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    A couple of fashion pet peeves...

    That's absolutely correct. I was just watching some of the "Bertie and Jeeves" episodes, and in a few of them Bertie (Hugh Laurie) is sporting (with Jeeves' approval) a grey or blue suit with brown shoes and hat. I also recall my father's Uncle Harry, one of the best-dressed men I've ever known...
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Love that Mariner.
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    A couple of fashion pet peeves...

    I agree on both counts, but one of the things you'll find here on the Lounge is that such opinions are most often greeted with either an ominous silence or a lecture on individuality, and over the years I've been logging on I've realized they're probably right. For instance, the shirt-tail...
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    Show us your SHOES !!!

    Heads up: the Pediwear Winter sale is on (In case you haven't already blown enough money). Nice deals on Trickers, Loake, Grenson, et al.
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    General Information Re: Current Repro Leather Jacket Manufacturers

    Incredibly great and useful job. Watch, though, tomorrow we'll see a new thread: "Help! Where can I find a nice A-2?"
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    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Something about that jacket that's really appealing. Cheers.
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    What did 1920s sheepskin jackets look like?

    Also, take a look at the thread "Vintage Finnish Leather Jackets" on this forum.
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    Advice On Feather in the hat

    No secret meaning I've ever heard of. If you like a feather in your hat, go for it. Toothpicks, of course, are another story.
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    Plain Toe Oxfords

    The Allen Edmonds Carlyle is very nice, and if you keep an eye on their sales, their seconds page, or their outlet site you'll probably find an agreeable price. Also, take a look at Nordstrom Rack's AE collection: last time I looked they had the Lexington going for about $200.00. Good luck.
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    Formulae for hat proportions

    Really true. We seem to be living in an age of extreme conformity masquerading as extreme individualism. If you really do dress in a self-expressive way and hold your own opinions you're reminded of your oddity, in one way or another, every day. The herd rules, and they don't know why they dress...
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    Formulae for hat proportions

    As was mentioned above, it's all about the mirror. Unlike other articles of clothing, a hat either suits you or it doesn't. For me, it's an immediate thing and it's all about whether or not it suits my face and head.
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    What are you wearing today??

    It depends on the linen. The silk/linen blends don't wrinkle as much, but when the heat and humidity reach certain levels there isn't much you can do but stay inside. I also wear linen/silk vests in the warmer months instead of jackets. Brooks Brothers have a few nice ones that can be picked up...
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    Sou'west Chunkies Sweaters

    I've always liked a chunky sweater with an overcoat. For me it's the ideal winter combo. Loden coats are particularly nice because of the raglan sleeves.
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    What are you wearing today??

    Linen or a linen-silk blend.
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    What Are Your Favorite Books To Reread? / How Many Times? / Why?

    W.B. Yeats once described the joy of entering into an epic or other long work with a wonderful metaphor: he said that he liked to go across Dublin Bay to the Hill of Howth, where, at the very top, there was a circular bush with an opening in the center. He would crawl in there and lie down and...
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    What Are Your Favorite Books To Reread? / How Many Times? / Why?

    This is really something. I was a student of Dr. Hollis when I was an undergraduate back in the Seventies and lost touch with him years ago. He was a wonderful professor, very patient and humane, who directed my senior thesis and had more to do with my becoming a professor than anyone alive. I...
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    Sou'west Chunkies Sweaters

    Next paycheck.
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    Remember the leather jacket fad of the 70's?

    I still have one of those. I took it out of the closet recently and noticed it was from "The Leather Shop" at Sears and that it was made in Newark, N.J. (I grew up right next-door in Elizabeth). Funny, because I'd just finished reading Phillip Roth's "American Pastoral," which has a lot of...
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    Resting or Rotating Boots

    Hi, Feliksas, and welcome to the Lounge. I use shoe trees for my dress shoes and try to rotate them as best I can. When I read your post, though, it dawned on me that I've never considered giving my workboots the same treatment. The point of shoe-trees is to keep the leather from shrinking and...
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    The Weimar Republic

    There's Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin, which I'm re-reading right now, and at the same time watching the 15-part film version by Fassbinder on Youtube. Also, there's Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories, about his time there in the early Thirties (it was the basis of "Cabaret", the...

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