just watched your film. Fantastic. It takes me back to my youth (not in Pembroke, but...

    I just watched your film. Fantastic. It takes me back to my youth (not in Pembroke, but Lancashire). Props lady did a great job. Did she also hang up that Lyons Maid sign? You never seem them anymore. I never even knew the Millennium Falcon was built there!

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