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  1. reetpleat

    College wardrobe

    While certainly a sad subject, two of the Scottsboro nine were quite stylish. 1937 pic. http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/U403669ACME/acquitted-scottsboro-trial-defendants-with-attorney-samuel
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    College wardrobe

    I agree. Baggy at the knees would be he best trousers, not at the bottom. It may well just be a matter of style changing, on the parts of top top down fashion designers or tailors, or bottom up, street fashion, or college fashion from rebellious kids, or as rebellious as an upper class oxford...
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    Savile Row Protest by Chaps with pics

    Interesting observation. Pretty much the case around here too, I imagine. However, the constitution of the crowd was telling. Despite their love of Savile Row as a concept, few if any were wearing Savile Row tailoring, and few of the immaculate outfits were first-hand. The Chap is playfully...
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    Enough to make a grown FLer cry. Tell us your worst finds or ruined clothing stories

    Indeed, a gentleman should always be in the habit of wiping off his blade when done using it, if to remove evidence, if nothing else.
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    College wardrobe

    I was thinking of a song that went "Bell Bottom Trousers, are coming back again" on the internet. the only reference I found was on this forum. But I did come across a reference to a song from the 40s called Bell Bottom trousers. It is an extremely sanitized version of a bawdy sea chanty. Look...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    In Washington, if your car is a certain age or older, you can not get a ticket for no seat belts because they were not standard equipment.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    YOu must keep in mind though, that the performance is much higher. have you seen a photo of a pitcher mid pitch. His arm is doing things it was never meant to do. No pitcher could do that for a whole game.
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I tend to think the same way. But I assure you, to a young guy who is into new cars, a glance at a car going by t 40 mph is enough to identify make, model, year, and package sometiimes. iT is all a matter of what you notice. Many people look at me in a 1939 belted back suit with pinstripe and...
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    Enough to make a grown FLer cry. Tell us your worst finds or ruined clothing stories

    Well, Americans are getting much bigger around the waist these days, so it may have been necessary.
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    Enough to make a grown FLer cry. Tell us your worst finds or ruined clothing stories

    Heck, you could have put a little ketchup around the holes and sold the suit as having belonged to a gangster who was shot in it. Do you guys remember the white suit on ebay that a guy was posting over and over again for too much money, with holes he hinted were gun shot wounds?
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    The Yoga Pants trend

    Well, it sounds like your school is a rathe unique situation. Four year colleges do not have any kind of mission to teach kids how to dress. I do find it odd that they make the medical students wear scrubs. I can't imagine this will somehow help their professional experience over some nice...
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    The Yoga Pants trend

    And be sure to not wear a hoodie, lest you get shot at. You obviously hav not been in some of the bars i have been in.
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    The Yoga Pants trend

    How about a hobo wedding. then, the only thing you would have to worry about is someone showing up in a suit. If they did, you could run them off as they were probably there to evict you from your encampment. http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2011/handmade-weddings-depression-era-hobo/ I wonder if...
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    Interesting story - I think this could be many of us.

    One question no one has speculated on yet, is was he happy, enjoying himself and his new life. or was he at heart, deeply ashamed of his humble origins and desperately wanting to be perceived as something other than that. I hope the former.
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    Interesting story - I think this could be many of us.

    Well, if his reputation as a non lunatic is safe anywhere, it is on this forum. Pity he as not a member. Or was he??? I dare say, a guy who puts on airs, adopts an English accent, learns to behave in a way totally different from his original, gets involved in organization and fundraising, and...
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    The Yoga Pants trend

    Me, i am going to outdo all those fancy pants designers. My distressed clothes are also going to smell like vomit and urine too. I am going to make a fortune.
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    The Yoga Pants trend

    A rather timely article, i think, to this discussion. The high cost of looking low class. http://gawker.com/5904134/the-high-cost-of-looking-low-class
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    The Yoga Pants trend

    I think every culture has it's norms set by those with the most status, and those who wish to belong, quickly suss them out. On a high school campus, kids pretty quickly figure out which jeans to wear, and on college campuses, they quickly figure out what dress will be accepted and what dress...
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    Interesting story - I think this could be many of us.

    That is a great point. Technically speaking, I think he would be fair game, as he publicly put forth a false image and became a well known public figure, and even yes, a celebrity. And he as not a celebrity for anything other than the life he adopted. Still, i don't think the journalist meant...
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    The Yoga Pants trend

    Yes, as through this world I've wandered I've seen lots of funny men; Some will rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen. And as through your life you travel, Yes, as through your life you roam, You won't never see an outlaw Drive a family from their home.

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