Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. shindeco

    Reproducing Trousers, Questions

    Remember that the leg length will be in proportion to the waist size. I have a fairly "bubbly" backside, too (as the personal ads say "I've been told...") and they're baggy on me. Makes you wonder what the Germans were shaped like!
  2. shindeco

    A Dying Breed During a Terribly Sad Time

    People in the 30s and 40s complained CONSTANTLY about the moral degeneration of the younger generation: they behaved badly, they dressed badly (many people considered two-tone shoes to be in very poor taste!) It is only with the passage of time that it has acquired an air of respectability...
  3. shindeco

    Classic Shoes and boots from England

    I'd be inclined not to wear it but compared with some of the running shoes you see nowadays...
  4. shindeco

    Reproducing Trousers, Questions

    The cuff circumference is 22 inches and the depth is about 1.75 inches but I have fairly short legs (31 inch inseam). If you have long legs, I'd add several inches; especially if you want a deep cuff.
  5. shindeco

    Reproducing Trousers, Questions

    It is.
  7. shindeco

    Is it or is it not, that's the question?

    I've always had a hankering for a Donegal tweed suit, myself. But the fabric is SOOO expensive.
  8. shindeco

    Is it or is it not, that's the question?

    I agree, Wild Root; tweed suits are fantastic. I had one made a few years ago but unfortunately, the fabric in the trousers wore out. I still have the jacket. A man I work with (transplanted Irishman) saw me wearing it and went into rhaptures becuase it reminded him of the tweed suits he used to...
  9. shindeco

    Show us your Trousers!

    Ray Do you mean to say that you don't let your meannequins sit down to rest? What a slave driver!:p (You don't sound one over the eight but given the time in Taiwan right now I'm wondering what you're doing up!) Murray
  10. shindeco

    Polyester?

    I agree with Ray, it would be difficult to wear in the heat. As to the place of polyester, I think vintage wearers are sometimes apt to overlook or discount it but when polyester first came out it was something of a luxury fibre.
  11. shindeco

    Wal-mart.....Black Tie Only??????

    That is just too funny!
  13. shindeco

    Reproducing Trousers, Questions

    Thanks for the compliments. I've done a bit of sewing but this was actually my first pair of trousers. You couldn't ask for a simpler pattern, though. Baron: It doesn't look like the knickerbocker pattern is the same system. I can't find a miniature pattern for it anywhere.
  14. shindeco

    Show us your Trousers!

    Ray, It's impossible to own too many white shirts!!
  15. shindeco

    Reproducing Trousers, Questions

    That's a very brief description. If anyone is interested, I can post more detailed instructions. All the instructions are in German (which I don't speak, I'm afraid) so if you can read German, you're set. I managed with Alta Vista but ... computer translations are not terribly good. The system...
  16. shindeco

    Reproducing Trousers, Questions

    Sorry, should have elaborated. I'm adapting the overalls pattern "A" . I used the term 'muslin' to mean the trial run; I didn't actually use muslin but a heavy suiting we happened to have in the basement. There's a lot of polyeseter in it but it doesn't took too bad. I think I might actually...
  17. shindeco

    Reproducing Trousers, Questions

    Muslin Finished! Here are some pictures of the trial run. The pattern is not bad. The seat is a bit too full (Have to stick my butt out to get it to hang properly) but that can be fixed. The camera's in Asia so I had to use the web cam. Sorry about the poor quality. FRONT BACK SIDE...
  19. shindeco

    Repairing a Wool Blazer

    It may also be called "invisible mending". I have a suit that had a moth hole and now I wouldn't be able to find the spot. It's not cheap, mind you but if you've find someone good; it's worth it!
  20. shindeco

    Is it or is it not, that's the question?

    It's definitely a jacket you could wear a lot.
  21. shindeco

    Classic Shoes and boots from England

    Pardon me while I wipe the drool off the floor! Nice shoes; VERY nice shoes. Thanks!
  22. shindeco

    Tuxedo Fashion Question...

    The cummerbund was never intended to hold up the trousers; it derives from sashes worn in the British colonies (especially India). They were adopted as a cooler, more comfortable alternative to the waistcoat in tropical climes. Evening trousers should never really be worn with belts so...
  23. shindeco

    Reproducing Trousers, Questions

    Thanks

Latest posts

Members online

... and 7 more.
Total: 3,056 (members: 57, guests: 2,999)

Forum statistics

Threads
109,152
Messages
3,075,168
Members
54,124
Latest member
usedxPielt
Top