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    1930s dinner suit

    Bugger...that is my size...why did it have to come up whilst in the first month of a new job?!
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    The Great Mahjong Craze of the 1920's

    It's quite popular amongst British expats, and I learned to play it in Alexandria. Not the true version, however. Whilst all the normal winning moves were permitted, we had a list of more interesting winning hands (for example: 1,8,6,1 in any one suit, with 1,8,6,5 in another suit, three norths...
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    This Made Me Feel Guilty About Wearing Fur Felt Hats

    I think PETA would be considered somewhat more favourably if they didn't kill animals under their own care http://www.petakillsanimals.com/downloads/PetaKillsAnimals.pdf
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    British Workwear

    In this image http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j457/twotypes22/Workwear/SongofFreedom2.jpg I wonder if the shirt is an military greyback?
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    1910s Suits help

    Those are fantastic pics - thank you very much! Timeframe certainly appears to be wartime (judging by the soldier outside the union club); shame flat caps (as opposed to newsboys) are hard to find in true ecky thump proportions these days
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    1910s Suits help

    Thanks for that; as I say, I understand that those plates show a somewhat exaggerated version of the fashion - even with that plate, though, the jacket appears to have little shaping at the waist, and the bottom of the jacket is below the trouser crotch, both features seem very much to be the...
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    1910s Suits help

    Many thanks gents. The big jackets seem rather common in photos of men joining up in 1914 (which is why I am inquiring - I freely admit I do not exactly find the look particularly stylish; I'd go as far as to say it's pretty hideous!)- great to see such things in detail! What surprises me is...
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    1910s Suits help

    I was wondering if anyone had, amongst their collections, any photos of British men (middle class, mid to late 20s-ish in age) in informal daywear from around 1910-15? Really struggling to ascertain the men's fashions from the time - have only come across American images (which I believe would...
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    Spats with black tie?

    Here's the poster in question; he appears to be wearing a sort of morning dress dinner jacket hybrid. That is to say, the artist presumably knew nothing of formalwear, and hadn't watch the movie!
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    What modern invention/innovation do you wish had *never* been developed?

    Neapolitan Ice Cream
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    Formal Wear Primer

    Picture of myself and the Cobdenette last year at her college ball (which had a 1920s dress code that was also black tie. I think I was the only one to bridge this contradiction!). The dinner jacket is 1926 dated, stiff marcella shirt with detachable butterfly wing collar, backed white tie...
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    What era of dress or style doyou prefer?

    1930s and 40s for me, generally informal (suits) or casual (jacket and flannels), though never too "perfectly" dressed
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    Crazy Lapels Suit - 1940's?

    One possibility that occurs, that would marry up the 1970s features in the hidden details with it being an exagerration of a 1940's suit for the theatre is that it was made in the 1970's for a play or some such set in the 1930s or 40s
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    Detachable Collars

    About 1890's to early 1900's was the celluloid era; it didn't really last that long on account of them being extremely uncomfortable, and I'd image a prejudice against a collar that can give you third degree burns, and I don't think they ever surpassed natural materials in popularity. Early...
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    Detachable Collars

    I think Arrow only made cotton collars, and most of the collars ones find nowadays are cotton and date from the post celluloid era. Still, exploding collar syndrome is worth bearing in mind when looking at such things
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    Crazy Lapels Suit - 1940's?

    It seems almost too exaggerated to be something someone really wore. I can imagine someone on a music hall stage making "where's me washboard?" style jokes wearing it, though
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    Cricket umpires jacket by Bukta

    Having umpired cricket I can confirm that there are straps to hold the bowler's jumper on. On modern ones, these are loops at the hips on the outside, though I can imagine older ones having them internally. However, in this period (1950s), most umpires coats were much longer than the modern...
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    Ralph Lauren '30s style jacket

    I'm afraid I've just gone ahead and snaffled it...
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    Vintage blazer mystery

    I'd go for some form of uniform, though not military. Perhaps airline cabin crew or bus driver or something of that ilk. Any possibility of a closeup of the buttons?
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    Which word for sweater do you prefer?

    I generally use jumper for sleeved and sleeveless...things...

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