These are great. Mr. Proper's photos - as usual - are great. I'm working on an SB V2 in Blattwerk Mahogany with a few minor alterations- it'll be about 26 inches with horizontal slash pockets.
If any Floungers have pictures of these they'd like to post, I'd be fascinated. I'm thinking of getting a button front jacket with a shawl collar- in particular, what pocket arrangements have people experimented with and how have they worked out?
J.
I'm just wondering if it appears in colours apart from black, seal and russet or if any of our favourite manufacturers stocks it, even on an infrequent basis.
J.
When you let a jacket go, you forget about it inside 3 days. If you let it go, you probably didn't really like it or need it, because it wasn't wanted or a necessity deep down.
I'm like that with books, too. I took a contract once where I only brought my 'core' of books with me and had this...
This is interesting- I also don't spend as much on non-leather jackets (which I only really wear for formal occasions). I'm happy with overcoats from Hawes and Curtis, Brooks and the like, and only have one of each. I have a Carhartt Detroit which sees a little wear and some tailor-made coats...
I try not to duplicate styles. My goatskin Aero 50s HB is seeing a lot of wear at the moment- I find that it's an ideal length and weight (and I'm strongly tempted to get an external zipper picket added to it). My likely travel companions will be the Maxwell and the Cafe Racer. The first for...
Jackets I don't really wear more than once or twice every year (or more rarely- if they're in the UK and I'm in Shanghai, a jacket might not get worn at all in a given two years) I sell or sometimes give to friends if I'm sure that I just won't wear them. Some that I've worn the hell out of get...
The cold and humidity made my joints ache - but it hadn't in previous years of living in the UK. I used to get slight headaches, but it was a jolt to the system. I think it was because the coldest it got in Guangzhou was maybe 12 C. Summers were very long and about 35 C. Flying from GZ to...
McCarthy's source text may well have been Samuel Chamberlain's 'My Confession: Recollections of a Rogue'. It's mostly a laborious read, but contains the occasional scenes of brutality that so frequently occur in BM (my view of the text is that it's a studied and crafted narrative and a...
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