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  1. Salv

    McGregor Drizzler or Baracuta G-9...

    More Baracuta goodies - limited edition 70th Anniversary Celebrity Icon G-9s. There are three colours/models to choose from: the Presley in tan; the McQueen in natural; and the Sinatra in navy blue. Each has a quote from the celebrity printed on the tartan lining and comes in a special...
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    Gents collar bar wanted.(from Paddy)

    Is this the sort of thing you're after, Paddy? £9.50 from the Vintage Shirt Company - go here and scroll down a bit.
  3. Salv

    Banished Lounger?

    Have you checked that Private Messaging is enabled in your profile? Click on User CP on the menu bar, then in the list on the left click on Edit Options. Scroll down about half way to the Private Messaging section and make sure there's a tick next to Enable Private Messaging.
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    • Forum: Hats
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    My "Holy Grail" of sport jackets!

    Would you believe I threw away two jackets and two overcoats like that in the late 80s during a house move - there wasn't enough wardrobe space in the new house, they were cheap when I bought them (I paid maybe £10 or £15 each for the jackets, £25 each for the coats), and I hadn't worn them...
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    1950s working man style

    On The Waterfront from 1954 would be a good source for 50s clothing ideas. Tons of blue-collar wear, plus some sharp suits worn by Johnny Friendly and Charlie the Gent, and a few fedoras as well. There's a 10-photo gallery on imdb.com for starters http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047296/photogallery
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    Vintage mens Bathing Suits and Swim Trunks

    Aww, you guys ... :o Yes, pics of the McGregor please Mr. H. I wore my Drizzler today for the first time this year - lovely spring weather in SE England.
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    Vintage mens Bathing Suits and Swim Trunks

    Speedo in the US sell these http://www.speedousa.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/products.detail/categoryID/e4cc3eca-fc56-407b-9653-f250cbc05339/productID/38c3fe9f-2ffc-4055-be49-e14751d879bd/ ...but they don't seem to be available in the UK, which isn't much help is it...
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    jeans and shoes with Aero Half Belt

    How do they look with the jacket? You'll only need to wash them in a short, cold wash, just enough to shrink the denim. If you like dark denim you won't want to lose too much of the dye yet. I bought a second pair of the 1933 501XX recently and washed them to shrink them to the right size...
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    R&B

    A new reissue on UK Ace records that should interest a few people: Chuck Higgin's Pachuco Hop with its original sleeve design.
  11. Salv

    Days of Glory (Indig?®nes)

    I've been looking forward to this. It gets released in London tomorrow and I hope to see it over the weekend.
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    Vintage Coffee Makers

    The Bialetti I use is a different type to the usual Bialetti stove-top espresso maker, and really is a percolator, where the water bubbles up a central tube then drips down over the grounds to give you coffee in the bottom of the pot. Bialetti just make it to look like their espresso makers...
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    Vintage Coffee Makers

    I use a new percolator, rather than a vintage one, but the method is the same. You'll need to experiment for a while to get it right - the right amount of coffee grounds to water, the right amount of time to let the water seep through the grounds - but once it's right it's every bit as good as a...
  15. Salv

    Triplets of Belleville.

    Wonderful film, and the look of the cyclist, Champion, seemed to be based on Italian cycling legend Fausto Coppi, which made me love the film even more:
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    Cheap jackets/blazers in London?

    It depends what sort of jackets you're looking for - for British menswear try: - Radio Days near Waterloo, not a great selection for men, but you can sometimes get lucky; - Bertie Wooster at 284 Fulham Road, SW10 9EW, tel: 020 7352 5662, lots of tweed and wool suits and jackets; - Old...
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    Thread for London nostalgics...

    Rather than take up any more space in the American Crew... pomade thread I've started this thread to wallow in some collective nostalgia for the retro/vintage/club scene in London in the early 1980s. I know the inimitable GOK was around town then, and if any other Brit Loungers of a certain age...
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    Pomade

    Good idea, as I want to pick up on a couple of points in your last post. I'll start one now in The Observation Bar.
  20. Salv

    Pomade

    (Even more O/T) ...and the Dirtbox, and the Beat Route, live gigs by the Chevalier Brothers, buying The Face and ID religiously every month, hanging around Kensington Market ... happy times. The only thing that I've got left from Demob is one of those Willie Brown hooded anoraks with the...
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    Pomade

    O/T, and apologies to everyone, but blimey, that's not a name you see much these days (at least not in this context), and it brought a big smile to my face. I suppose I'd better explain that cryptic remark - Demob was a clothes shop in Soho, in central London, that was open for a couple of...
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    Pomade

    Speaking of Royal Crown, go to this page http://www.nighttraintonashville.com/music.html then click on Little Richard: WLAC Commercial. "Even Long Tall Sally use it..."
  23. Salv

    Hello hello hello i'm a newbie

    Hi Paul, welcome along, I'm sure you'll have a good time in the Lounge. It's always nice to see more Brits joining in. You said in your intro that you get most of your clothes made - where do you go, if you don't mind me asking? Do you have a local tailor that understands what you want, or do...

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