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  1. M

    Show us your TIES

    I give up. Which one indeed?
  2. M

    Is style stuck in a 2 decade rut?

    Oh, there were special prep school rules regarding L.L. Bean merchandise. Only three items were acceptable from Bean: Norwegian sweaters (and only in navy blue with white slants), lace-up duck boots, and lace-up duck shoes. Anything else from Bean was out. Lord knows why.
  3. M

    Show us your TIES

    "Game Birds". Cheney's most lucrative line. Or "Tropical Plumage".
  4. M

    Is style stuck in a 2 decade rut?

    Yep. The kind of place where Lisa Birnbach's "The Official Preppy Handbook" was not taken as satire, but as Biblical dogma. Students grabbed at your Norwegian sweater's label to make sure that it came from L.L. Bean. I beat the manure out of one guy who did that to me. Schools like that...
  5. M

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    . Recently on eBay. 1940s, I'd say. Rare as hens' teeth.
  7. M

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Recently, the owner of a condominium unit near my home evicted an elderly man and his son. While the two men were out, the owner/landlord dumped all of their (meager) furniture, clothing, and boxes full of documents into and next to the condo's dumpsters. I passed by the dumpsters, noticed...
  8. M

    Detachable Collar Shirts... from TM Lewin?

    Weird. Why do you think that is? I've never had it happen to me, thank goodness.
  9. M

    Is style stuck in a 2 decade rut?

    In the '70s and early '80s, prep school had its own sneaker code. There were three 'acceptable' brands for everyday wear: Tretorn, K-Swiss ... and Sperry (for canvas tennis oxfords). That was it. Adidas, Puma and Nike were strictly for (non-tennis) sports. Converse, Keds and Vans were...
  10. M

    1926 Seersucker Suit

    That's true. Not only no lining, but usually with no shoulder padding at all.
  11. M

    Detachable Collar Shirts... from TM Lewin?

    The customer is always right ... except when he's wrong. Example: In 1986, I bought a detachable-collared shirt --my first ever-- at "Harrods", the department store in London. The size 15 shirt came with a matching size 15 collar. Ignorant 18-year-old that I was, I got nervous and asked...
  13. M

    Fair Isle sweaters

  14. M

    The Cap Faction

    I'd say better to buy slightly small, especially if your cap's sweatband is made of cloth rather than leather. Slightly small caps can stretch, but slightly large ones can't easily be reduced.
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    Detachable Collar Shirts... from TM Lewin?

    . Every collar is made with that extra 1/2" already taken into account. In other words, if you wear a size 16, get a collar --vintage or new-- that is labeled a size 16 as well. It will fit around your neck perfectly when you cinch in your necktie. The TM Lewin rep is wrong. The size 16...
  16. M

    1926 Seersucker Suit

    . Extremely rare to find anything seersucker that old. Seersucker suits were cheap back then; it wasn't unusual for men to throw them out (along with their dimestore straw boaters) after only one season of wear. Pity that this jacket no longer has its trousers.
  17. M

    Where can I buy a pipe with a small bowl?

    . Here's one for you: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Victorian-Amber-Meerschaum-Cigar-Cheroot-Holder-case-Art-Nouveau-/250979896253?pt=UK_Collectables_Tobacciana_Smoking_LE&hash=item3a6f914bbd
  19. M

    Is style stuck in a 2 decade rut?

    To add to Lizziemaine’s comments… Styles take twists and turns. Consider the American saddle shoe: it first appeared around 1900 as a yachting shoe. By 1915, a version of it was also marketed by Brooks Brothers (n the photo below) as a “racquet shoe” for tennis. Around 1920, Princeton...
  20. M

    Vintage Workwear

    Dinerman is right. The Japanese market for vintage 'Brown's Beach' vests and jackets is especially high right now. (Like everything else, it fluctuates from time to time -- but for the past year or so, it's been on an upswing.) Maroon-colored 'Brown's Beach' vests and jackets are...
  21. M

    Hollywood Jackets

    Now he even looks like a Canuck!
  22. M

    Lounger featured in top stylish men of the year list

    :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap !!!
  23. M

    The very best image of yourself

    Try a very young Demi Moore.

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