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  1. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    I'm glad you find it interesting and enlightening, but it's essentially Esquire offering the lesson, and I am but a humble reporter.
  2. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    These are Esquire's January 1949 illustrations. Retail goodies you didn't buy in December. A very handsome suit in any era. When looking up the definition of the term Personal Style, you may find only the photo below as complete explanation.
  3. Flanderian

    Oxford Bags

    Ah, thank you, I thought he might be the cutter, and very nice work indeed! But while in different mode, I think the staff in general are among the best turned among the firms.
  4. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Part 2 of 2 of Esquire December 1948.
  5. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    I can understand why from a distance in time the two styles might not be that easy to differentiate as both were more similar to each other than to the prior loose-fitting cuts with very broad lapels, etc. Both Ivy and Continental styles employed a minimalist aesthetic and a closer fit, and...
  7. Flanderian

    Oxford Bags

    Happened upon a photo I think of sufficient note to include in this thread. British retail fashion, like American retail fashion has been featuring men's trousers that often fit more like leggings. And while the bastions of Savile Row are more moderated, the drape cut of yore is largely history...
  8. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    This is part 1 of 2 of Esquire, December 1948. Retail goodies!
  9. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    A lot of similarities. Until a few years ago, I'd pretty much wear it as depicted! Brown is much maligned, but on some guys, it's a great color. And the right brown can look good on almost anyone. Specific browns, like other colors, will have secondary color tones hidden in it, and these can...
  10. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Part 2 of 2 of Esquire November 1948.
  11. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    This is part 1 of 2 of Esquire, November 1948.
  13. Flanderian

    The Fedora Lounge Guide to Esquire Men's Fashion, 1933-1948, By Flanderian

    This is part 1 of 2 of Esquire, November 1948.
  14. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Pleated shirts were then, and until not that long ago, worn with more formal business suits. Plus, with a detachable white collar, this would be a dandy shirt for semi-formal day wear. (I.e., Stroller, also other terms.) Pleated, colored shirt bodies with white collars are featured with...
  15. Flanderian

    What do you do when your shoe tree breaks inside the shoe?

    I'd simply buy new trees. I use an old, no longer available model of tree that I prefer, but were I to try any new trees, I'd try a pair of these. Look to be the right shape, and come in a good range of sizes. https://www.shoecaresupplies.com/Cedar_Shoe_Trees_p/mens-st-paul.htm
  16. Flanderian

    The Fedora Lounge Guide to Esquire Men's Fashion, 1933-1948, By Flanderian

    This is part 2 of 2 of Esquire October 1948.
  17. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    This is part 2 of 2 of Esquire October 1948.
  19. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Interesting you should point this out! Floating around in my foggy noggin is a muddled recollection of an article that appeared 30 or 40 years after this publication lauding Esquire's sartorial taste and contribution to cataloging male style, and noting The Bold Look as the one comically...
  20. Flanderian

    What do you do when your shoe tree breaks inside the shoe?

    There is a hardware item known generically as a screw hook which comes in many configurations from the delicate to large industrial size. The name describes the item as there's a screw on one end, and a hook of some form on the other. I would think the correct variety could simply be screwed...
  21. Flanderian

    The Fedora Lounge Guide to Esquire Men's Fashion, 1933-1948, By Flanderian

    This part 1 of 2 of Esquire's October 1948 illustrations.
  22. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    This part 1 of 2 of Esquire's October 1948 illustrations.
  23. Flanderian

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Sounds delightful.

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