What are you wearing today??

[dh66]

Pinesiw that coat is fantastic! Great find. Looks right with the cap, too.

Simon, you and the gents are looking right and tight. Looks like a good time. The streamers of blue lights caught my eye, are they Christmas decorations. I was in Odessa at Christmas time two years ago and there were a lot of lights like that everywhere. I've never seen any like them here in the States.

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[Metatron]

London meet up AA, me and Mr TT

Shame I missed this. Sign me up for the next one!

 

[simonc]

Next London meetup is here put it in your dairy: see http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?74559-Montly-London-Meet-up/page6

 

[highway66blues]

I'll 2nd that for pinesiw.
Gonna haveta pm ya

 

[Two Types]

This is a close-up of what I wore for the FL members meet-up in London last week:

1950s Tootal tie, Luxire shirt and 1992 suit by Rosamund Black (inspired by an early 1950s British suit).

 

[simonc]

Very nice it was/is too TT

 

[ArrowCollarMan]

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[cpdv]

Blue pinchord most likely French suit of the 30s. The roped shoulders are my favorite.

 

[babygirl...]

Pinsew,now that's my kind of outerwear..love that the jacket is a thrift store find..(I can't stay way from them places).. nice cap btw!!

Melatron,You guys look great..very classy..


TwoTypes, your tie is rockin cool..and I love that herringbone jacket!

cpdv,great hair cut..cool duds too!

 

[Two Types]

TwoTypes, your tie is rockin cool..and I love that herringbone jacket!

Thanks. It's a suit that I've always loved!

 

[Fastuni]

Great lapels and fabric on this 90's suit. I assume it is a 2x4 buttoning one?

 

[Two Types]

I assume it is a 2x4 buttoning one?

No. Here it is on it's first outing back in 1992:

Rosamund Black was a tailor's daughter who studied fashion but learned about tailoring from her father. She ran the most fantastic vintage clothing store called Blax that is fondly remembered by veterans of the London vintage scene. When I was a poor student I could never afford to buy anything from her. The shop had stock she had found in factories up and down the country - including unfinished suits from the 1930s. My wife has a 1930s coat that had never been finished: Rosamund put the lining in for us. I can recall a suitcase filled with ties and on one visit to her home she offered me an unworn 1920s safari suit (just too small). She really had fantastic stuff. And a garage filled with vintage cloth. The trousers and shorts I now wear are still copied from those she made for me back in the 1990s.

I have tried to track her down but haven't had any luck. She gave up vintage fashion after her landlord doubled her rent (and the shop sat empty for two years) and she ended up restoring antique furniture. I last saw her buying flowers at 15 years - if anyone knows where she is I'd love to get in touch. Even just to say thanks (and maybe to ask if she's got any stock left).

 

[Dinerman]

 

[Fastuni]

@Two Types

Ah - thanks for the photo. Yes, I remember that one - your wedding suit, right?
I think these elevated-single-button DB's are very appealing. Quintessentially post-war European.
It reminds me of this Czech suit jacket I have:

 

[Asienizen]

I'm wearing exactly what I've got on in this photo- except I've opted to leave the silk scarf at home today.

 

[Tomasso]

her landlord doubled her rent (and the shop sat empty for two years)

I've seen that blunder occur quite often over the years. It serves the landlord right.

 

[ArrowCollarMan]

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Do any other Loungers live in DTLA?

 

[Two Types]

Quintessentially post-war European.

A great period (until those damn teenagers took over).

 

[Dinerman]

 

[highway66blues]

Oh WoW ! I really like the 3 pc Dinerman .
Where or how might you have come across it ?