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  1. pipvh

    old-fashioned hiking boots

    Van Gorkom was the guy I had in mind. Really fantastic but totally overkill for my needs - and I could buy almost half a Land Rover for that money. But meanwhile many thanks for this info: the Bertls look very promising and I'm going to check them out. Do you know how much a pair of Taylors are...
  2. pipvh

    old-fashioned hiking boots

    Does anyone know if you can still find classic old-fashioned hiking boots with (preferably) one-piece tops and Norwegian-welted soles? I know there are a couple of custom makers out there (one in Canada - unbearably expensive but apparently incredible), but I really just want a pair to hike the...
  3. pipvh

    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    Brilliant, Andrew. Thanks.
  4. pipvh

    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    Thanks, Andrew - that's very helpful. I wonder if the reason for more Irvins with Americans than vice-versa had to do with perceived quality issues, style, or that the American flyers were better at cards/drinking games? :)... Also, were sheepskin jackets regarded as strictly 'uniform?' You...
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    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    I hope you'll have patience with a new member, but here's a question that's been on my mind: in light of the excellent photos on this and the other Irvin thread (the French YAK pilots come to mind), has anyone seen photos of RAF pilots wearing American jackets, or vice-versa? Did B-3s or B-6s...
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    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    The 1942 jacket is a thing of beauty in itself, though. I'd probably go for one as is and feel lucky, if the fit was right for me. You sometimes see late model Irvins (on ebay anyway) with stitching holes in the panels, as if the skins have been recycled. I wonder if those jackets are in fact...
  8. pipvh

    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    Yup, that's exactly what I'm after. Beautiful jacket - thanks for the pics. I live quite close to Eastman so perhaps I'll go over and talk to them. What would be great is if they could use some odd bits to recreate the original 'bitza' look...
  9. pipvh

    ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets

    Does anyone happen to know if Eastman will do a late-period Irvin - ie the kind with many panels, recreating the originals which were pieced together from recycled jackets and trousers? I had an Aero jacket which I never quite took to: the arms were wrong, somehow, and I felt like the Michelin...
  10. pipvh

    Reproducing a sweater

    I'll try - try being the operative word - to post a pic tomorrow. It's not a fancy sweater, actually quite simple: black with red bands, shirt collar, very classic late 50s. Possibly just a bit of old tat, but not to me.
  11. pipvh

    Reproducing a sweater

    S O S! Save Old Sweater!
  13. pipvh

    Reproducing a sweater

    I have a brilliant old 50s sweater that used to belong to my father. It's seen far, far better days - in fact if I didn't guard it jealously it would have been used to polish the car years ago... My question is this: does anyone know of a place or person that would take this old relic and...
  14. pipvh

    Montreal?

    Well, I'm back - it's always fantastic to visit Montreal, even for just a day. Had a marvelous time as always. Didn't have any luck with the Japanese jeans, though people I asked said that the denim stores in the Eaton Center were probably my best bet, and someone else said Chinatown. Next...
  15. pipvh

    Montreal?

    I've been there quite a few times - really great city, and not too far away. I always feel, though, that I've never quite cracked it, that the really cool shops are somewhere that I'm not. It seems that a city of that size and style would have some unusual and rare stuff for sale... Lunch at...
  16. pipvh

    Montreal?

    I have a last-minute question for the style authorities: does anyone have any recommendations for stores selling Japanese/vintage denim, cool vintage or interesting leather jackets in Montreal? I'm going up in a couple of days and I'd like, if possible, to do a bit of shopping...
  17. pipvh

    Thread for London nostalgics...

    Amazing - I'm wallowing in memories! Of course it was Rock-a-cha, and that picture brings it right back. I remember that very article. They were really nice guys and didn't mind penniless blag-artists like myself hanging around their stall, because they knew we'd shell out for something...
  19. pipvh

    Pomade

    Willie Brown! I'd totally forgotten about him. I loved his stuff! I had a brown jacket - I think it was an anorak, in fact - with the check trim. Wonder what happened to that. Also any number of his shirts, which weren't cheap. Went the way of all my Johnson's shoes, no doubt. Blax...
  20. pipvh

    Pomade

    Oh, and apologies for going o/t. But thinking this hard about hair grease got me reminiscing about a time when the choice between Dax and Murrays was almost a matter of (social) life and death. So where does one find Sweet Georgia Brown in the US?
  21. pipvh

    Pomade

    Cheers, Salv! Clothes from Demob, hair done at Cutts, nights down the Mudd Club or the Wag... . I actually still have a Demob shirt, just about wearable. Wish I'd kept hold of my baggy black 40s style jeans, though... I remember wandering around Fulham in 1983, trying to look like a 1944...
  22. pipvh

    Pomade

    I've been sporting a quiff off and on for the last 25 or so years and recently found the best stuff ever for keeping one's do aloft: Phyto Pro Cire Ultra Gloss. It's some sort of wax gel, is hideously expensive but works like a charm. I started off with Black & White and Murray's back in the old...
  23. pipvh

    Who makes 40s civilian leather jackets?

    Thanks for the pointers. I've done some scouting - the Real McCoy's stuff is exactly what I want. If anyone's interested, there is some amazing clobber at http://popup10.tok2.com/home2/easystyle/index.htm though how one might go about buying it is something else entirely. Check out the...

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