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  1. carldelo

    French cuff question

    Well, I have a number of very nice FC shirts that I've collected over the years and don't want to get rid of them. I found I wasn't wearing them because I dislike the pinched cuff effect. You mention that one is 'supposed to fasten them kissing', which is certainly the accepted wisdom. But...
  2. carldelo

    French cuff question

    In the recent cold snap, I took to wearing some French cuff shirts with the cuffs overlapped. By this I mean they were buttoned like a standard barrel cuff. It wasn't comfortable with twist back links, obviously, with the twist back on the inside of the wrist. But it worked well with some silk...
  3. carldelo

    Interest Coat/blazer/please comment...

    I agree it looks like a smoking jacket, but for the rustic gentleman tending to his smokehouse of fly-caught salmon... Looks good on you, you should keep it.
  4. carldelo

    Invisible Suspenders?

    I like those Kant C-Loops - I feel like I've seen double loops like that somewhere before - it might have been in my mother's button box. A couple of those attached with heavy cord could be substituted for each of the leather tabs on regular button suspenders and used to slide over buttons with...
  5. carldelo

    3 big suits for sale - size 46R - good for winter

    Kind of let these slide to the back burner, but they still need to go --- it's still cold out there... 120 shipped for the vintage, 30 each shipped for the moderns
  7. carldelo

    Open Crown Stetsons: A Call (Plea) to Retailers!!

    I wonder if the tawny Strat that he ordered is a regular new Strat, not the Premiere Strat? Doesn't the regular new Strat come in tawny?
  8. carldelo

    Suit Quality Assistance?

    The fact that you can find a high quality suit in a thrift store is irrelevant to the discussion. There's a thrift store in my neighborhood that periodically has racks of beautiful, sometimes unworn suits, jackets and ties from the local movie studio. I bought an unworn Armani jacket for a...
  9. carldelo

    Suit Quality Assistance?

    Just skimmed this - excellent guide and completely on-point to the question of high- vs. low-end suiting. Thanks Qirrel - I hadn't seen it before.
  10. carldelo

    Suit Quality Assistance?

    Re working sleeve buttons, J Peterman has many at the moment - the 'Entrepreneur Blazer', the 'Harris Tweed Blazer', the 'Moleskin Blazer', the 'Gentleman's Club Blazer', the 'Striped Suit Derby Jacket', the 'Boating Blazer'. Depending on whether you like the brand or not, they could be thought...
  11. carldelo

    Brim edging question.

    I had a raw edge fedora that became wavy over time. I had the brim bound, which restored the snap and it has been fine since. My first hat was a Cavanagh with the eponymous edge, I have one underwelt and multiple bound-brim hats. I much prefer some sort of edge treatment, for the look of it, as...
  13. carldelo

    3 big suits for sale - size 46R - good for winter

    Bump and price break - 140 shipped for the vintage - 40 each shipped for the modern - will make deals for multiples. The modern suits have a distinct vintage vibe and the vintage has it in spades....
  14. carldelo

    3 big suits for sale - size 46R - good for winter

    Here are two size R46 modern suits picked up at a local consignment shop, very good condition, few signs of wear, marked Famous-Barr (a Midwest dept store). Jackets unvented and fully lined. Trousers clean, double pleats, suspender buttons and lined to the knee. Dimensions are nearly identical...
  15. carldelo

    3 big suits for sale - size 46R - good for winter

    Big suits for sale For sale: 1 vintage and 2 modern suits, all size 46R, all appropriate for winter. I’d be keeping them, but I seem to have outgrown the size. So take a look and prepare to look stylish during the long winter ahead. Photos for all three suits here...
  16. carldelo

    Natty Custom Made Shirts For Only $29.99

    Agreed that $33 is good for a custom shirt with free shipping. However, you still show the price as $24.99 in your signature line every time you post on the Lounge - you really ought to change that.
  17. carldelo

    Intriguing '20s(?) sports coat

    A little weird, pretty cool. But unless the jacket was buttoned incorrectly for the photos, isn't this a ladies jacket?
  19. carldelo

    Van Dyke Custom Hat Maker

    ^^^ I think AC is on to something, I'd guess the current incarnation of Van Dyke out in the wilds of Brooklyn is probably the last vestige of the old shop in Manhattan. And without a client name or initials on the sweat band or inside somewhere, I wouldn't assume this is a custom hat --- I'm...
  20. carldelo

    Optimo Fur Felt Fedora 7 5/8 Black for sale

    Questions about 'verified felt composition' left aside for the moment, I'm curious to know how a true 7-5/8 can be resized to fit anyone in the range 7-3/8 to 8, which flies in the face of everything I (and everyone else on the lounge) knows about hats. How much would this magic resizing add to...
  21. carldelo

    Open Crown Stetsons: A Call (Plea) to Retailers!!

    First you couldn't find it, now you can't buy it --- seems like the Universe is telling you not to buy this hat, but what does it know? Personally, I'm more interested in the fuzzy Scholar, although no one seems to have any info about it....
  22. carldelo

    Open Crown Stetsons: A Call (Plea) to Retailers!!

    Tawny is a tan color, e.g. the modern Whippet comes in Tawny, a pretty versatile color:
  23. carldelo

    Paying It Forward - Knox "Park" 7 5/8 L.O.

    Nice lid - that's Milan straw, BTW. Probably too small and pretty stingy in the brim for me, but this should get snapped up directly.

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