Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. JohnnyLoco

    The Vintage Outdoor Look has Gone Mainstream

    If you can remember, Gap, Ralph Lauren and similar stores/designers have a long standing tradition of using vintage outdoor apparel as guides for their current fashion designs. The only difference between what they did in the 80s and early 90s and what is happening now is that you could find...
  2. JohnnyLoco

    How popular is the fedora in 2011? Are hats seeing a resurgance finally?

    I have definitely seen an increase in the short-brimmed "straw" fedora style from San Antonio to Austin and from Philly to Central PA, especially in amusement parks and malls. I noticed the cheap polyester "straw" fedoras being sold in places like Walmart and Target for years, but now I have...
  3. JohnnyLoco

    Article: Why do People Hate Hipsters

    I love the direction this discussion has taken. I didn't mean to go on a rant. I think we all have a gone long way in understanding why people dress the way they do. I do have to say that I have tend to follow my own interests when it comes to style, not the standards of any particular group...
  4. JohnnyLoco

    Article: Why do People Hate Hipsters

    If you look at the history of the Twentieth Century you will find many examples of these little "countercultures" inevitably founded upon pop/commercial art movements and a fashion trends (as Frank Zappa observed, the two are usually inextricable). These so-called "artistic movements," from the...
  5. JohnnyLoco

    How did you find the lounge?

    Picked up a few vintage leather jackets and wanted to know a few things about them. Now I know more than I probably could have ever imagined--about all kinds of things vintage.
  6. JohnnyLoco

    My New Sporty's G-1

    That's funny, seeing as that my wife hates my vintage G-1.
  7. JohnnyLoco

    Where are the Classic Brown Leather flight jackets now..

    They're Around-- 71 Star G-1 and Cooper A2 Just bought a couple from craigslist: a 1971 G-1 and a Cooper A2 1995 commemorative. The former is nice but has been modified (new cuffs), and the latter, despite what I have read around here, is practical in that it is lightweight and great for...

Forum statistics

Threads
108,459
Messages
3,061,573
Members
53,654
Latest member
billmacsworld
Top