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    Stingy brims

    A question-- when did stingy brims first start to become really big (in the 20th century)? Like around what years/decade? When was the height of popularity of the larger brimmed fedora? And lastly, when did fedoras hit their arguable peak of popularity?
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    The Moustache

    Two Golden Era articles (1941 and 1949) on the Moustache: http://books.google.com/books?id=TgYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23&dq=mustache+thomas++dewey&hl=en&ei=8HijTc_QDYGN0QG9vYmPBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=mustache%20thomas%20%20dewey&f=false...
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    The 1950s, 60s and 70s

    My Irish great grandfather (born 1888) was a tough old guy, but apparently he had a heart of gold. He was a rough man, a fighter but at the same time, he was a VERY religious man. According to my grandmother, if he hadn't married my great grandmother, he probably would've become a priest. He...
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    The 1950s, 60s and 70s

    My mom's parents, her father born in 1920, and her mother born in 1927, respectively, were interesting. I don't much about their VIEWS on a lot of things---given that my grandfather is long dead and my grandmother is very difficult to talk to about stuff--but I do know some things. Both of my...
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    The 1950s, 60s and 70s

    Many of us either had parents, grandparents or even great grandparents who saw WWI, WWII, and perhaps Korea and Vietnam. I'm talking specifically of the generation of people born between 1880 and 1927. As you know, the 50s, 60s and 70s were CULTURALLY a time of great, rapid change and...
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    JFK no hatless Jack

    Ironic... Isn't it ironic that JFK is person/thing most commonly blamed for the 'demise' of the Fedora in general, and yet he was likely the last President to wear a Fedora while in office, and the last President to wear a Topper to his inauguration? I mean a whole book was written about his...
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    The Moustache

    I now have a "Don Corleone" esque stache going--a bit different than a pencil thin. Very much like Marlon Brando's in the Godfather. Nicely trimmed.
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    Archie Bunker hat?

    What kind of hat did Archie Bunker wear on All in the Family?
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    Pomade

    "The wet head is dead" I was reading a post in the presidential hats thread, and apparently, in the '60s, it was thought that the ''wet head is dead'' due to JFK...Can someone explain this? Also, does anyone know what hair tonic Nixon and a lot of men of his generation might've used? I don't...
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    Vintage Eyeglasses

    What kind of glasses did Truman wear?
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    Wedding bands

    A question: Was it common for married men in the 1930s-1940s NOT to wear wedding bands? I ask because I was looking at some photos from that era and a lot of the married men on my mother's side--Italian men--aren't wearing wedding rings. For example, in a studio picture of my great...
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    The Moustache

    I grow at times a Gable stache, then sometimes a pyramidal mustache, and right now I have one styled much like DeGaulle's. Personally I am not a fan of other forms of facial hair (on myself). I consider a moustache, if done right, to look sophisticated. It's sort of a family tradition as well...
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    Three piece suits

    Am I the only one who loves the look of a three piece suit? Personally, three piece suits, along with wide lapeled double drested suits, are my favorite kind of formal wear. Also, does anyone see three piece suits returning to popularity anytime soon?
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    Vintage Polo Shirts

    Slim cut polo shirts? Idk if it's just an illusion, but polo shirts from around the early to mid 1960s seem to have had a more slim cut than today's (which are baggy cut): All pictures taken between '61 and '64.
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    Vintage Eyeglasses

    What kind of glasses do you think Nixon is wearing here?
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    1969

    Found this photo of then new President Nixon enjoying a football game, December 1969: Compare to JFK enjoying a baseball game, April 1961:
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    Vintage Eyeglasses

    It's kind of interesting to see how eyeglass trends are: 1930s-1940s: Large, roundish frames (more English than American) and pince-nez glasses (FDR) 1950s-1960s: Small round frames (Harry Truman); Thick framed (either black rimmed or clear rimmed) square-ish or ovalish glasses (think Dwight...
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    Long Haired Lyndon

    See the man difference between FDR and Johnson is...Whether (in the 1930s) you utterly disagreed with FDR's policies, you still liked or admired the MAN--FDR. LBJ was both disliked for his policies by those who disagreed with them, and disliked personally for his treatment of others. It was a...
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    Will we ever see a return to more formal clothes?

    I remember a few years back we had my niece's baptism. I was the godfather. And I was the only man in my family to wear a suit and tie. Her own father basically informal clothes. My cousin's wedding, a few years ago as well--No tuxes. Just suits with no ties.
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    Hats of the Depression

    The problem is that in the 1960s as we tossed away the negative aspects of our society, we also tossed away a lot of the good with it.

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