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  1. nightandthecity

    how many types of jackets do you own?

    er...how long have you got? Anyway, here goes...all jackets are original 1930s-50s unless otherwise stated. WW2 LEATHER FLIGHT JACKETS 6 USAAF A-2s 4 RAF IRVINS 2 USAAF B-3s 1 UK "rigger made" B-3 1 USAAF AN-J-4 1 USAAF D-1 1 USN M445 1 US NAVY AN-J-3A (G-1) CIVILIAN LEATHER...
  2. nightandthecity

    a big hello from the Czech Republic

    daddy-o, a sudden thought...the very first 101s from the very early 30s didn't have selvedge. These are the "waist overalls" with the "HD Lee Merc. co." patch on the left. They had a triple needle side seam not a selvedge seam. Are these the ones you meant? I was thinking of the 1937 101 and...
  3. nightandthecity

    What sort of flight jacket weather are you having these days..?

    sorry wingnut! Got a bit carried away....some of us had been getting worked up about pre-distressed jeans over on another thread, and brought some of the angst across!
  4. nightandthecity

    What sort of flight jacket weather are you having these days..?

    I'm with you Shamus, there's plenty of used jeans and jackets available, and with real patina that can't be faked. Why pay top whack for something that has already had half the life beaten out of it? Even crazier, why pay top and then trash it yourself? If I was a third world peasant---jeez, if...
  5. nightandthecity

    dressed down , the trend in the 21st century

    yes, the fashion for "pre-distressed" jeans is truly bizarre. This is the second time I've lived through it, we had it in the 80s for a while as well. I presume it reflects some longing by the desk-bound to look as if they actually do something physical now and again. But if so, why not go buy a...
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    dressed down , the trend in the 21st century

    I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve seen many discussions like this on the lounge before, and they always seems to miss a crucial factor in the equation ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú modern ?¢‚Ǩ?ìsmart?¢‚Ǩ? clothes are the crappiest of all, and have been since the massive expansion of artificial fibres and cheap clothing imports in the...
  8. nightandthecity

    a big hello from the Czech Republic

    hi daddy-o, and welcome. I was in Prague for a week this summer. Stayed in Ziskoff. Wandered over to a local park one evening for a stroll and there was a bunch of slightly hippie-ish looking young guys hanging out drinking beer and playing hot 40s swing and 50s R&B on a sound system! We were...
  9. nightandthecity

    Leather sole wearing?

    Matei, I used to wear leather soles all the time, and still have a few leather soled shoes/boots. How long the soles last obviously varies according to usage and quality, but even the best quality with careful usege will wear out a lot faster than any other type of sole. In the past only the...
  10. nightandthecity

    The Chap movement

    well, personally I do bloke as well as chap which probably comes of my socially schizoid upbringing (working class father/ lended gentry mother; working class upbringing/ higher education). And I also do guy and hepcat, because of the schizoid nature of British society (we remain distinctively...
  11. nightandthecity

    Lil sump'm for the conservatives here.

    I was talking about political philosophies. Political parties are different because they are coalitions, often of quite divergent groups
  13. nightandthecity

    WEIRD stuff from the golden era

    hey michaelson, you got me worried now! Think I'd better get him to geiger counter my left wrist sometime soon...
  14. nightandthecity

    WEIRD stuff from the golden era

    all very true Michaelson. Fortunately a friend who works at Harwell Atomic Energy research station here in the UK reassures me that the radium is by now mostly too weak to be a continued threat. Doesn't stop him geiger countering his new vintage watches though!
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    Lil sump'm for the conservatives here.

    Myself, I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t think the idea of a simple line running between ?¢‚Ǩ?ìright?¢‚Ǩ? and ?¢‚Ǩ?ìleft?¢‚Ǩ? does justice to the complexity of real people?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s political opinions or to the variety of political movements and philosophies actually out there. Nor do I think the slightly more...
  16. nightandthecity

    WEIRD stuff from the golden era

    How about Generalissimo Franco? I don't LIKE charismatic authoritarian leaders but I can just about understand that they are charismatic. But how did that murderous shortassed bald little mediocrity end up as the Great Caudillo??! Truly weird.
  17. nightandthecity

    WEIRD stuff from the golden era

    ouch!!
  19. nightandthecity

    WEIRD stuff from the golden era

    how about the slow but steady substitution of nylon and other artificial fibres for stuff that keeps you warm AND lets your body breathe (AND doesn't light up the room when you take it off). What's weird about it is that everyone thought it was an improvement.
  20. nightandthecity

    WEIRD stuff from the golden era

    world war. but hey, Reefer Madness was great. Best period comedy since Hellzapoppin. I got completely blasted whilst watching it. And Cod Liver Oil is all that stands between me and my arthritis.
  21. nightandthecity

    The Chap movement

    I still remember my excitement at first finding the Chap magazine and realizing I WAS NOT ALONE! Yes Veronica, there is that element of irony and self parody, but that has always been present in British dandyism...Beau Brummell was a master of it 200 years ago. And yes again, the mid-20th...
  22. nightandthecity

    Must see list...?

    Favourite half dozen (or so)? Casablanca, High Sierra, White Heat, Night and the City (of course), The Wild One, L'Atalante, They Live by Night, Hell Drivers, 12 o'Clock High..... but then again, what about.... The Public Enemy Angels with Dirty Faces Out of the past/Build My Gallows...
  23. nightandthecity

    What sort of flight jacket weather are you having these days..?

    yesterday A2 with T-shirt, jeans, fatigue cap. Today Highwayman, wool shirt, beret. At this rate tomorrow will be Irvin, wooly pully and B2 cap (Yorks/Lancs border, UK)
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