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  1. Orgetorix

    Fedora Lounge Club Tie -Poll Added, Options on 1st Post.

    I think it's meant to show the sheen of the silk. Or something like that. Or maybe it's going for the vintage-tie-that's-been-faded-by-the-sun look. Either way, it's pretty bad.
  2. Orgetorix

    Fedora Lounge Club Tie -Poll Added, Options on 1st Post.

    I love the simplified silhouette on this one, and it'd be even better if the repeat were slightly more spaced out and on a different ground color. I like both the red and the silver.
  3. Orgetorix

    Art Fawcett featured at 'A Suitable Wardrobe'

    The ribbon on yours is much like a thinner version of the ribbon on a vintage Resistol I just got for my dad for Father's Day. Both look great. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320112325325&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=011
  4. Orgetorix

    Proper Suit Care (Vintage and Modern)

    Kent Brushes. Website Recommendation from Will, a FL member Ebay store (link does not violate the live-ebay ban, I believe)
  5. Orgetorix

    tie tack purpose?

    :eek: They have suits that don't cost that much! lol
  7. Orgetorix

    Detachable Collars

    I've heard of this being successful, but the collar band on a collar-attached shirt is often taller/wider than the ones on tunic shirts. It may have to be reduced somewhat--which may or may not be possible, depending on the placement of the front buttonhole. One other note--realize those...
  8. Orgetorix

    What Are You Reading

    Interesting, indeed.
  9. Orgetorix

    A couple of new ones

    At one time ('30s and earlier, I think), all hats that we now call fedoras were referred to as "soft hats." This was in distinction to top hats and bowlers, which are more formal than soft hats and are naturally stiff. But I know what you meant. :)
  10. Orgetorix

    Attempt at Panama Reblock

    I've learned here that when you reblock a felt hat, you can gain some crown height by sacrificing brim width. Is the same true for straws? I'm guessing it isn't, since Panama bodies are woven with the crown-and-brim shape built in, rather than the conical shape of a felt hat body. But if...
  11. Orgetorix

    Pleats cuffs plains and hems

    I never knew it. Ya learn somethin' new every day...
  13. Orgetorix

    The beard

    Hemrajani. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=15889&page=7
  14. Orgetorix

    Pleats cuffs plains and hems

    One major exception: sack suits in the American trad/Ivy League tradition, which gained prominence after WWII, always have flat fronts and nearly always have cuffs. I don't think that flat fronted pants really became popular for general wear until the war, when cloth rationing clamped down on...
  15. Orgetorix

    1943 Swedish Army boot

    Sorry, Flieger. As Alan said, a Topy or oversole is a layer of textured rubber that is glued to the bottom of the leather sole. A toplift is sort of the same thing on the heel.
  16. Orgetorix

    Seersucker

    I hear you. Last time mine came back from the cleaners, it had a little tag on letting me know that they had paid special attention to it but still weren't able to get out the stains.
  17. Orgetorix

    1943 Swedish Army boot

    Any cobbler or shoe repair shop should be able to install a rubber oversole (often called a Topy) for $20 or less. He may be able to do rubber toplifts on the heels, as well.
  19. Orgetorix

    Custom Topper?

    Aye, they do come up on Ebay with some frequency. The trouble is finding and affording one to fit my big head (7 1/2).
  20. Orgetorix

    Custom Topper?

    Hadn't seen them before, but I'd be skeptical about the quality. The technology to make proper silk plush for top hats hasn't existed for decades, and if someone had found a way to do it again, I think we'd have heard about it. New fur felt toppers run about $400, and refurbished vintage...
  21. Orgetorix

    Fedora Lounge Club Tie -Poll Added, Options on 1st Post.

    The lady has better taste than some of the gents who've commented here.
  22. Orgetorix

    New Suit trouble

    The occasional AA illustration and Churchill photo notwithstanding, I think I have a problem with a notch lapel jacket as a stroller, especially if it doesn't have a matching waistcoat. The stroller just seems to beg for peak lapels.
  23. Orgetorix

    New Suit trouble

    This is the trouble. You'd be extremely unlikely to find trousers that match. For blacks to look OK together, they practically have to be cut from the same bolt of cloth. Even different bolts of cloth from the same manufacturer can look slightly different because of differences in the...
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