You know, one of my earliest inspirations to dress better and use better manners came to me in Germany almost 30 years ago. I was in the Tiergarten in Berlin and across the park I saw an elderly gentleman with snow white hair, a tweed suit, a bow tie, and a Trachten hat sitting on a bench. An...
I suppose I am stretching it with the Panama and the spectator shoes as it is technically Fall, but it is my birthday weekend and it is a bit warm for 25 September. Also please excuse the socks - forgot my garters!
Lordy, I hope the weather starts breaking here soon - it has been unusually hot the last couple of weeks! Even seersucker don't help much for a heavyset dude!
Yes, it was horrible down there week before last - I have been on leave for the past week & go back on Monday. Noticed your quote by Robert Ruark - I just read a really good book by him "The Old Man and the Boy". I think he was from down around Southport or Wilmington.
Here is a morning coat that was made for a Mr. F. E. Dobney on 10 October 1948. Mr. Dobney's initials are embroidered outside the inner pocket. Super condition and construction, but a small size - dark gray, almost black wool, with a black silk or rayon lining in the body, and the same material...
I had this seersucker suit made for me in Afghanistan a couple of years ago, and as I lost some weight soon after getting back, it is a bit large for me. In fact, I have never gotten around to actually wearing it! I obtained the fabric in the USA, but had a local tailor whip up the suit based...
I saw a photo of Lord Mountbatten talking to Nehru in 1947 in a stunning light gray DB with brown & white spectators, and another of A.J. Drexel Biddle sometime inthe 30's wearing a DB seersucker with patch pockets, a boater and spectators - and of course Harry Truman was a DB wearer year round...
A muggy day checking on an old place of ours in Waynesville, NC - a 1909 farmhouse. Wearing a tropical weight wool suit w/patch pockets, 1940's Van Heusen tie, Resistol Panama hat, and Church's tan bucks.
Hi Guy - Sorry but I have been in transition from Ft McPherson GA to Ft Bragg NC the past few days and missed your post - if you change your mind and decide to sell this one, let me know as I would get it. Thanks - Phil W
Thanks guys! I had the suit made in Kabul, Afghanistan a couple of years ago - the hat is an old Portis that was reconditioned by Optimo, the tie is a "Superba, Sugar n' Spice", and the shoes are fairly new Ralph Laurens purchased on Ebay. You can't see them well, but they only have brown on...
Chilly day in Black Mountain, NC - but splendid lunch at the Berliner Kindl with my daughter!
Harris Tweed jacket, corduroy pants, Barry suede brogues, Portis hat and wool tie in Fraser (ancient hunting) tartan.
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