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Any Cravat Wearers Out There?
there's a question I'd like to ask the men here. Is there a specific shape to a cravat? For example, a tie has a fat end that tapers to a thinner end. Is the cravat styled or shaped in the same way? Or is it just a single piece of same-widthed fabric, the whole way along? Could one...- Shangas
- Post #13
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Save Saville Row!
I absolutely agree. To bring jeans and male models into the middle of Savile Row? You know that won't turn out well. I think Savile Row has a certain reputation, and it's that reputation and tradition that they're trying to preserve. A lot of places in London are famous for many things...- Shangas
- Post #10
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
Ness was never part of the FBI. He was a prohibition enforcement officer or whatever the proper terminology was (I forget). That's about all I remember. But in the end, it was an accountant who chucked Al Capone in jail when he caught the big man on tax evasion.- Shangas
- Post #171
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Last movie I watched? "Amazing Grace", starring Ioan Gruffud. He's one of my favourite actors.- Shangas
- Post #10,210
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Something I'm missing?
ME! ME!! ...No, not really. Or is it? No. Seriously, I don't get the thing with the stars, either. -
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Pajamas in public...
Is it common? I don't think so. But I don't give a damn. I do it anyway because I refuse to do what everyone else does. I like that style because it's neat and refined and it doesn't get people staring at you like you just crawled out of a sewer. ...And yes. I'm Shangas on HN.net as well. Who...- Shangas
- Post #195
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Pajamas in public...
Replying to the original posting... A couple of nights ago, my cousin, who's staying with us at the moment, went out for the whole day and night. She's afraid of the dark, so she asked me to stay up and escort her home from the tram-stop. She doesn't feel comfortable walking home alone at...- Shangas
- Post #193
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
Yes, I grant that. It's an unfortunate byproduct of modern society. There is one myth I'd like to have someone address. Was the Great Depression as 'Great' as the history-books and movies would have us believe that it was? I ask this because the Depression always seems to show such...- Shangas
- Post #161
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
With all the political correctness we have these days, I didn't think "freedom of speech" still existed.- Shangas
- Post #159
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
Actually I haven't read that one. I couldn't get my hands on it. But some people did recommend it to me. ---Treetopflyer--- I agree. While they're not always 100% accurate, historical movies do expose you to parts of history that you never knew existed before watching a particular movie. It...- Shangas
- Post #157
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
I'm a writer of historical fiction, as some people here may know. I assure that I have researched the most insane things before I started writing. When I started writing a story set in the 1660s about the Great Plague of London, I spent about six months reading the diaries of John Evelyn and...- Shangas
- Post #155
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Save Saville Row!
This battle has been going on for ages. I remember reading about it in the news last year. I agree. A&F are a big enough company. Why the hell they feel they have to mooch off of a respected street such as Savile Row, is beyond me. And it cheapens the name of SR, as well. It's been the...- Shangas
- Post #4
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Big Band concerts back in the day
I'm not sure about live concerts, but I do know that back in the day, it was very popular to broadcast jazz-bands live to air. They'd set up in a nightclub or the ballroom of a famous hotel, and croon and swing the night away. A radio-man would be nearby with a microphone to tune in on the music... -
Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!
I also majored in History in university. It is amazing how many people believe things from history that just aren't true. Returning to myths of the Golden Era, one particular myth, if I may call it such, that I've found, one perpetuated on movie forums such as IMDB.com, is that history was...- Shangas
- Post #138
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Gentlemen, show us what you've made!
I wish I could be a tailor...this stuff looks so cool...- Shangas
- Post #353
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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What are you listening to?
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Titanic sunk by exceptionally high tides
Was it? I'm sorry. I didn't read any of that in your posting. But yes, while the steel was of quality for its day, they didn't anticipate that the cold water would affect its strength. Basically, everything snapped like toothpicks and shattered like glass. And the Titanic had a Double Bottom...- Shangas
- Post #39
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Our own vintage town
What would it be called? "The Golden Era Hotel"?- Shangas
- Post #1,438
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Titanic sunk by exceptionally high tides
I don't like it when people say that the Titanic was made of "substandard steel", because it implies that we're looking at it through modern eyes. The Titanic's steel was no different from the steel used to make any other ship of the era. It was probably the best steel that they had availlable...- Shangas
- Post #36
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Show us your suits
Looks dandy. But that blue tie is far too light. You need a darker cobalt/indigo/navy blue. A skyblue tie like that just vanishes into the background.
