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  1. Alex Oviatt

    1931 Dated Hacking Jacket On Ruby Lane

    Great find, Mario! Looks like it is in excellent shape and a largish size.
  2. Alex Oviatt

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    [/IMG] This one is not vintage but a good example of a new retro style Hamilton. I added the pigskin band. Shown on an unusual pocket square by Hermes.
  3. Alex Oviatt

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    [/IMG] This one is from the 50s--a yellow gold Omega Seamaster with browm crocodile band.
  4. Alex Oviatt

    The nicest comment I ever heard

    Doubly nice to feel flattered and virtuous--and caffeinated!
  5. Alex Oviatt

    Wing tip shoes

    I fall into the category of being a borderline Imelda Marcos--lots of shoes but lovingly cared for and constantly rotated.
  7. Alex Oviatt

    Wing tip shoes

    [/IMG] I spoke too soon. These fine shoes now retail for $700 which is only $23 dollars a year if you have them as long as I do, but that it a lot to spend on a pair of shoes. Tony Blair is a fan, for what that's worth.....
  8. Alex Oviatt

    Wing tip shoes

    The best wingtips I have ever had--and I've had plenty--are Church's. I still have a pair of Chetwynds that I bought the year I graduated from college (!) that still look great--good shoe care and resoling make them last forever. If you amortize the cost over 30 years, they are a bargain...
  9. Alex Oviatt

    The nicest comment I ever heard

    I was wearing a Panama fedora once in a Starbucks and the barista said--and she was many years younger than me--"You are really working that hat. I wouldn't mind working that hat with you...." I never thought that hats would provide pick-up lines! As a middle-aged married guy I was flattered...
  10. Alex Oviatt

    The International Wool Felt Consortium

    [/IMG] Here is a great looking wool hat from Orvis for $59--great value for a hat to knock around in. I have a similar one from Orvis in brown with a wider brim that I wear fly fishing and it has been through the ringer--literally--and still looks great. I wouldn't wear a good fur hat out...
  11. Alex Oviatt

    My Finest ART DECO Item

    Welcome Deco Droid--here is a link that may help: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?60680-How-to-post-photos-here&goto=newpost
  13. Alex Oviatt

    Barber Shops

    One last bastion of old school babrber shops are traditional clubs like Athletic Clubs, University Clubs, venerable institutions like the Union League Club, The Jonathan Club, the Olympic Club, etc. Ony works if you can get into those places, but reassuring to know that they are there.
  14. Alex Oviatt

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    [/IMG][/IMG][/IMG] A few more--a 1940s Rolex Bubble Back Oyster with rose gold bezel, with its original strap from Donovan and Seamans in downtown Los Angeles--they were on the ground floor of the LAAC on 7th Street. Also, an early 1920s Elgin that is a transitional style--it really is a...
  15. Alex Oviatt

    What are you wearing today??

    Spectacular--Wallis should have been so lucky.....
  16. Alex Oviatt

    Aftershave : That nostalgic true masculine smell!

    Great, classic combination of smells. Whenever I think of Vitalis I think of Holden Caulfield's roommate: "Old Stradlater was putting Vitalis in his hair. MY Vitalis...."
  17. Alex Oviatt

    Western, anyone?

    [/IMG] As western as I get--a Steton Gun Club Catera--sort of a transitional hat. I rarely ride without it and it stays on, even at a full gallop!
  19. Alex Oviatt

    Aftershave : That nostalgic true masculine smell!

    I may buy some Estee Lauder stock on the strength of that!
  20. Alex Oviatt

    What Did You Drink Last Night?

    I had some Bruichladdich Rocks--an unpeated single malt. Bracing and floral but with the depth that is so satisfying. Now, don't get me wrong--I love peaty monsters and sometimes, nothing short of a Lagavullin will do (you wake up feeling like you dragged a peat bog into bed with you no matter...
  21. Alex Oviatt

    What Are You Reading

    Reading "West with the Night" by Beryl Markham. Right up there with my favorites by St. Exupery--"Night Flight" and "Wind, Sand and Stars" (aka "Terre des Hommes")--seriously good stuff. I know, evryone talks about "Le Petit Prince" and yes that it brilliant but not the same. Occasionally I...
  22. Alex Oviatt

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Yes, I want to know, too. I have had it made with pure turpentine and beeswax--is yours sort of like that? Lovely smell, by the way.
  23. Alex Oviatt

    What are you listening to?

    In advance of tomorrow's Irish shenannigans I have been listening to Glenn Miller's version of the Londonderry Air. Oh, yes, Danny Boy makes all American Irish weep, but I prefer this. Maybe it is because I am not Irish? Tomorrow I will be Irish for the day, though--every one in Los Angeles...

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