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    It's Spring. Show your Straw hats if you have 'em

    What brand is that and do you know the best hatter for Panama hats?
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    Heroes Jacket

    Wow. An incredible legacy. Best ofnluck relaunching.
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    Any expert in vintage Singer sewing machines?

    This has to be the most fascinating of FL threads. A lifetime of learning right here.
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    CC41 - decoding the codes

    Thought I would revive this thread having just acquired a dinner jacket with a CC41label. On a related topic can anyone tell me what was utility cloth?
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    The Hollywood Waist-

    Saw the selection. What do you think of them? Could be useful for a tailor to copy possibly.
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    Formal Wear Primer

    Very not to say extremely elegant. Square shoulders look great.
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    Show us your TIES

    Welcome back. Wondered where you had gone.
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    The Vintage Tailoring Thread

    Kingsnake that is an interesting question. If memory serves I think they were pretty much unlined. More like a dressing gown construction . Check with GHT about it. He will probably know. He posts on the what are you wearing thread in the general attire forum.
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    1920s suits

    Very high main button there. Seems well above the natural waist. Great photo. Great suit. Bowler is fitting.
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    What did the film stars of the 1920s-1930s make of the 1950s-1960s?

    Couldn't resist chiming in. The early lives / childhoods of most famous entertainers before the war, at any rate, were pretty horrific, if only because they were almost all of them professional entertainers before they reached the age of eight. Burns, Benny, Fields, Astaire and others were...
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    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    Once again, the knowledge that one picks up on this forum is simply astounding. TV camera technology, JFK, Golden Era detergents, and all joined seamlessly through the collective stream of consciousness and free association in the minds of the contributors. No doubt in a decade's time, Loungers...
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    Do You Still Use "Golden Age" Products?

    Like all Fedora Lounge threads, this one brings back some memories. I don't think I have ever bought anything that we did not have in the house when I was a boy back in the 60s, unless I could not find it. Bon Ami, for example, does not exist where I live (Abu Dhabi), but when I saw the name...
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    Spear point collar shirts

    The collars look great. Could you tell us how long the collar points are?
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    This topic about biblical knowledge is interesting. Professors of literature talk about "shared experience literature". The Bible used to be the main shared experience literature, meaning the one that most people knew about, so it was used as a reference point in popular and high-brow writing...
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    What are you wearing today??

    Congratulations. She's a beauty
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    The Maltese Falcon

    That's interesting. And the trouble with making a debut in a film like that is the risk of type casting, I suppose. I can think of three others where they appeared together: Casablanca, Background to Danger and Mask of Dimitrios. Can't think of the other two right now.
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    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    This thread wanders about, doesn't it? We started with pondering the origin of the mythical 50s, as represented by fashion and some films and TV series, and have now arrived at trolley systems. So another 2 cents worth here. The Honeymooners is an interesting example, because it is much...
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    The Maltese Falcon

    I was watching the Maltese Falcon the other night, and lo and behold, this thread popped up in the New Posts. Thought I would contribute my 2 cents. The film is almost the book verbatim. John Huston did not have a script, so he told his secretary to type out the dialogue from the book, more or...
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    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    I keep returning to this thread, because it speaks wonders about how we remember things and the power of media to influence the way we remember. As I wrote a few weeks ago, people in the 50s did not know that they were in the 50s, in the sense that it was just another decade. Lizzie's point...
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    What Are You Reading

    The Big Knockover, by Dashiel Hammet. Just finished rereading some Chandler, Trouble is my Business.

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