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    The Death of the Gentleman

    No, I won't. I was refering to the dressing aspect of being a gentleman, not to manners. Dressing is a form of manners, respect and communication, and there used to be a code, which is now gone.
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    The Death of the Gentleman

    Hemingway Jones?
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    The Death of the Gentleman

    A flip-flopped-camouflage-bermudas wearing gentleman? A dockers+company polo wearing gentleman? A suit+notie wearing gentleman (see Sadam Hussein at his trial)? An-all-year-long-pair of jeans + checked shirt wearing gentleman? A suit + winter-boots-in-june wearing gentleman, because that's...
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    White Tie - Bib bosom

    Well, how does one wear a bib bosom? With what shirt, and how is it attached?
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    The Death of the Gentleman

    The ones left are seen as eccentrics or originals or dressed for an interview.
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    The Death of the Gentleman

    The gentleman is dead. A man in a suit, tie, leather-soled shoes, overcoat, hat, gloves, umbrella etc., which would have been described as a gentleman not so long ago, is seen today as an oddity and is not encountered on a regular basis anywhere. In any city around the world, at all social...
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    Cirrus-Impressions?

    I'm eyeing a sheepskin long coat from Cirrus. Has anybody dealt with them before? What is the quality of their product?
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    Needs Some Expert Borsalino Feedback

    Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria, which became communist after WW2, so I doubt that Borsalino would still make hats for a shop in Sofia to carry them after WW2. Also the fact that the address is in French denotes pre-1945 origins.
    • geo
    • Post #3
    • Forum: Hats
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    harrison ford's lost ark hat

    Yes, the HJ is the hat worn in the movies. However, the current model they offer is the one worn in the last 2 movies, not in the first (Raiders of the Lost Ark). For the first movie, they were using a different felt supplier and a different block, hence the ongoing quest for the hat closest...
    • geo
    • Post #27
    • Forum: Hats
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    The Reverse Taper: How???

    Maybe there's a natural way to get the reverse taper effect, by wearing the hat a lot while doing some sort of physical exercise that causes one to sweat. The sweat will moist the sweatband and the heat radiated by the wearer's head will shrink it. It looks to me that the moisturing and...
    • geo
    • Post #25
    • Forum: Hats
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    White Tie - Bib bosom

    With what shirt would one wear a bib bosom? Would it be with a plain white neckband shirt, like the one amazon dry goods and collars and cuffs have? They also have single cuffs; how does one wear these?
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    Fair Isle sweaters

    Fair Isle sweaters are just as Harris Tweed or Reggiano cheese, there is only one original, which is entitled to the name.
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    The covert coat...

    That Pakeman short coat is up on the site and it's on sale: http://www.pakeman.co.uk/products.asp?cat=206
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    The Reverse Taper: How???

    What do you do with the hat ribbon? Do you remove it prior to this treatment and put it back after, but tighter?
    • geo
    • Post #21
    • Forum: Hats
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    A Machiavellian Approach

    This is a funny comparison. However, I don't see wearing a suit, hat, umbrella and newspaper as comparable to going into battle, or as devices used to protect oneself, or to hide behind. I think that a 3-piece suit with hat, tie, umbrella and paper are very leisurely things to wear, and they...
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    My traveling hats - Around the World in 98 Days

    Very interesting! How do you book passage on a freighter? I always wanted to cross the pond on a ship, but not on a cruise liner.
    • geo
    • Post #8
    • Forum: Hats
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    Hideki Okisaka: Master '30s tailor !

    Then they suddenly realized in the mid-20s that the suits had been wrong for 2 decades! Seriously, DB suits of the time were cut differently, more along narrow vertical lines, which went better with a single vent. I didn't mean to say that it was never done, I mean it is never done today, or...
    • geo
    • Post #170
    • Forum: Suits
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    Hideki Okisaka: Master '30s tailor !

    No vents or double vents. Never ever a single vent on a DB.
    • geo
    • Post #166
    • Forum: Suits
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    Aspartame and You

    One time I was seated at a table in a restaurant, and having nothing better to do, I started reading the aspartame package. It sais that it should not be taken without your doctor's advice.
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    The covert coat...

    The Tyrwhitt covert coat (and other interesting overcoats) now at 50% off: http://www.ctshirts.co.uk/pine http://www.ctshirts.co.uk/department.aspx?DepGrpCode=MEN&DepCode=MOVC&level1=Men&level2=mensouterwear&level3=Wool%20Coats

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