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  1. Dr Doran

    Mystery solved! Bogart's weird suit in "The Big Sleep"

    True, this will work with the 1930s specs I have -- thin, small specs. But if you try Ray Ban Wayfarers, big clumsy geek glasses -- forgetaboutit.
  2. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    How about "thx" instead of spelling out the word "thanks" or better "Thank you"? I find this very annoying as it does not express genuine thanks. Only that the writer was in a hurry and wanted to say something that sort of sounded like thanks.
  3. Dr Doran

    Vintage DB notched-lapel suit spotted

    I don't think there are such things as inherent violations of aesthetics. As much as we all try to say there are! lol lol So I agree with you entirely.
  4. Dr Doran

    Vintage DB notched-lapel suit spotted

    OK. OK. That's not too bad.
  5. Dr Doran

    Vintage DB notched-lapel suit spotted

    Good advice. It's 100% wool, beautiful dark reddish brown in color. When I first tried it on last summer (it was unfinished) it was about a 47L. I wear a 42L - 43L. She said "so you can wear sweater under." I said "it is almost never cold where I live, and if it is cold, I wear a large...
  7. Dr Doran

    Vintage DB notched-lapel suit spotted

    Fascinating. I always thought that would look horrible. Does it look OK? I'm worried because of the following problem, which I partially explained on another thread. My wife's aunt (speaks almost no English) took a 1.5 year tailoring course and made a suit-jacket for me. Two...
  8. Dr Doran

    Norfolk Jacket

    Well, what IS it about the large plaid/check norfolk that's not right? I mean besides the cloth itself. Is it the plastic belt buckle? The angularity of the lapels? What is it? Someone tell me, please. I can feel that it is not right, but I cannot put my finger on it.
  9. Dr Doran

    Norfolk Jacket

    Am I the only one to whom there seems something disturbingly 1970s about this jacket? Or am I imagining things?
  10. Dr Doran

    What are you wearing today??

    Bravo! To quote one of my students at the prison: "You lookin' so sharp you gonna cut yo'self."
  11. Dr Doran

    Of Sheep-Dip, Rot-Gut, and Furniture Polish. The worst of the worst.

    Hate it. But I wouldn't call it rotgut.
  13. Dr Doran

    WTB WW2 Peacoat 48L

    Hi GWD, I've got a black 47L or 48L pea coat, DB, 4x1, wool, dated 1950. It is NOT knee-length but longer than a normal suit coat. Pretty heavy. Condition is approximately excellent. That's the closest I have. It's too big for me as I wear a 42L or 44L. If you're interested, make an...
  14. Dr Doran

    Of Sheep-Dip, Rot-Gut, and Furniture Polish. The worst of the worst.

    "Unicum" ... :eek: :eek: :eek: lol
  15. Dr Doran

    So when did the boater sink from popular wear?

    Absolutely right.
  16. Dr Doran

    Vintage suit patterns

    I agree that your chances will be better if you are not so specific about what you want. I see small vintage suits on Ebay all the time.
  17. Dr Doran

    Of Sheep-Dip, Rot-Gut, and Furniture Polish. The worst of the worst.

    Or maybe he died just from drinking the crap.
  19. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Hideous. (But slightly better, now that I made it into a poem.)
  20. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    That is a truly annoying expression/gesture. The funny thing is, I remember back when it was fresh and new (to me, at least): 1988. Now, 21 years later, it's stale and dumb. Reminds me of the following thing, which when I first saw it I thought was utterly hilarious for about a year: Person A...
  21. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Oh dear.
  22. Dr Doran

    Of Sheep-Dip, Rot-Gut, and Furniture Polish. The worst of the worst.

    kinarion/kynarion means artichoke in Ancient Greek. So it gets into Latin as cynarium. There we go.
  23. Dr Doran

    Mystery solved! Bogart's weird suit in "The Big Sleep"

    Thanks, Justin. I didn't mean to hijack the thread. Sorry, Marc. That is very nice detective work. I think of little variations like the buttonhole on the right as mutations. We see some come and go. Others take over and influence styles for decades. They are somehow more adapted to the...

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