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    Jacket from Josef A. Borg, the tailor who worked on the menswear for *Sunset Boulevard*!

    TD, could you give us a link to the page you mentioned? I'm unfamiliar with SF.
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    Just when you thought you had seen it all . . . (Warning: Not for the fainthearted)

    The Elvis/Jesus jacket seems to have some Mexican influence. It reminds me of the aesthetic in Shakespeare's time, that of "Great riches in a small room." If you look at almost anything from that period (boots, gloves, house furnishings, etc.), they packed as much detail as they could into any...
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    Just when you thought you had seen it all . . . (Warning: Not for the fainthearted)

    I was surprised to see that the "Elvis/Jesus" jacket was sold out but astonished at the number of Hlorenzos that were. Just goes to show where the recent "tax break" money went.
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    Good Wear-abouts

    I was thinking also of the rate they were putting those guys through boot camp and flight training just to keep up with the losses as the war went on. I'd imagine that the jackets were issued to the fliers soon after training.
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    Good Wear-abouts

    I'd imagine that some people get tired of waiting, or that their financial situation changes during the wait, or they've gained weight and when the jacket arrives it doesn't fit. Also, a lot of people these days simply want something new and are in the habit of "moving things on." I think it...
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    Crown height ?

    Just my two cents, but I've always thought that crown height had more to do with the person's physical height, whereas brim size is more related to head size, especially shape of the face, distance between the eyes, etc.
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    AVI LTHR BRONCO A-2 Jacket Review & Pics

    Update: Morten offered to take my jacket back, but in the end, probably mostly through inertia, I kept it. I'm glad I did. I started wearing it in my study (it's hot here now and my kid keeps the ac at polar) and gradually started to see the grain emerging and the jacket softening up. I lost any...
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    Aero has natural CXL from Horween!!!

    It's always fun to watch the aging of a jacket, but that one's going to be really spectacular. Can't wait to see the changes. BTW, the color in the first couple of pics looks a lot like Nick's boots when he got them.
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    Fringe on an adult leather jacket

    I think the popularity of the fringe jackets in the late '60's was largely due to the abundance of cowboy shows on TV during the 1950's. When I saw the the two RL jackets above my first reaction was "Wild Bill Hickock" and then "Wagon Train."
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    Good Wear-abouts

    That is a very nice-looking hat. I've been on the FL for some years now, though, and I can't remember a time when it didn't seem like a problem trying to get a hat from him, and also when his prices didn't seem a bit excessive. I've had such great experiences with several other hatters that I...
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    Good Wear-abouts

    One aspect of it may be that the various original makers had slightly different fits and styles, and another is that these jackets were designed for very young guys in top physical condition, and, well,...
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    Good Wear-abouts

    You had to pay for price increases incurred during your waiting? I've never heard of that.
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    How to age (or destroy?) a CXL FQHH Highwayman (pic heavy)

    You'd never see anything like this on StyleForum or any of the others. Thanks, Jejupe! And the jacket looks great now.
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    THE SUNBODY ASSOCIATION

    If you go back through this thread I think you'll see how accommodating Sunbody is for their customers. I'd definitely follow Zombie's advice and give them a call, stating exactly what you'd really like. I was really bowled over by how helpful they were and pleasant to deal with.
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    Fringe on an adult leather jacket

    I was wondering when this question was going to come up. You see a number of the brown suede ones on Etsy and Ebay going for dirt-cheap prices. They really caught on in the later '60's, especially after Neil Young started wearing one when he played with Buffalo Springfield. A friend of mine, a...
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    What's the Right Hat for fishing?

    The Sunbody standard palm three-inch brim. It's my only hat for fishing in the Florida Keys.
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    How to age (or destroy?) a CXL FQHH Highwayman (pic heavy)

    I agree with Fanch. I'm not at all a fan of pre-distressing, but to each his own. If I saw this jacket on the street I'd suspect it was artificially distressed by the attention given to the edgings, particularly around the collar and down the back. Every distressed jacket I've ever seen had that...
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Jejupe (see above) seems to have gotten one of the last. They probably only had a few left.
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Not badly sized so much as Orvis-sized. Orvis caters to the over-forty crowd who are also oversized. Their stuff is well made, but you almost always have to go down a size. The Himel jackets seemed to have been made with this vanity-sizing in mind.
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    WTS- Aero Shackleton - New, size 40

    I think it's probably similar to the anxiety you feel any time you try out something new, be it a hat, bracelet, vest, etc. Once you get used to it you wonder why you worried. I thought the same thing when I saw the Shakletons (nice but not for me), and then my brother got one. I tried it on...

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