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    Disco: The last dying gasp of the Golden Era?

    It's probably no coincidence that nostalgia for the Roaring 20's was at play around the mid 70s (the Great Gatsby remake in '74 for example). I just look at the Disco age and see it as the last time a lady and gent bothered to look good when going out. The last time a suit was part of a popular...
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    Who do you consider 'The Golden Era Generation'?

    It must be remebered though, that the draft dodger issue was still such a hot item as late as 1974 that Gerald Ford issued a conditional amnesty program for draft resisters, and it remained a huge issue, with Jimmy Carter campaigning in '76 in part on the promise of a full, unconditional pardon...
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    Disco: The last dying gasp of the Golden Era?

    Hear me out. Many of you think of Disco and think The Bees, decadence, cocaine, etc...But hear me out a second. I was watching a video of The Hustle, and what I saw were gents and ladies, for the last time culturally, dressing up in suits and dresses to party. I saw the men wearing hats in the...
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    Why did we make ourselves into walking advertisements?

    I just am of the opinion that once t-shirts (mainly graphic T's) became "okay" in the mainstream to wear outside of the home, we see a definitive break with the Golden Era and the eras before it (characterized by collared shirts).
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    Who do you consider 'The Golden Era Generation'?

    By which I mean, what birth years do you feel constitute those who created, lived and perpetuated (in its time) the Golden Era? Myself, I feel that the "Golden Era Generation" - those who were most responsible for, and were able to most enjoy/appreciate/experience The Golden Era - was born...
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    Why did we make ourselves into walking advertisements?

    Plain white I have no problem with. I just find this self-advertisement vulgar.
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    Why did we make ourselves into walking advertisements?

    Prior to the 1960s roughly, what a man or woman dressed was just a part of life; it was meant to pass along a sense of dignity and style. Even homeless men dressed well. After the 1960s, with the rise of 'design T-Shirts', men and women both have become walking advertisements. You can read on a...
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    1 1/2'' brims?

    I tend to wear button downs and slacks or black jeans.
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    Size of Don Draper's fedora brim?

    What sizes are Don Draper's here?:
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    1 1/2'' brims?

    What size do you think Dr. King's brim is? I ask because I'm looking for a vintage stingy...Reason being that I want to wear a hat, and I think a stingy (classic fedora, not one of those hipster fedoras) would look sleeker and more modern, and would fit with a more casual sense of style (I don't...
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    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    I think 1956 marks a turning point for America, symbolized by Elvis and the end of the trolleys and such. 1933-1945: The Golden Era, 1945-1956: The Silver Era, 1957-1961: Rock N' Roll Era
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    1 1/2'' brims?

    The stingy brims are associated with the '60s, but were they around/popular before then? What was roughly the standard brim size in the 20s-40s?
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    Tail fins (cars)

    When did tail fins start becoming popular on cars? When did they end? Why are they lampooned at times today?
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Where can I get a hat like my father's?
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    What size brims would you guys estimate are in the following two pix:
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    1 1/2'' brims?

    Does anyone have a pic of themselves wearing a fedora with a 1 1/2'' brim? I can't find too many on the internet.
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    Stingy brim hats

    For anyone who has a hat with a brim under 2", let's see em! Post the brim size, too, please!
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    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    My parents were both born in 1954. Neither of them had any regard or nostalgia for anything "50s" - be it of actual (scant) memory or of the pop culture version of the era. My mother grew up listening to Simon & Garfunkel, and my father grew up listening to the Rolling Stones and Grateful Dead...
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    What to wear with a fedora....

    I am considering buying my first true hat soon - I bought a few hats in 2011 but never wore them, lacking in confidence then and since lost them. I do not have an occupation (or even the opportunity) to wear a suit often. I am curious as to what wear with your hat? I am also asking for an...
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    Indiana Jones Raiders Hat Brim Shape

    A question I have is: Is Indy's hat "period appropriate"? What I mean is, where fedoras that large overall, and with that sort of particular brim styling, worn often in the middle 1930s?

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