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  1. Nick D

    The Moustache

    "It is an art, the growing of the moustache! I have sympathy for all who attempt it.” I've seen some excellent 'taches with little in the centre. The only way to know how it'll look is to let it grow!
  2. Nick D

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    What types of canvas are you using for the fronts? I look forward to seeing the progress. The 'puff' at the shoulder looks quite wide. Is it called for in the draft, or are there two smaller ones? I'll be starting my third jacket soon, I'll try to also take progress photos of the...
  3. Nick D

    Where can I buy a pipe with a small bowl?

    It's not a pipe, it's only meant to be a cheroot or cigar holder. The end is typically meerschaum, they show up on eBay frequently, sometimes fancy and sometimes plain. Butz Choquin makes a couple very nice looking small, slender pipes. They're sometimes marketed as ladies' pipes, though I...
  4. Nick D

    The Lounge's Best Vintage Suit Seller

    This has been my focus for a while as well, working out and learning about the things those linings hide. There are a few people here into the tailoring side, even a couple tailors, but there isn't much discussion of it. I'm a member of the Cutter and Tailor forum, but am barred from even...
  5. Nick D

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    This is a project I finished during the Christmas holiday. A double breasted waistcoat for wear with morning dress or as an odd waistcoat. The pattern was derived using instructions for making a db pattern from a single breasted one, and the single breasted pattern was made some time ago by...
  7. Nick D

    The Moustache

    Here's a recent one with the ends waxed out straight.
  8. Nick D

    Stroller - Morning Dress only?

    Stroller at a cocktail party :)
  9. Nick D

    Stroller - Morning Dress only?

    Stroller? I'll be in morning dress. I just hope I can finish it off by finding a topper in time.
  10. Nick D

    Stroller - Morning Dress only?

    I've just had a trawl through all the pics I have saved of formal-wear photos and catalogue scans. The stroller jackets can be 1, 2, or 3 button, single or double breasted, and single breasteds even sometimes had notch lapels. I didn't find any cloth-covered buttons. The only real common and...
  11. Nick D

    Formal Wear Primer

    Given the length of the thread shank, could it be buttoned to a tab on the waistcoat and then buttoned into the waistband?
  13. Nick D

    Spear point collar shirts

    In period the shirt collar without stand was called a 'convertible collar', since it can be worn open or closed, and was associated primarily with sportswear. There may have been other names, but this is the name that appears most often in literature regarding garment sewing.
  14. Nick D

    Shirt collar oddities - Boardwalk Empire Shirt Collars

    Even without the tie cutout, it's closer to a double-round than a club collar. I have seen this particular type a couple times, in old collar displays and advertisements. David Page Coffin also illustrates this type in his book on shirtmaking in a section on the early history of the modern...
  15. Nick D

    Snappy 1950s Suit w/ 4 Pocket Jacket

    Mr Nakamura was one well-dressed sunnuvagun.
  16. Nick D

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    Really like this! This is the kind of outdoor jacket I like. Any shots of the lining?
  17. Nick D

    Show us your British suits

    But without all the other things that make an evening suit, grosgrain lapels, jetted pockets, trouser braid, so what does that make it?
  19. Nick D

    Show us your British suits

    This is a very common way to make a buttonhole on mens trousers. It's a convenient location and an easy hole to make, adding that extra bit of support to the fly opening.
  20. Nick D

    Show us your British suits

    There's no definite evidence of a button fly, though there's some odd things going on with the right side of the fly. It may be that it's a replacement zipper.
  21. Nick D

    Show us your British suits

    This was my first vintage suit. It was mislabled as a '60s suit and I got it for £16 (the legs had been drastically narrowed. I put them back to rights). No front darts on the jacket, the first cuff buttons are functional, high interior pockets. The jacket has been let out at the side...
  22. Nick D

    German website with vintage sewing patterns from 1920-1949

    It looks like a lot of these are from EvaDress, I've made all the patterns Mario posted above.
  23. Nick D

    Fedora Flowchart

    "Put them on my head, one at a time."

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