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    Super c. 1950 SUIT -- 44 R

    . This is a high quality one, pick-stitching and all. Made for 'Saks Fifth Avenue', probably by 'H. Freeman & Company'. Not totally perfect, but a great color shade in a larger size...
  2. M

    This or That

    :D:eusa_clap Beef broth or chicken broth?
  3. M

    Great late 1940s SUIT - size 44 R ?

    . Jump on this one. Mint condition, from the late '40s or very early '50s. Three-button, handsome grey herringbone! Good light-to-mid weight. My guesstimate is that it's about about size 44 R...
  4. M

    This or That

    Chris Matthews, but barely. Sean Hannity or diarrhea?
  5. M

    This or That

    Betty Grable. The Pillsbury Doughboy or the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man?
  7. M

    Show us your TIES

    If only you would, Quig.
  8. M

    Rare vintage 'trad' buckleback trousers from suit

    . In America, the cinch-back trouser on most American suits went the way of the dodo in the 1920s. It seems that, after the 'teens, only the traditional American 'trad' makers --the ones we'd now call 'preppy' or perhaps 'Ivy League'-- continued to make suit trousers with cinch backs.
  9. M

    Rare vintage 'trad' buckleback trousers from suit

    Depends on what you mean by sport trousers. In America, they did appear on cotton khakis ('chinos') in the '50s, but those seem to be impossible to find today. (I don't know anyone who's actually come across a vintage pair.) They were also sometimes used on white flannel, linen, seersucker...
  10. M

    Rare vintage 'trad' buckleback trousers from suit

    . I should have also mentioned that, although these types of American 'trad' trousers often had buckle-backs, they didn't have high 'fishtail' backs.
  11. M

    Rare vintage 'trad' buckleback trousers from suit

    . Very true, HK. I should have specified that it's almost impossible to find a vintage post-Edwardian pair of American dress trousers with it.
  13. M

    Rare vintage 'trad' buckleback trousers from suit

    . Most people don't remember this ... but up until the 1960s, makers of 'Ivy League' / 'Trad' clothes --Brooks Brothers, J. Press, Rogers-Peet, Langrock, etc.-- commonly put buckles and straps on the back of its dress trousers. This detail, a holdover from the early 1900s, was once considered...
  14. M

    This or That

    :D:D:eusa_clap
  15. M

    Being Our Vintage Best: How Ordinary Folks Can Inspire Us

    I believe that it already is. In any case, it has been held before. EDIT: Turns out that this 2011 one was its very last.
  16. M

    This or That

    ... which leads to ... Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck?
  17. M

    BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO) - Everything you wanted to bootleg about the Show!

    . Compare that collar pin to the one in this 1920 photo of haberdasher James Oviatt: ...
  19. M

    Show us your suits

    . It's from the late '60s or early '70s. I'd say British.
  20. M

    BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO) - Everything you wanted to bootleg about the Show!

    It definitely is. The bottom edges come down too far out over the collarbone area. (Yes, I know he's sitting down.) This is because the collar is too loose on the wearer's neck, so it "pops out" over the jacket's collar. Also, the collar pin is far too long. In 1920, collar pins were...
  21. M

    Why Irish soldiers who fought Hitler hide their medals

    Yes, and many Irish immigrants went to Spain and Latin America during the era of Spanish colonialism. Some of them reached very high rank: in the 1700s, Ambrose O'Higgins was appointed Viceroy of Peru ... and his son, Gen. Bernard O'Higgins, became revolutionary Chile's George Washington (and...
  22. M

    Pipe Smokers Unite!

    . How I miss this! Out of production for years...
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    BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO) - Everything you wanted to bootleg about the Show!

    True that. Incidentally, here's a rare image of a Boardwalk Empire character actually wearing one of the deadstock '20s suits that came from the vintage dealer. Look closely enough, and you'll see how it differs from Nucky's repro suits: narrower shoulders, higher breast pocket, more curve...

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