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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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