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  1. Shangas

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    I assume you're talking about the pouch that I stitched up for my bedwarmer/hot-water bottle, and not the waistcoat that I'm trying to resurrect, huh, Gin&Tonics? I honestly didn't think I would be able to do this, because it was such a difficult shape, but I guess I proved myself wrong. I...
  2. Shangas

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    I'd appreciate some advice here. A couple of years back, I purchased a light grey waistcoat. It fit me perfectly, but the silk backing had some unremovable stains on it. I've been telling myself for ages that I should replace it. Anyway. I've got some darker grey fabric to act as the new...
  3. Shangas

    Austerity picnic food - Picnics Part 2!

    Oh here's another one I just thought of. What WWII picnic would be complete without m'lord Woolton's Pie? :)
  4. Shangas

    Austerity picnic food - Picnics Part 2!

    Spam sandwiches made with national loaf? Fish and chips? (Which I believe, was unrationed during the war, although the fish was probably replaced with something far less palatable...probably Snoek). Potato salad? (Veggies were unrationed during the war, but you were expected to grow your...
  5. Shangas

    My new prohibition-era suit, inspired by Matt Deckard

    That's very handsome! I always thought vintage waistcoats came with more buttons than that, though. Most of the ones I've seen have at least six. I thought the five-button waistcoat was a more modern trend. I like that it has four pockets. Very handy, that'll be.
  7. Shangas

    What are you wearing today??

    Very nice photo, G&T. I spot a baby-photograph on the refrigerator in the kitchen (in the photo, just above,and to the right, of your left elbow). Is that your little angel?
  8. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Tonight for dinner - Sausages!! Possibly with eggs, and salad.
  9. Shangas

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    A night and a day later and I have finished my bottle-cosy! Materials Used: - One red cushion-cover. - Black thread. - Sewing needle. - String. - Big needle. - Tailor's measuring-tape (thanks to my grandmother!) Method: Cut away the seams on the cushion-cover and open the cloth all the...
  10. Shangas

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    The closest I've ever gotten to a needle and thread is repairing my clothes (sewing on buttons, stitching up ripped or broken seams, etc). I'm not trying to dive right in and make an actual article of clothing of any kind. But for a while now, I've wanted to make a cosy for this: In...
  11. Shangas

    Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes suit

    Brett was indeed a stickler for detail. He insisted that everything be as 100%-accurate as it was possible to be. He wanted to record the ENTIRE canon in the TV show, but as we all know, his health and unfortunate personal issues caught up with him before he was able to finish. The deterioration...
  13. Shangas

    Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes suit

    I reckon that the coat (and the suit) is black. Don't forget that Victorian London was an INCREDIBLY dirty place to live. Even in the 1880s and 1890s when the Holmes stories took place, you had the soot from millions of fireplaces, chimneys, factories, steamboats, the smoke from ovens...
  14. Shangas

    Necktie Knots

    The 4-in-hand always looks crooked. It was never supposd to be completely symmetrical. If you want a symmetrical knot, try doing a full windsor.
  15. Shangas

    Necktie Knots

    What exactly, is a prince albert knot?
  16. Shangas

    Necktie Knots

    Sounds like the four-in-hand knot.
  17. Shangas

    Cufflinks and Shirt Studs.

    There is a thread for cufflinks and shirt-studs, collar-studs and cuff-studs around the forum somewhere.
  19. Shangas

    My Finest ART DECO Item

    Wooooaaaaah!!! What IS that? A sideboard? That is beautiful!!
  20. Shangas

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    Reproduction or not, I think it's pretty cool. Is it a quartz or mechanical movement?
  21. Shangas

    Graf Zeppelin Found?

    For a moment I thought this was about an airship. An aircraft-carrier on the other hand...that's interesting. I wasn't aware that the German navy during the Second World War had aircraft carriers. Well, you learn something new every day.
  22. Shangas

    Bow Ties

    A guy dropped into the thrift-shop today with his girlfriend. He was looking for a bowtie for a costume. We had one tie in stock that hadn't sold in months. I picked it out of the tie-tub for him and he said he'd take it. I asked him if he knew how to tie a bowtie. When he said 'No', I gave...
  23. Shangas

    Bow Ties

    It is actually REALLY easy to tie a bowtie, now that I've done it. The problem with a LOT of videos on youtube, is that they show you how to tie it from the wrong viewpoint. Instead of facing the MIRROR like any normal person would, the guy's always facing the camera, so you get the backwards...

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