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  1. M

    The Cap Faction

    It's pretty easy to stretch a cap that has a cloth sweatband. Just use some steam. It helps to use a hat stretcher.
  2. M

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    True, or I could buy the Crockett & Jones Polo pair on eBay right now and have them dyed brown ... but I'm counting my pennies, alas.
  3. M

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    Yep, and that's the frustrating thing: vintage women's shoes in this style aren't difficult to find, but men's in my size seem impossible. Maybe because male golfers tore up, wore out and threw out their shoes ... and female golfers didn't?
  4. M

    Is style stuck in a 2 decade rut?

    . Blame the Santa Monica mountains. A "hermit" calling himself Kit Carson's son died in his shack there in 1902. (The culprit: a spider bite.) Then, in 1912, this happened: “Peter Cassidy lives on raw vegetables, dons his long hair in a Psyche knot, affects but little clothing and no...
  5. M

    Is style stuck in a 2 decade rut?

    And remember, the "hermits" of the '20s and '30s were the spiritual grandfathers of the hippies.
  7. M

    Is style stuck in a 2 decade rut?

    . Los Angeles Times, August 28, 1932:
  8. M

    Show us your TIES

    "Game Birds" was the first of Cheney's avian lines. First came out in 1937 or '38, I believe.
  9. M

    The Cap Faction

    VERY well executed. Much better matched than on most vintage '20s-'30s caps I've seen.
  10. M

    Show us your TIES

    . Art Fawcett once said that Cheney's bird lines ("Game Birds", "Tropical Bird Plumage", etc.) were from the very beginning (the later 1930s?) an astonishing success, and other tie companies scrambled to follow suit.
  11. M

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    Yep! Same problem here. Lots of vintage 1960s (and contemporary) shoes to be had with a split toe, a longwing, and/or a plain back. None in my size seem to have a one-piece toe and a capped back. Arrrggghh! Seriously: this shoe is perfect for plus-fours. It's clean and simple: neither...
  13. M

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    Good question. No, it doesn't need to have cleats ... but all the other details must be there. The piecework, dimensions, shape and overall silhouette must be just about identical.
  14. M

    The Cap Faction

    Don't know. Flat caps were the caps of men who did manual work and/or did things in the countryside: shooting, hiking, golfing, driving, etc. Flat caps weren't meant to be worn while engaged in white-collar work.
  15. M

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    Looking for a new "holy grail" shoe . I'm looking for a men's shoe design that's practically impossible to find, new or vintage: the classic 1920s-'40s 'moccasin' golf shoe. It was a hugely popular style for men's and women's golf shoes for decades, but IMO the best-looking version looked...
  16. M

    "Hugo"

    Thank you very much for offering, but I must say no. Incidentally... Several years ago, the (now-closed) "Aardvark's Odd Ark" vintage clothing store on Melrose Ave. had a green and orange flecked tweed sportcoat that had all the unique details of an Oviatt one -- except that it had another...
  17. M

    The Cap Faction

    . :eusa_clap That's a great one, Alan! The colors are fantastic, too. And it's a safe bet that you didn't pay this price: www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-40s-50s-Roll-It-Newsboy-Cap-7-Hat-/220935481563
  19. M

    "Hugo"

    WHAT??!! Arrggghh!
  20. M

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    1: Size 6 1/2 E. 2: Nope. Not close to my size, and the opening price was very high. www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Florsheim-Spectator-Commander-Suede-Lace-Mens-Shoes-6-1-2-E-1930s-NIB-/370579156946
  21. M

    Show us your TIES

    Thanks! BTW, does the label have an embroidered picture of a quail or grouse?
  22. M

    Is style stuck in a 2 decade rut?

    It was a lot of b.s., that's for sure. Nonetheless, the kids with power could wear whatever they wanted: power gave them carte blanche. At the age of 11, I learned this lesson when I was literally beaten up for wearing a purple polo shirt to school. "But," I protested, "David Payne [a...
  23. M

    Is style stuck in a 2 decade rut?

    Agreed. It's a whole lotta hooey.

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