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  1. nightandthecity

    Flight Jacket Sizes ...

    I have several WW2 sheepskin/shearling flight jackets and the measurements vary a lot. Plus they are hard to measure because when you lie them down the fur makes the body curve rather than lie flat (if you see what I mean). However, I understand you are Golden Age sized and not one of these...
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    Positive role models for hat wearing. Thin on the ground?

    seconded! or is that thirded?
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    ARE THESE WW2 GERMAN??

    Thanks Baron, I should have photoed the dates...I'll try and post one later. But for the moment: the date (if that's what it is) is a small and simple ink stamp. There is a W and below that 10.2.40. I'm sure it's not British - its about the size of a classic British "Librarian" stamp but...
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    ARE THESE WW2 GERMAN??

    HI CHAPS been away from the lounge for a while, hunting down goodies and a-listing on ebay (check ZIPPGUNN and JIVINGPLUM and also your wallets...) This is by way of a flying visit to tap your collective expertise! I recently bought a load of vintage evening dress accessories - white...
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    Miller's Crossing

    One of my all time favourites...it was the film that first turned me on to the Coen brothers. They are modern masters, I reckon all their films will be seen as classics in years to come.
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    Classic Shoes and boots from England

    are you guys sure that those Brooks Bros white nubucks are actually Alfred Sargents? I recognize some of the range as Sargents but I can't find the white bucks on Pediwear's site. BTW, eat your hearts out guys, I live about 5 miles away from Pediwear, it's in Halifax the nearest "big" town...
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    What do you do for Living?

    I reckon we're very cash poor by normal standards. But...... 1) vintage is usually way cheaper than modern stuff of comparable quality 2) like BT we aren't bothered about all the latest consumer junk people waste their money on 3) I am a vintage dealer - I clothe myself through my...
  9. nightandthecity

    Trilby vs. Fedora

    looking at the big picture - all UK hats and all US hats over the last century - then you can detect national characteristics, or rather tendencies. British hats tend to have narrower brims for example. That doesn't mean ALL British hats have narrower brims, its just an overall tendency. So even...
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    Aero B-6 shearling problem.

    You don't say if the jacket was new/unworn or already used. It would certainly be normal wear if the jacket has seen some use - but not I think on a new jacket from a company like Aero. I suspect at least some of the Aeros that turn up on Ebay are seconds - if you check Aero's website...
  11. nightandthecity

    Where do you wear yours?

    hey Matt, better learn to spell TROUSERS properly first!
  13. nightandthecity

    Trilby vs. Fedora

    oui! local names for the same thing. Though "fedora" seems to be taking over in the UK now.
  14. nightandthecity

    Design My Fedora You Guys !

    here's an idea.... I have only ever bought vintage hats that fit me or that were big enough to sell on, but if I were having one made I think I'd put a little time and money aside to go on ebay and buy up as many of those small>unwearable>unsellable>therefore cheap hats as possible. This would...
  15. nightandthecity

    Angels With Dirty Faces

    It was quite a controversial film in its time, and was banned outright in half a dozen countries and in parts of Canada, though it attracted less criticism than earlier gangster pics like Scarface and Public Enemy, which had led directly to a tightening up of the Hays code and the formation of...
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    Angels With Dirty Faces

    "whaddya hear whaddya say" I read somewhere Cagney got that line as a kid from a junkie/hustler who used to stand on a street corner near his home. The guy's brain had gone. He was always amused that people used his imitation of that guy to imitate himself. "Life imitates art imitates...
  17. nightandthecity

    Fair Isle sweaters

    I think the "tank top" moniker came in during the seventies. There was a big revival of the sleeveless pully back then. Alan is right, the true Fair Isle has to come from Fair Isle, and it isn't neccessarily sleeveless either. But sleeveless tops with patterns similar to Fair Isle have been...
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    Angels With Dirty Faces

    hmm, not sure its the same film I saw! Ranking Cagney is hard, but I think I'd give equal first too Angels, Public Enemy and White Heat.....
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    Angels With Dirty Faces

    one of my all time favourites! Also The Public Enemy and The Roaring Twenties, I kind of think of them as the basic Cagney trilogy. Bogie was often a bad guy in his early films - he does it very well too.
  21. nightandthecity

    Fair Isle sweaters

    There's usually a few on ebay UK. I'll be listing three myself in the next few days.
  22. nightandthecity

    30's~40's Work Boots

    I live in the country and wear boots all the time. I wear Veldtschoen from classic English makers like Cheaney, Alfred Sargant, Tecnic?¢‚Ǩ¬¶.the Veldtschoen method of construction is much superior to Goodyear welted, treat the leather now and again and you have a totally waterproof set of...
  23. nightandthecity

    1930s leather jackets: ad photos

    I shall have to take a deep breath I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m so excited. You pushed my button Marc?¢‚Ǩ¬¶.. I love thirties leather jackets. In Britain you could find that kind of styling well into the 50s, particularly in the use of ?¢‚Ǩ?ìglove soft?¢‚Ǩ? leathers like calfskin, kidskin, capeskin etc. We...

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