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  1. jake_fink

    "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"

    Feraud, You're my hero. Thank-you. Reason is a wonderful thing, ain't it?
  2. jake_fink

    Tie question

    Stiffer, thicker ties were made with folded silk and were expensive and luxurious. Lining the tie with filler is less expensive than folding silk 5 or 7 times. I don't know when the stiffer tie came into fashion, or when the silk began to be folded. maybe Marc Chevalier can help.
  3. jake_fink

    Worst insult

    For further anthropology of the word ponce please see Withnail & I immediately. You'll like it. In my neck of the woods the worst thing a guy could be called was a scab.
  4. jake_fink

    DB Seersucker, $190

    Brush them.
  5. jake_fink

    The Best-Loved Frenchman

    There is a bit in Monkey Business in which the Marx Brothers do Chevalier impressions. It was a little bit of synergistic marketing 1930s style - Paramount was trying to build name recognition for it''s stars, so they manufactured ways of inserting the names of, if not the stars themselves, into...
  7. jake_fink

    Dry Cleaner's Fake Handkerchief Advertising

    I had dozens and dozens of these things when I was a kid. I used to play hat store (really), and I had a table full of pocket stuffers. All, as you say, advertising a dry cleaners (one that my dad used and one that my mom's step-dad used). They are probably all gone now... though I have bins of...
  8. jake_fink

    Department Stores?

    Woolworths in Toronto... ...selling bunting and flags for the visit of George V in (I think) 1935.
  9. jake_fink

    Department Stores?

    Once upon a time Eatons was the last word in Canadian retail.... and don't even get me started on Simpsons. :eusa_doh:
  10. jake_fink

    Department Stores?

    Possibly, but the venerable Eatons department stores in Canada were run into the ground by the sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters of the man, Timothy E., himself. I had the -ahem- pleasure of working for one of his offspring, John, and he was truly one of the worst managers and...
  11. jake_fink

    Stuff For Sale

    Is there any material to let out on the trousers of the blue suit?
  13. jake_fink

    The Aristocrat of All Straw Hats 1923 Casa Arcantales Montecristi

    That is a sweet looking hat.
  14. jake_fink

    Disappointment for Indy Fans

    Big but bad.
  15. jake_fink

    Department Stores?

    Here's another reason to hate Wal-Mart, and Budget Rent-a-Car too. In the mid 90s Walmart bought up all the old Woolworth and Woolco locations and properties in Canada. Some Wal-Mart suit looked at the list of properties and decided to liquidate a few. One of them went to Budget for a song...
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  17. jake_fink

    Where's Red Dust!?!?!

    You may already have noticed this little beauty: The Clark Gable Signature Collection It's got some good stuff in it, but where is Red Dust!!?!? It's got Gable, it's got Harlowe, it's exotic and entertaining... I guess they could do a second set, and make sure they also get...
  19. jake_fink

    What *Could* You Do Without?

    Don't push your luck, pal.
  20. jake_fink

    Threads That Go Astray

    Off topic is often more interesting than on topic. Whoops, did I type that out loud. :o
  21. jake_fink

    What *Could* You Do Without?

    Not quite true. I have to leave my computer and smoke outside. But I'm belching on you! :D
  22. jake_fink

    What *Could* You Do Without?

    I'm there. You can pay me in cigars. If you have more than a city lot, you will pay me in cigars and whiskey. I'll need directions. :o
  23. jake_fink

    Johnny's ivory zoot suit, vintage or new?...Enquiring minds want to know

    I'd like to see more of these Bold Look suits. (hey, there's no fishin' smiley.)

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