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    QMSummit.com Website up and running!

    You could keep it simple and call it: "The Queen Mary Weekend" and shorten it to "The QM Weekend" until it's just "The QMWE".
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    NEED A SUIT!!!!!!!

    How about this one? It seems to be your size. http://cgi.ebay.de/schwere-Herren-Winterjacke-40er-Jahre-antik_W0QQitemZ7726349442QQcategoryZ13148QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem You will save lots of money on shipping if you buy your coat in Germany.
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    Detachable collar questions

    It was intended to be worn with a shirt that matched its pattern and color. No doubt, the shirt and the collar were originally sold together. The name "Town Club" referred either to the shirt brand ... or to the name given to the shape of the collar. (Detachable collars came in many different...
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    NEED A SUIT!!!!!!!

    Here's where eBay Deutschland sells vintage menswear "pre-1950". Tons of 1930s-'40s German horsehide overcoats and motorcycle coats in there, too! http://kleidung.listings.ebay.de/Vor-1950_Herren_W0QQfromZR4QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ108283QQsocmdZListingItemList
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    The Palm Beach suit thread

    In response to some questions asked earlier ... No, Palm Beach cloth is no longer used in menswear, and it never was made in Palm Beach. (However, people did wear the warm weather fabric at Palm Beach resorts.) Yes, "Palm Beach" still exists as a menswear brand. (Go figure.) No, it...
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    The Palm Beach suit thread

    That's a fine suit, Wingnut. And who is the gentleman next to you? Does his blue jacket have a belted back?
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    NEED A SUIT!!!!!!!

    That's for the seller to say, not the buyer. Before I can find a suit for you, I need to know in advance what price range you wish to stay in. Otherwise, we will both lose time by going back and forth on the price.
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    The Holy Grail of Suits

    Does Douglas Fairbanks' suit look familiar? Why yes, it does. ;)
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    Who Are Your Style Icons?

    My icons for Golden Era men's style are a father-son team: Douglas Fairbanks. Sr. and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Here's why ... -- Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was the first movie superstar to set clothing styles for men. He was ahead of his time: by 1925, he was wearing fashions that...
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    Fedora help for the IGNORAMUS

    I think my hat looks like it has a taper because I pinched the front of the crown. I just removed the pinch and -- ta da! -- the taper disappeared. The crown looks very square now. The 5 1/4 inch crown is after creasing. Open crown measures a tad over 5 1/2 inches. I'll post a pic...
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    Cloth Diapers?

    I use children to clean my cloth diapers ... and my guns. (Kidding!)
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    Hair cuts

    Awww! Bogie looks like such a nice boy!
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    Fedora help for the IGNORAMUS

    And one more photo ... And here is a photo of the markings on the underside of the sweatband:
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    Fedora help for the IGNORAMUS

    Hi, this is Marc, Veronica's husband. I call myself the hat ignoramus because I really know very little about them. You folks in the Lounge have very kindly helped me with my previous hat questions, and you've inspired me to go out and get fedora'd! And so ... Last week I made my first...
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    Who's Homburgs are good?

    Still, in my book, homburgs can't make the jump from jaunty to rakish. Fedoras have a monopoly on rakish:
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    Who's Homburgs are good?

    I saw what you mean when I looked at this photo:
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    Turn of the Century Brim Snap?

    Something like this...?
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    Hair cuts

    The ultimate '30s "nice guy" haircut: A '30s "questionable character" haircut: The ultimate '40s "bad boy" haircut:
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    Hair cuts

    More slicked-back 1930s hairstyles:
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    Hair cuts

    Some 1930s haircuts were longer and fuller than we might expect. Some examples:
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