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    Show us your SHOES !!!

    . In one form or another, spade sole shoes have been around for a longer time than most people think. Here's a pair from the very early 1900s:
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    Show us your TIES

    . Some OUTSTANDING ties here. The first one has boys racing with bicycles; the fourth one shows a Mexican cockfight; the fifth one has a truncated Eiffel Tower; and the sixth one shows a beautifully rendered woman accompanied by an admiring wolf (get it?)...
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    Show us your TIES

    . Go, "Oviatt's", go!!! http://www.ebay.com/itm/1930-40s-OVIATTS-NECK-TIE-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-GREAT-COLORS-SILK-MUST-SEE-/290673539623?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43ad7e3a27
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    Harking for a simpler time.....

    Funny to think that, over two thousand years ago, Aristotle spoke at length about "habits" in Book II, Chapter 1 of his Nichomachean Ethics. His interest in habituation was less, um, lucrative than Target's: "[According to Aristotle,] virtues seem to be developed by means of habit (ethos in...
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    Harking for a simpler time.....

    I had the chance to see this change roll forward in extremely fast motion: in Chile. When I arrived there in 1998, daily life --even in the capital, Santiago-- was still as Lizzie described it. By 2005, when I left for good, Santiago had become what the United States is now...
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    Thank God for Ralph Lauren

    I did miss that post! Thanks!
  8. M

    BOTH SIDES OF THE TWEED! - Show us your tweed suits, sport coats and pants

    . Watch the video in the link below: Ralph Lauren nails it for Fall 2012. Crossing fingers that his menswear lines will follow suit...
  9. M

    Thank God for Ralph Lauren

    . Watch the video in the link below: Ralph Lauren nails it for Fall 2012. Crossing fingers that his menswear lines will follow suit...
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    Profound Quotes

    . “Many of the things we 'need' can wait. A child cannot. Now is the time that her bones are being formed, her blood is being made, her senses are being developed. To her we cannot answer, 'Tomorrow'. Her name is 'Today.'” -- Gabriela Mistral “Socialism can only arrive by bicycle.” --...
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    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    That "neat little guy" is a type of bowler hat worn by Central Andean Quechua ("Inca") women in Peru and Bolivia.
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    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    To be precise: you are the yardstick of civilization in any seller's head.
  14. M

    Huh ???

    Not even.
  15. M

    Profound Quotes

    Now that's hot!
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    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    Every single day, I find myself musing, "If only Fedora Loungers looked for vintage men's clothing on eBay as diligently as Lefty looks for vintage men's hats." ;)
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    Show us your SHOES !!!

    Yeah, Olive Oyl wore button-up boots with the same toe. There was a specific name for that toe shape, but I've forgotten it.
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    Profound Quotes

    . Quote of our time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9VwVPEhnQ
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    New AE's

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9VwVPEhnQ
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    Show Us Vintage GERMAN Suits

    . [huh][huh][huh] Confused title, confused description, confused everything. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-30s-German-Gestapo-suit-tailor-made-Munich-42R-awesome-Gangster-/160744030044?pt=Vintage_Men_s_Clothing&hash=item256d173f5c
  22. M

    Huh ???

    Confused title, confused description ...
  23. M

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    . Not my shoes, but worth showing. From the early 1900s: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item5ae4c77d99&item=390385335705&nma=true&pt=US_Mens_Vintage_Shoes&rt=nc&si=LDjxA0Rc4b%252FbS%252BuJ9O6tLXe6QV0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

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