Some of them now have their own blogs and/or still buy and sell vintage here and there. Meanwhile, there's a great guy in New York City who is very rapidly becoming a 'super-expert' --just the person to pass the torch to-- but he is not an active Lounger and has no interest in becoming one...
In recent months, I've been asking some of the missing FL 'experts' why they haven't returned. Here's a frequent reply: "Because so many other experts are gone and haven't returned." In other words, the lack of experts (either departed or new) stops other departed experts from returning (and...
Very true. Luckily, I started picking them up on eBay about five years ago, when the average price was about $35 (though much more for deadstock ones).
Thank you, rue! The shirt isn't my design; it's a 1930s British shirt which I can only wear open-collared, because the neckband is too tight on me. Here's a close-up of the cotton fabric:
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