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  1. M

    The Cap Faction

    Well, IMO you've started out at the very top. Not a bad beginning at all!
  2. M

    Watch Chains

    I've found that it isn't risky, at least with vintage waistcoats. Here's why: the waistcoats' pockets tend to be deep and tight (especially if the waistcoat fits you snugly, as it should), and the pocket lining fabrics aren't slippery.
  3. M

    Reproduction classic workwear

    Agreed. Markups are necessary; high markups are an option that can reap big rewards. But this high? Remains to be seen. All I know is that those $200 repro caps have sold very well -- but they're one of the lowest-priced items in the store!
  4. M

    Does wearing vintage Get you noticed by the opposite sex?

    You wouldn't believe how successful that shtick of his was. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it, either. Come to think of it, it's a good thing that the L.A. vintage/swing scene deflated. Gals hooking up with a gnome so that they could outcompete each other in...
  5. M

    Does wearing vintage Get you noticed by the opposite sex?

    To put it mildly!
  7. M

    Does wearing vintage Get you noticed by the opposite sex?

    You need to meet that guy who 'sold' vintage lingerie.
  8. M

    Does wearing vintage Get you noticed by the opposite sex?

    Trust me, it wasn't a pretty sight. Loud arguments at times; barely-discrete bumps, shoves, and trips on the dance floor. With some dancers, it just got too competitive.
  9. M

    Does wearing vintage Get you noticed by the opposite sex?

    In L.A. in the '90s, during the height of the "Swing Revival" craze, female dancers always outnumbered male ones -- so good male dancers were in high demand. Skilled female dancers (the kind with an eye toward dance contests, paid performance gigs, lucrative dance instruction gigs in Europe...
  10. M

    The Great Gatsby - Remake in the Works

    An Oscar for best costuming, I mean.
  11. M

    Teenage Photos of YOU - If You Dare!

    Note to neophyte U.S. thrift shoppers: the best stuff is almost always to be found at hospital-run thrift stores near wealthy neighborhoods. Rich people, especially 'old money', tend to donate their things to hospital thrifts. I've found this to be the case again and again.
  13. M

    Does wearing vintage Get you noticed by the opposite sex?

    Many years ago, some of the more intelligent, vivacious and beautiful women in the L.A. vintage/Lindy Hop scene would say to me, "I'd like to date you, b-u-u-t ... [sigh] if only you could dance!" (I can't: two left feet.) Result: no dates with dancers.
  14. M

    The Great Gatsby - Remake in the Works

    "W.E" will beat it out, thank goodness. Movies about vintage British royals often do.
  15. M

    The Cap Faction

    Thanks, Johnny! IMO, it doesn't touch your incredible Malrov, but I'm grateful to have it.
  16. M

    Post New Hats Here!

    Yes, that's the pic taken with a flash. It gives a sense of how the cap looks in sunlight.
  17. M

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Thankee, kind laddie!
  19. M

    Teenage Photos of YOU - If You Dare!

    Cool!! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap Where on earth did you find the Stetson homburg and derby?
  20. M

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    . Wearing a single-bid, $10 vintage Donegal tweed newsboy cap from eBay. Mislabeled as 1960s; my guesstimate is 1930s at the latest. http://www.ebay.com/itm/250966780599
  21. M

    The Cap Faction

    . A single-bid, $10 vintage Donegal tweed newsboy cap from eBay. Mislabeled as 1960s; my guesstimate is 1930s at the latest. http://www.ebay.com/itm/250966780599 Photos taken with and without flash: Full head shot:
  22. M

    Post New Hats Here!

    . A single-bid, $10 vintage Donegal tweed newsboy cap from eBay. Mislabeled as 1960s; my guesstimate is 1930s at the latest. http://www.ebay.com/itm/250966780599 Photos taken with and without flash: Full head shot:
  23. M

    The Lawrence Welk Show

    Sweet can be great, it's true. For me, sweet needs a ukelele somewhere in the mix. There's just something about a ukelele's sound, played slowly, that's both happy and longing at the same time. Case in point: Isham Jones's 1924 song, "I'll See You in my Dreams." http://youtu.be/usH3LrkmRbU

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