Congrats on your new shoes.
If the shoes are Goodyear welted, most likely the heel is nailed to the upper and the welt begins a bit in front of the heel. This is standard for Goodyear welts, and the shoes can be re-soled.
If the uppers are simply glued to the sole, the stitching is probably...
I don't know if this has been posted, but there are some interesting styles in this video. Part one:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=72572
And part two, around 2:56 we see the first ever cel phone!lol :
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=72573
Wow, interesting sweatband. Is this the original or do you think it was a home-made repair job? Have you seen any other unreeded sweats sewed in by hand?
Thanks for posting these cool hats!
It came from this site:
http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=77871&sos=1
Here is the caption that followed the photo:
Collection London College of Fashion: The Woolmark Company
Garment Manuf. Society Brand
Accessories "LBJ" hat by Dobbs
Date 1964
Description Quiet assurance of...
I'm sorry to say I didn't get a chance to stop by Optimo:( ; we just breezed through Chicago on our way from point A to point B and as I had the family with me, I didn't want to impose hours of hat shopping on them!
Hats Plus was a nice store, the gentleman who helped me was patient and...
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