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  1. Alex Oviatt

    Esquire February 1939 - some more pictorial delights to inspire you for summer!

    Thanks--these are great fun. Delights indeed.
  2. Alex Oviatt

    Bespoke military uniforms?

    I take it all back--I just checked the label and it is by Bernard Whetherhill of Conduit Street, a classic Savile Row tailor although not actually on the row. The Gieves & Hawkes I was thinking of is a tuxedo I found at Oxfam for a tenner--fantastic style, but such heavy fabric that I can...
  3. Alex Oviatt

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    Do you mean Langer's on 7th and Alvarado? If so, it IS still there--I just drove past it!
  4. Alex Oviatt

    What are you wearing today??

    Casual day for me--that means no suit. Instead, I am wearing a DB navy blazer, tan cavalry twill trousers, light blue checked shirt with spread collar, tobacco-brown suede captoe oxfords (Peal for BB), tie with a pattern of shotgun shells, vintage watch, Habit Rouge and..... my brown felt...
  5. Alex Oviatt

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    La Fonda--it just went, too! Ay, que lastima!
  7. Alex Oviatt

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    Wow--I agree. There is still Taylor's on 8th and The Pacific Dining Car, but with Edwards and Marcus gone, it is slim pickings for vintage steakhouses right in downtown. Plenty of new ones, of course. The deli is gone, but further down 6th towards Hancock Park, Cassel's Hamburgers is still...
  8. Alex Oviatt

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    That is a beauty and at a great price. I have one similar as well as a really early Elgin wrist watch (1918) that is almost like a small pocket watch with two lugs for straps. Today I am wearing my 1948 Rolex bubble-back Oyster with a rose gold bezel. The best thing about it is that it...
  9. Alex Oviatt

    The Evening Tipple...

    Pimms is good with champagne, too!
  10. Alex Oviatt

    Pomade

    That is a shame--I can still smell it!
  11. Alex Oviatt

    Ann Miller

    I saw her in Hamburger Hamlet shortly before she died. Big, jet-black hair and an infectious laugh. She was drinking beer.
  13. Alex Oviatt

    Bespoke military uniforms?

    I once went to a murder mystery party and was told to come as a military officer. I went to a local vintage military store in Santa Monica, hoping I could find a cheap hat or something to wear to the party. Instead, I bought an WW II RAF officer's uniform that fit me like a glove--scary how...
  14. Alex Oviatt

    Gentlemen: The most beautiful actress from the beginning of film up to the 50's....

    For blondes? Garbo, Lombard, Kelly. For Brunettes? Myrna, Ava, Liz. For redheads? Rita Hayworth. Sohpia Loren defies all attempts at categorization--if in doubt, just watch "Houseboat."
  15. Alex Oviatt

    Cooking with Spry?

    In our family it is a lamb-shaped cake mold (my grandmother's) and the ears are impossible to frost without falling off. Toothpicks help.
  16. Alex Oviatt

    Cold/Cough Remedies?

    Lemsip is the best--I bring it home from the UK whenever I travel (along with Twiglets and Hoola-Hoops). Although there is nothing wrong with a hot toddy.....
  17. Alex Oviatt

    Pomade

    Does anyne remeber Tenax? It was great stuff but I haven't seen it in the shops for years.
  19. Alex Oviatt

    Show us your TIES

    Wow-- I have this same tie but in dark green and purple--sadly, I didn't get a chance to thrift it, but paid full whack. I got a great purple tattersall from H&H to match.
  20. Alex Oviatt

    What has quality and style today

    Nice gear! What flies were you using?
  21. Alex Oviatt

    What are you wearing today??

    Churches is owned by Prada now...nothing is safe! Just shows, I guess, that vintage is best.
  22. Alex Oviatt

    Fun party: check out old "Esquire" bound volumes...add cocktails...stir

    Equally fun are bound sets of The New Yorker and The Illustrated London News. Generally, I pour over these in the library of my old university, so the cocktails are sadly missing in the stacks. Next time I'll pack a sidecar in my flask and see how it goes.
  23. Alex Oviatt

    Boater faction!

    "Thoroughly Modern Millie" is a good boater movie. The costumes have that odd timewarp of the 1920s as seen throught the prism of the 1960's, but lots of great boaters. A young John Gavin in an Arrow collar and a boater--now that sets the standard....

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