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  1. Dirk Wainscotting

    Oviatt's Ties

    $10.00 per tie in the 1930s? Some suits cost less than that in the '30s. I don't think they are 1930s at all.
  2. Dirk Wainscotting

    Cologne and perfume

    I just re-discovered a bottle of something I thought had disappeared long ago. 'City' by Betrix (under he name Henry M. Betrix). It was an aftershave from 1979 with a rich vetiver, sandalwood, leather under citrus. It's a vintage bottle. Bought for a euro.
  3. Dirk Wainscotting

    Free time in the 1950s BBC

    For any British Loungers here. There's a programme on now (BBC2) about how we spent our free time. This time it's the 1950s. A family has their house transformed and has to live the decade.
  4. Dirk Wainscotting

    Visit to "Old Town" and vintage stores in London

    They're specific names of some of Old-Town's product line.
  5. Dirk Wainscotting

    Visit to "Old Town" and vintage stores in London

    You might also try shops not in London since you'll be in Norfolk. London has variety, but it's also expensive and the 'vintage' shops are mostly dominated by 'hip' people who are aware that there is a market for old clothes and they charge for it. A lot of the vintage shops routinely take the...
  7. Dirk Wainscotting

    Show off the sports coats.

    Odd jacket and trousers has been bread and butter for most chaps for many years; especially "off duty". The problem nowadays is that folk pay a lot of attention to the coat and less to the trousers, which tend to be boring and/or not half as stylish as the coat. The plethora of low-rise cotton...
  8. Dirk Wainscotting

    The Vintage Tailoring Thread

    Knowing that a 'cut before' machine exists, the easiest way to tell if the buttonhole is hand-made is that the 'wrong' side is often not as pretty as the 'right' side. Sometimes it is downright messy. There is also usually no bar-tack at the end of a machine-made buttonhole; not one worthy of...
  9. Dirk Wainscotting

    Forbidden items in my home...

    Tapioca is starch from a cassava. Bartender Edit Please be reminded of the rules of the house: political discussion is not permitted on the Lounge. Culinary discussion is, of course, fine and dandy - and much more civilised. ;) Poster Edit (to bartender) I was not the originator,merely...
  10. Dirk Wainscotting

    A 1940's Gaming PC - Addison

    Splendid work. The flightline and Aerodyne in the gallery of your website are superb.
  11. Dirk Wainscotting

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The last film I saw at the flicks was a Lars von Trier film about a troubled nymphomaniac. The recently-ex-missus liked it more than I did, and I usually prefer that sort of thing. If Mr Turner (about the painter J.M.W Turner) came out after that, well that was the last film I paid to see...
  13. Dirk Wainscotting

    BOTH SIDES OF THE TWEED! - Show us your tweed suits, sport coats and pants

    Even here in North-West Europe it's not even been cold enough to wear tweed, apart from the odd day. Last Friday it was cold enough, but today (25th of January no less) it was warm enough to potter about in the garden with no coat..9-10 degrees celcius. I started a tweed jacket for myself last...
  14. Dirk Wainscotting

    Trumpeting: How to learn to play jazz?

    I second Zipster in saying to practise playing the blues, you more easily learn a lot of structures that are the basis of jazz. I played jazz trumpet in several small combos. We eventually had a regular Saturday night slot at a club and I've never had a jazz trumpeting lesson in my life. I...
  15. Dirk Wainscotting

    Mapledoram Suits on Etsy...any experiences?

    Is he (Sator) no longer keen? Lighter cloths have their place, but thicker cloths are now woefully underused - and less often produced. A majority of men who wear suits nowadays wear paper-thin trousers in cold weather. They may have a coat on, usually some modern shorter-length "overcoat"...
  16. Dirk Wainscotting

    Recommendations for inexpensive wines

    Most cheaper wine (maybe not rock bottom but from €3-6) can be made to taste better by decanting and filtering out any sediment (if there is any). If I'm going to drink wine with food I pour it out at least half an hour before to start oxidisation. Rough wines like Bordeaux and Rhône benefit a...
  17. Dirk Wainscotting

    Show us your vintage home!

    The bathroom tile work looks very much like a 1930s public convenience we had in our village. When these places were little spic-and-span art deco temples rather than the ugly things of today (if you have them at all). This renovation must be costing you a fortune.
  19. Dirk Wainscotting

    Mapledoram Suits on Etsy...any experiences?

    It's not easy to get cloth that resembles that of the 40s/50s. It's not just heavier, it was denser too. Some cloth from the 50s, especially for cheaper suits, wasn't all that brilliant (there's a German tailor at the Cutter & Tailor who disparagingly calls it 'carpet'). To be authentic such...
  20. Dirk Wainscotting

    Were double-breasted suits with vests once common?

    Among vintage pieces, you find a lot of double-breasted stresemann suits with waistcoats; at least in Northern Europe anyway. I have one, but I have never worn the waistcoat under the jacket, with both together it feels you're wearing a corset.
  21. Dirk Wainscotting

    If a US President wore hats again, what would he wear and how would it effect hat sales?

    The only politicians I've ever seen wearing hats, and not just for a photo opportunity, are George Galloway (who is a "character") and ex-business secretary Vince Cable. The latter is routinely spotted wearing a hat:
  22. Dirk Wainscotting

    Linen Suit - where to find a good one...

    I have a linen suit from M&S. It's of a previous generation though; after they stopped using their 'St Michael' name for their clothing (which was made in England). The label looks like this: Made in Morocco. The linen is of a decent weight and the construction is good. You can tell it's before...
  23. Dirk Wainscotting

    Linen Suit - where to find a good one...

    It is indeed breathable; more so than e.g. cotton. There's a reason Hawaiian shirts are made from it.

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