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  1. herringbonekid

    Pre-1950s British/European sportswear and leisurewear

    a 1939 Brough Superior is the perfect accessory to that suit: ;) p.s. where did you find the suit ?
  2. herringbonekid

    When did city slickers start wearing jeans?

    actually, that's a different question to the one i though Joel was originally asking; i took it to mean when did white collar workers (city slickers) start wearing jeans for casual city wear.
  3. herringbonekid

    When did city slickers start wearing jeans?

    good idea. so when did they ? ;)
  4. herringbonekid

    When did city slickers start wearing jeans?

    Guttersnipe, your examples (while correct) are not what i would call 'city slickers'. they're all working men. but maybe i've misunderstood the term. Joel, you used the term 'city slickers' in the title of this thread... maybe you can define who you meant ?
  5. herringbonekid

    Norfolk Jacket

    here's an illustration from May 1909 of a jacket with similar buttoned yoke: it was a very experimental time and they were trying out many things, some of them a bit over the top.
  7. herringbonekid

    Show us your photography

    Quigley, could you PM me a link to your website ? looking over the English Channel toward France:
  8. herringbonekid

    Show us your photography

    Quigley, that last one has a cinematographic quality to the lighting.
  9. herringbonekid

    30s-40s style sweater vest

    looks identical in cut and finish to the one at the end of this thread: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?68072-Wool-Knit-Vests-Waistcoats/page7
  10. herringbonekid

    Norfolk Jacket

    Mr Purple, that's a very rare jacket and waistcoat you have. is the lining velvet ? and any idea what country it was made in ? my estimate at date would be around 1910-15, going by the fancy buttoned yoke and height of buttoning.
  11. herringbonekid

    When did city slickers start wearing jeans?

    yes, on the set of 'To Have and Have Not'; part of the character's wardrobe.
  13. herringbonekid

    Wool Knit Vests / Waistcoats

    resortes805, i must have missed this one when you first posted it... it's a really good one. does it have a maker's label ?
  14. herringbonekid

    When did city slickers start wearing jeans?

    true, but the initial question was 'when did grown ups start wearing jeans as casual wear'. it seems that pre 1970s you'll only see adults in jeans in very specific places, and in those places the jeans are worn as a utilitarian work garment. you can find many shots of older men walking down a...
  15. herringbonekid

    When did city slickers start wearing jeans?

    in the 50s and 60s jeans had rebel / counter culture significance among the youth (because of the garment's working class origins). it wasn't until the 70s that they went mainstream.
  16. herringbonekid

    Multi-colored 1920's herringbone newsboy cap with ear flaps

    there's loads of great caps around if you're a 6 & 7/8"s
  17. herringbonekid

    Wool Knit Vests / Waistcoats

    which evildoer outbid me on this ?
  19. herringbonekid

    Show us their suits

    do you know who ? very unusual jacket for 1943, that last one.
  20. herringbonekid

    Antique Pleated Cap with Back Band

    i wish i could remember what cap this label came from: it would appear to be a rip-off piece of period merch... same image, different name.
  21. herringbonekid

    Antique Pleated Cap with Back Band

    Jackie Coogan, child star of Chaplin's 'the Kid', 1921.
  22. herringbonekid

    Peaky Blinders

    my great uncle Harry reckons that hoodlums in Newcastle and Gateshead (in the 30s-40s) were called 'Bundlers' and wore white scarves. Pikey Bundlers ? ;)
  23. herringbonekid

    Peaky Blinders

    Flo, no, it's not a masterpiece, but does the job as a bit of period entertainment. although TV production standards are far higher today (almost feature film standard at times) i don't think there's anyone doing really great writing for TV in the UK, of the calibre of Mike Leigh or...

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