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  1. Hammelby

    Collar Bars

    Mister Deckard, are the curled sides supposed to go on the outside of the collar? Do i get it right that the straight side -------- generally goes in front and the "flat-v shaped" side __ __ goes on the backside? ----- Is there a way...
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    Those Unknown Shows We Discovered Later

    Wow! Awesome website, thanks for sharing! I really enjoy the shows, i had no clue it existed online. Is there any swingjazzshows or is it only dramas and such? I would like to host a lindy hop homeparty with old swing radioprograms booming out :) I only know of "Radio dismuke", but its not...
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    Spats!

    Good idea, but what fabric (whites) True, and expensive too on Ebay.. So if i want to make a pair of swank white evening spats, what fabric should i make them in do you think? Wool just makes me think that my feet would melt on the dancefloor? Maby a thinner woolly fabric, or...
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    Spats!

    Move the buttons And it sure did Drownman! You in your spats looked good (and me in my fresh-out-the-box Old Town Highwaists and waistcoat). :) I recently bought a pair of light brown wolly spats (and these matches perfect w. my redbrown wingtip shoes), and they are SOO nice and warm in the...
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    Vintage clip art?

    Pretty Neat! I have done some etching (i think its called), fun to see these. You could clean them w alcohol and soft cloth to get that old printink off, and get a smoother print. Do you have more than these two?
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    How do you DATE a vintage suit 30s/40s/50s?

    Hm intresting tips on spotting vintage clothes from the 30´s! (is there an old thread describing "how to spot" 30´s pants, suits ect?) Btw. could someone post a pic of a Talon Zipper. I dont know what that english term means.
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    How did you start wearing hats?

    Thanks grandpa Well, i inherited my grandfathers eightpence (bless his soul), and it is thanks to this hat that im uncurable 30's fanatic :D Some month ago i bought my first fedora in an antique shop, now i wear it to work with a tie.
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    How long does it take you to get ready?

    Fun post! For me its like... - Daily thing:45 minutes. Shower, Shave, carefull upper lip-shave, grooming, choosing hat, matching clothes - Extra thing: nearly 1,5 hours. For that extra crisp pencil thin moustache, for the perfect halfcircle hair-parting, and that tie-thing - Special thing: 2...
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    Suspected FL member sighted in Copenhagen(to be confirmed.)

    Ooh i agree! Im going to flash up tonite and meet som eother cats and kittens at a lindy hop jam called "Deserts and Dance". Its at a resturant at "svanem??llen station", and they have faboulous deserts and 1 h "learn the steps". Come come if you like! (its 150 kr for the whole thing)...
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    Our own vintage town

    I can join the firefighters as i took the danish firefighter exam. Ill manage the press in the city, making all those posters for homebake-tounaments and bigband-jams and swing nights :) *sigh* I could translate letters to your distant cousins in scandinavia ;)
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    BRACES (SUSPENDERS)

    Sniped! Ha ha very good:)
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    Suspected FL member sighted in Copenhagen(to be confirmed.)

    Guilty! Bravo eagleeye! Ha ha! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap I confess it judge you got me! It was me who walked down those stairs that exact day :) Guilty as charged..
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    BRACES (SUSPENDERS)

    Thanks, Herringbone and Mark. Very geeky indeed and i LIKE it! lol
  16. Hammelby

    BRACES (SUSPENDERS)

    You mentioned buttons for suspenders. That is a good question, if there really is "special ones" for this purpose? When i needed some i just took a look in my local vintage store and just bought some that matched the button that already were on the pants.
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    Sharing vintage patterns?

    Hej tank! Thanks for the response. Yes it seems that mens patterns are a bit rare, but they exist. I think it is a shame that theese few original vintage patterns are kept in one persons drawer instead of being sewn up by retro style lovers all over the globe. (maby i should start a...
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    Sharing vintage patterns?

    Concidering this maby being controversial and the risk of me being slaugthered by ebay-sellers, i am going to ask this question out of carefull ignorance?;) Is anyone interested in swapping vintage sewing patterns electronically? Maby it is to difficult to scan anyway, but i was curious on...
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    Vintage 1940's hair style

    It's always a thrilling (nervous) adventure to find the right hairdresser to do your vintage hair. In stockholm i have a hairdresser who specializes in vintage hairdos, but in copenhagen i had to find an oldschool barber.. and this worked. My general suggestion: Rather go to oldtimer barbers...
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    White tie and tails!

    Nice thread Wildroot! I just attended my little sisters wedding shining in my brand new vintage swallowtail from 35 (sweden). I did take the pictures digitally and yes, i might gone heavy on the sepia.. But well, its better taste than color :D .. Here's my two cents. Glooming with my black...
  22. Hammelby

    Occupations

    What i would be... Big band leader, like Ernesto Lecuona. Traveling all over europe in the prewar years and playing exotic rhumba and swing at the most exclusive casinos and bars. Getting, fame, fortune, freinds and seducing hot divas. :p But suddenly must flee as the Naziz take over in...
  23. Hammelby

    What do you use to shave?

    Gilette I have started to use this gilette cutie i found on a antique market. And as before i shave agaist the grains and use shaving cream from an old soap stick. But im taking your advice about Mamma bears soaps, and order something fresh :) "Gilette" - "MADE IN ENGLAND" I didnt think...

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