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  1. The Good

    Show us your TIES

    Maybe. I'm quite a bit idealistic about all that, but people like us will continue wearing them!
  2. The Good

    Show us your TIES

    Nice ties! I agree, after noticing those subtle details to everyone else, it becomes a lot easier to figure a tie's period of date. If not the decade, at least narrowing it down, being prior to such-and-such year. Besides just the widths, I wonder when ties will next have such noticeable...
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    Dressing Down For Church Has Gone Too Far, CNN Article

    While there's the subject of knee-breeches, here is a photograph of Napoleon III wearing them in 1865, which at the time would have been almost exclusively worn for the most formal situations. It's interesting how modern the top half seems, while the bottom is decidedly more antiquated due to...
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    Ditz the Dandy

    Very well done drawing! The paper and the art style does look golden age.
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    Dressing Down For Church Has Gone Too Far, CNN Article

    People sometimes wonder why I have long-sleeves on (not always) during such weather! I usually explain it by mentioning sunburns, skin cancer, and that it isn't uncomfortable to wear (unless extremely hot, above 90F). I thought that there was supposed to be a minor revival among younger adults...
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    Dressing Down For Church Has Gone Too Far, CNN Article

    I normally dress up for church, while almost everyone I know dresses down, with things like khaki pants in various shades and polos or dress shirts still being commonly worn among the more dressed up over there. Some older men and women could still be seen wearing shirts and ties, maybe suits...
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    Hair cuts

    Nice haircut! Though, for less maintenance and going between haircuts longer, I think you could always go with this style of pompadour haircut, as seen on this guy from A Kiss Before Dying (1956), a good movie by the way. The hair is a lot longer on the sides (also for causing the ducktail...
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    1960s Necktie Question

    I'm fascinated by 1960s fashions, and am often inspired by the more dressed-up looks. The suit lapels were often narrow (or pretty normal for recent standards, yet often a little narrower), but somewhat wider lapels (and ties) were seen then, as well, and were also worn with ties of different...
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    Morning Dress for Church?

    For what it's worth, I've worn something close to the Stroller or Stresemann suit to church, several times, although without a waistcoat (though my three-button jacket would have likely concealed one anyway). The trousers have been grey tones. I've even worn my new black homburg with these...
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    Been AWOL! LOL!

    I'm very sorry, Cindy. Thanks for letting us know. I will pray for you and your husband.
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    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    I'm satisfied with Mad Men's ending. I believe I enjoyed the episode, and in fact, I think I like the ending. My initial reaction to what the final minutes came to in the episode was one of bewilderment. I did not yet know what to make of it, until I thought about it some more. I do know that I...
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    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    I don't usually have anything against longer hairstyles (mine resembles The Beatles' length around 1965), but I think it's all the wild colors and patterns that are to blame in making the scarf/ascot/cravat look too garish. In themselves, I think cravats are fine, but for both Harry Crane and...
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    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    Yeah, Joan's new boyfriend has been wearing a leisure suit, a very garish one. Has anybody (primary, secondary characters) on the show worn a Nehru suit yet, or are we already past that point in fashion? Compared to leisure suits, I don't think Nehru suits are bad.
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    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    Betty has become one of my least favorite characters, especially not long after Don divorced her, although it was really Don who was at fault for those affairs. I just don't think Betty is relevant anymore in the show enough, to be featured as lengthily as she has been, all these episodes since...
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    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    Yeah. Based on the ideas, I'm not against wide lapels or wide ties, but in earlier years, the designs were almost always accomplished better than during the 1970s. Don Draper still looks to be a well-dressed man, but the 1970s wide fashions don't suit him as well. The suit in this picture is a...
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    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    That was sad news to learn. I knew that up until recently, she was still living, and I had even been thinking about Grace Lee Whitney's role as Janice Rand on Star Trek. That character had the potential to establish herself as a member of the regular crew, like Scotty, Sulu, Chekov, Uhura, etc...
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    Best time to go outside in the sun and who uses an umbrella when it's sunny?

    Brilliant! Why not bring both, for the added protection, just like Tuco from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? :) Well, I get by with just a hat, if the brim is wide enough. I think for a brim to cover the ears at all, it should be a little wider than 2 inches. I have a hat with a 2 1/8" brim...
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    STAR TREK ENTERPRISE model built in 1965

    Very nice! I haven't seen a picture of the actual Enterprise model behind the scenes, before.
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    The irrationality of looking out the door for your package

    I do this very frequently, even when it's not a leather jacket I'm expecting. Psychologically, there is the urge to know when something has arrived.
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    Calling all Germans. (Living in todays Germany if possible)

    They're my favorite band. I'm a big fan of Kraftwerk, saw them live last spring, and some of the early electronic and New Wave artists as well, like Ultravox, John Foxx, and Gary Numan. When he's not performing on stage, even today the founder Ralf Hütter is often seen wearing black or dark grey...

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