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    When did the Slide Toward Casual Begin in Earnest?

    Frank actually hated the song My Way, and said so many times over the years, although he also admitted that the song was good for him (read made him lots of money), he hated the message, and the song itself ;). From the article I link to below As far as how much he "respected authority", when...
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    When did the Slide Toward Casual Begin in Earnest?

    I actually think Frank JR is right, but then again I'm 24 and the Beatles aren't some sacred cow to me as they are to some of the people who lived threw that age :p. I think Craig Ferguson figured out what happened in general though :p. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFQkMAPVoIo
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    The Holmes Fedora

    Holmes didn't wear a deerstalker! Not once in the stories was he described as wearing one. Only a few of the original pictures have him wearing one, and only then when he is out in the country dressed completely in tweed. He usually wore a top hat, or a bowler, or other such head wear that was...
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    The Holmes Fedora

    Guess it did turn out to be Lock & Co lol. My mistake.
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    Sex and Suits

    Thanks! Looks like a good read.
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    "Here's looking at you, kid" and what might get you slapped

    My current GF calls me boy, and I call her kid [huh]. Personally I think some people like being outraged for the sake of being outraged. Others seem more insulted by cute nicknames of a time gone by compared to actual insults. I can see a woman getting upset with being called a slut, but...
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    The Holmes Fedora

    It is a Homburg, it was given to the film by Christy's of London. One of our great members found out about it. Apparently when given to Downey's he beat and bent it till it looked like it did in the final film. The idea being that Holmes's in his bohemian ways would have bashed the hat till it...
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    New sherlock holmes movie

    I think that was on purpose. I think they exaggerated Holmes's bohemianism. I think it works, in many ways it makes him the exact opposite of Poirot. Poirot would rather die then have a speck on his spotless patent leather shoes, well Downey's Holmes seems to wonder why one would bother cleaning...
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    Things to consider: vintage style and your style

    Sorry old boy I hadn't noticed that you edited your post. I'll be honest I jumped the gun and saw that it was Andy's, and simply assumed it was another trad argument against the vintage community. Which usually amounts to "you look like a gangster!" lol. So after taking a quick glance at the...
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    Spit and polish

    I've actually just started the process of going into the military by visiting each branches requiters. I'm a bit on the older side though, (24) and only have a semester left of college. Truth is though I feel I would make a better officer if I went Enlisted first and realized what it was like to...
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    Things to consider: vintage style and your style

    With enough work it will be used by everyone mark my words ;). BEHOLD! The future of style! Look at the glamor, the bravery, and the artistic unscientific style that all open minded fashion geniuses strive for! As always the geniuses of Stone and Parker who have brought us such hits as South...
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    "The Noughties"

    Don't be upset when you phone get's wired tapped after showing that terrorizing picture of the whole denim "suit".
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    Things to consider: vintage style and your style

    Not to mention that Andy's forum is the Mecca of the "trad" subculture, and they ekk in fear at anyone who doesn't dress like a young George H.W. Bush in his college days. So pardon me if I don't laugh as they skretch about how dogmatic the vintage community is.
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    New sherlock holmes movie

    I saw it and enjoyed it. It's not Jeremy Brett (who's Holmes never thought out his fight scenes so much in advance :p), but none the less it is a greatly enjoyable to watch. Maybe it's not vintage Holmes, but it is vintage with a modern flare, at times bordering on Noir (especially with the "at...
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    Nero Wolfe

    That's because they did cases in the era they where suppose to be in. Although Archie and Nero always acted like it was the 1930s-40s and hardly changed, (not to mention never aged) the world around them did. There where cases in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's. That's why the style and...
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    Lemme see that drape esse - authentic zoot suit pics

    Not my look, but I give major points to the guys and gals who can pull the look off. :eusa_clap As for me I think it would make me look shorter then I am (I'm 5'10").
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    What Happened to Chivalry?

    IMHO chivalry in many ways is when you have power, but don't use that power against innocent people in one way or another. It has it's idealized roots in an attempting to tame military classes all over the world (Bushido being the Japanese ideal for the Samurai class, and by extension Japan's...
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    Dressing well returns?

    Maybe it is just a New York thing [huh], but if it is it's a part of the state and not just the City. Maybe it's why I'm a bit surprised when some people on here think I'm crazy when I say alot of people my age dress vintage/vintage inspired in one way or another. I'd like to hear about other...
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    Dressing well returns?

    As I've said before on the forum, here in upstate New York where I live the only people I know who dress vintage are people my age (people in their twenties), and some of the old timers who are still around (usually well at church gatherings, and with more vigor since more young people have...
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    what did people snack on back in the old days?

    In Brett's Holmes series Holmes yells at Watson for bringing Humbugs to a stake out during The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (Lestrade is also disappointed since Holmes won't let him smoke during the stake out lol ). Humbugs are a kind of candy. Whether they actually had Humbugs in 1899 though...
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