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    Vintage three piece suits?

    Three piece was pretty much required in the UK from the 1880s (though waistcoats were always worn before then, I couldn't confidently say that suits - as we know them today - were the most popular form of menswear, being largely regarded in the gentry as country-wear) to the 1930's, and remained...
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    When did jeans become popular?

    It originated with the "greaser" subculture of the 1950s, who usually wore jeans as something of a practical neccessity (when fixing and tinkering with ones motorcycle, workwear - the main use for jeans in this period - is afterall a sensible option). The Wild One (1953) and Rebel Without a...
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    The man from U.N.C.L.E. is being made into a movie

    I am glad to see it is being set in period, too. Rather than unnecessarily updating it.
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    Show us your British suits

    Okay...I've been trying to work it out for ages (Oxford resident)...but does it say which college it is? EDIT: Worked it out - it must be Merton
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    1940s ~50s ties?

    Can't you just have the thin end significantly shorter than the fat end?
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    British Workwear

    The greybacks were replaced in the early 1930s. However, whether this meant that they became an obvious choice for workwear, or whether it simply meant that they were the sort of thing film companies would have a lot of in stock, I couldn't say. Estaban - one gets used to the wool - I can...
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    British Workwear

    These two chaps Both look like they might be wearing army surplus "grey back" wool shirts
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    Boating Blazers

    As in the theatrical/film constumers?
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    Shirt collar oddities - Boardwalk Empire Shirt Collars

    I thought it was ugly hybrid monstrousity, but the scary unbetrousered formal baby convinced me otherwise. Anything looks good compared to an scary unbetrousered formal baby
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    '30s/'40s Greenish grey 4 button DB suit

    May have...well...nabbed one of them (though not the one at the top)....
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    Shirt collar oddities - Boardwalk Empire Shirt Collars

    I'd have to agree Baron. There are a number of issues with the idea of the collar, the undershirt braces holes and the shirty onesie which strike me as unlikely to work when faced with the rigours of real life...
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    One doofus or an annoying trend in socks?

    I think there it is certainly possible to do some unusual, but still remain professional. However, the skill is in knowing where the line between merely unusual and unprofessional is. Mismatch socks are unprofessional, but perhaps socks in a sobre but uncommon colour (dark maroon, for example)...
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    The Well Dressed Man by The Baron

    I believe it is a term for a turnover/bent/stand-and-fall collar
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    Oxford Bags

    I think another part of it is the change in fashion regarding men's body shapes - the supposed ideal shape a man ought to be changes with time, and clothing fashions change to flatter that particular shape (or at least make you look like you are that shape even if you aren't). It's more obvious...
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    1920s suits

    Alas, I do not. Just a bit of Google image search...
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    1920s suits

    The earliest I've seen the sort of trousers that, nowadays, would elicit inquiries regarding the health of ones budgerigar in great quantities was during the First World War, when it seems to have been the norm for British Officers (when behind the lines) to wear slacks of such a length with...
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    Show us your suits

    That is absolutely gorgeous!
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    Widebrim's Ties: 3rd Batch for 2013

    Any chance I could take the mandolin tie?
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    New to Sport Coats

    I've always preferred the British Customary Unit for weather temperature: The centiheit system. Celsius up to 17 degrees, then Fahrenheit above 65 degrees. This is very easy to follow, as you know it is hot when you are using Fahrenheit...
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    Show Us Your True Colors: Regimental, School, Club, Fraternity & other Prestige Ties

    Yes; we portray the Essex regiment, whose predecessor (2nd Battalion, 44th Foot) captured a French Imperial Eagle at Salamanca.

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