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    Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    . Here is the most unusual vintage Stetson panama hat I’ve ever come across. It has the elements of a fedora, an optimo, and a porkie. I like the black faille ribbon with its one horizontal white pinstripe. It’s lined all around with netting (a detail more common to straw boaters); the...
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    Reproduction classic workwear

    But not so easy to find over here in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. In fact, it isn't available anywhere else in L.A. nowadays, and hasn't been for years. ("American Rag Cie" used to import the stuff in the '80s and early '90s, but stopped long ago -- and its prices were expensive too.) I...
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    Does wearing vintage Get you noticed by the opposite sex?

    Because guys their age can 'get' women even without dressing nice, let alone "this way". I knew a decidedly unattractive guy who discovered a way (before eBay existed) to lure in some decidedly pretty vintage-minded women: he became very good at finding vintage 1930s and '40s lingerie at...
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    Interesting shirt feature

    That's a bit different. If a man didn't want (or couldn't afford) to buy a tuxedo shirt, he could instead purchase a linene or celluloid 'bosom' front to attach to a daytime dress shirt, instantly making it look like a tuxedo shirt. Unlike the one in the photo below, some of these detachable...
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    Dating Vintage Stetsons by Liner: A Field Guide

    . *Bump* In case Jimmy the lid, rlk, et al can help.
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    Interesting shirt feature

    An evening shirt with a tab placket: http://www.darcyclothing.com/shop/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/h/sh230l.jpg
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    Interesting shirt feature

    . You answered your own question, Hercule. The tab is meant to be buttoned onto a button on the inside of the trouser's waistband, right at the top of the fly. Some high-end tuxedo shirts are still made with these tabs. The tab keeps the shirt's bosom from riding up and 'bowing outward' from...
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    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    Doug, a summer's day spent observing Americans at Disneyland might change your tune. ;)
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    Cool (But Sold) eBay Stuff

    Right now, there isn't a big market for the fairly traditional two-button gab suits from the early '50s. Three-button gabs do a bit better, and "Rockabilly" gabs do better still.
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    Reproduction classic workwear

    Agreed that those prices are ludicrous.
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    The Cap Faction

    Late 1920s or '30s.
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    Spear point collar shirts

    . Those are nice shirts! Thanks for posting them. The collar blades are more spread out from each other (in an upside down "v") than are the blades of ReVamp's 'Duke' collar. A different style detail, sort of a cross between a traditional Barrymore collar and a California collar.
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    "Ten 100 Year Predictions that Came True"

    . While we're on the subject of predictions ... do you think that this very forum will still be in existence five years from now? Ten?
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    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    Fair enough, but how does that particular fact (among other facts you may have chosen not to mention) enlighten your point? And how would leaving that fact out have diminished your point?
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    Found.

    In "Mister Roberts", to be exact. Cagney's best performance ever.
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    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    Thanks, PoohBang. Happy MLK Jr. weekend to you too, Lizzie.
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    This or That

    I believe it!
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    Ok, so some things in the golden era were not too cool...

    . It's just one of those days on the Fedora Lounge. Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday weekend, folks.
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    Square toe shoes

    Few so-called 'square toe' shoes are perfectly square and blocky, with 90-degree angles throughout.
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    This or That

    Sr. ... but what the hell did Jesse Jackson say, anyway? ;)

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