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    Dawson Denim - Made in Brighton

    Got one of their brilliant aprons when I finally met them at "Best of British" recently. Saw the jeans, they looked good. If was wasn't already breaking 3 new pairs of selvage jeans in (I'm a sucker for a bargain), I'd have bought a pair.
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    Need a wool blanket for my bed

    Saw Tanner Goods blanket (Pendleton wool) at Son Of a Stag in London yesterday. Very nice. One left. I was in to finally splash on a BR Khaki N1 :)
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    Harris Tweed Waistcoats - Advice Please

    Got a very reasonable 3 piece tweed suit from Walker Slater when in Edinburgh a few years ago . They also have a store in Fulham.
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    How Do You Store Your Cap Collection?

    BTW, Bates also sell hat boxes. They ship em and it always surprises me they get thro' the mail Ok, but the Bates guys say one of them specialises in packing them securely ! Don't know about to Oz though. Sometimes charity/thrift stores sell new hat boxes, sturdy but gaudy though.Never checked...
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    How Do You Store Your Cap Collection?

    Yes, they are very useful - they do a larger size as well.
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    Gary Eastman Type A-2 Flight Jacket Indetification Manual

    Its comprehensive, full of excellently reproduced plates and a thoroughly great compendium.
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    Crockett and Jones combat boots ww2

    In C & Js yesterday getting some grosgrain Monks. I'll show this to Mike when I go back soon to pick up some resoled Chelsea's
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    my first pair of selfedge jeans

    Albam selvage jeans are made in Leicester (UK) from Japanese woven denim http://www.albamclothing.com/denim.htm . On the way back from Son of a Stag yesterday after getting some great deadstock 40's Henleys and another great chainstitched hem, I dropped into the Spitalfields Albam Store to see...
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    Lee 101 230z Jeans

    PS the new Lee store in Neal Street doesn't have any and don't think they can get them.
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    Lee 101 230z Jeans

    Tried 'em on in American Classics and although they come up large they didn't have my size. Not as hefty as I feared, but a substantial pair of jeans. After the fiasco with ASOS sending some of us bog-standard 101Zs when we hoped to get cheap 23 oz 101z's. I'll probably use my refund (lots of...
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    "Taking Tea" in London - Suggested spots?

    Glad you had a good tea :) BTW, back in the day the sister hotel, the Regent Palace Hotel (now closed) had a bar (Bobby's Bar) with a reputation for a) very upmarket service and prices and b) the priciest ladies in the area. It was a convenient Hotel to stop over in, but I never felt inclined...
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    "Taking Tea" in London - Suggested spots?

    Or, of course, there's Bar Italia in Frith St, Soho (http://www.baritaliasoho.co.uk/) . Squeeze in at a table outside and see the tribes of Soho glide past ;) . Just take a (very good) espresso and Panini and you could be back in the 50/60's. It was too far from my office in Regent St to get...
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    "Taking Tea" in London - Suggested spots?

    Yes, meant to mention the small, but very good, tea room at Liberty's. Somewhere else that serves great tasting tea properly, rather than the blended dregs of cheap teas wrapped in tissue paper that are ubiquitous in the UK. But, each to his own :)
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    "Taking Tea" in London - Suggested spots?

    Fortnum's is a good place for tea. Better IMO than the Ritz etc. Sure, it can be a tourist trap, but it sells the excellent tea and coffee that it serves inb the restaurants. We were lucky enough to call in on the day they opened the new Ice Cream Parlour - I often use it for informal meetings...
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    Men's File -A Modern Magazine Tracing the Roots of Style

    Absolutely - been looking forward to #9 for months :(
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    Typewriters

    new = old fashioned fabric manual ribbon, not used before
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    Typewriters

    My GLW (Good Lady Wife), an experienced old-school typist AND a latter-day electronic document security supremo, assures me that it is quite feasible to read a new ribbon (and they often were read!)
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    Please Explain High End Selvedge Jeans to Me

    Got a FB chat going with a chirpy Asos rep. get the feeling they are getting their ducks in a row before answering queries on these phantom, mis-advertised , 23 oz 101's. We'll see if they actually have any real 23 oz (I got the right Art No for them) Yes, Cinch (LVC) have their sale. By luck...
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    Please Explain High End Selvedge Jeans to Me

    Mine just arrived. According to the Art number they are: • Style: 101 Z - Regular fit •Color: Dry Indigo •13. 3/4oz Selvage denim Yes, it has the little box in the pocket. These seem to sell for about £130. Also, they seem true_to-size as opposed to the oversized 23oz. I note that somewhere...
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    Please Explain High End Selvedge Jeans to Me

    Sounds like someone at Assos c**cked up the product description and they are now trying to avoid a misleading advertising claim. Doubt that a big outfit would deliberately try to flog a few pairs of Jeans for pennies extra profit. If this is true, betya someone at Assos will get their behinds...

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