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    Lace-up Shoes with White Tie?

    Understanding the impossibility in the modern world to purchase traditional mens evening pumps (or at least at a price affordable to the average middle-class chap), I have unfortunately being reduced to wearing my lace-up Oxfords with White Tie attire. I would feel more comfortable knowing...
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    The Sounds of Christmas

    Sorry, one must stick to the classics. You can't have a christmas without Bing Crosby voice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA45TnJQxhU
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    If you said you looked like one celebrity from the Golden Era...

    Well, if Bertie Wooster from P.G Wodehouse's novels existed, he'd certainly be my match. Just a shame though, I can't think of anybody real!
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    Mad Men attire

    Any thoughts on Jared Harris's (Lane Pryce) choice of a contrasting waistcoat?
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    Esquire’s Encyclopedia of 20th Century Men’s Fashions - Neckwear

    Very interesting. It's a shame some of these fashions have dissolved into total non-existance.
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    The full-dress "Boiled Shirt"

    I believe it was somewhat common for plain-front boiled shirts to be worn with a necktie and lounge suit in the early decades of the twentieth century. Some ultra-traditionalist may still do this, but I'm afraid my own comfort standards won't allow anything more than a soft downturn collar shirt...
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    The full-dress "Boiled Shirt"

    Obviously I'd gotten that wrong then! I don't know what on earth my source was on that information.
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    The full-dress "Boiled Shirt"

    I've Never heard of this before, but is sounds interesting! Pictures would be great.
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    The full-dress "Boiled Shirt"

    In the 1960's, some shirtmakers, in an attempt to revive the wing collar, began producing attached versions, which were usually both soft collared and fronted, closed at the front by buttons instead of studs (much to the dismay of many traditionalists). Many younger men found this style more...
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    The full-dress "Boiled Shirt"

    That's true. Although Marcella front Boiled shirts are a required part of White Tie. Plain cotton bibs (as I understand, correct me if I'm wrong) are usually worn with morning wear, most commonly Morning dress, but sometimes Black lounge (known as a 'Stroller' in the USA.) If one was to wear a...
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    The full-dress "Boiled Shirt"

    The classic evening shirt which has collapsed into extinction in recent times, sadly being replaced by the untraditional 'attatched' wing collar shirts. This heavily starched, tunic collared, marcella ('Pique' in the USA, I believe) front, single-cuffed, stiff, buttonless evening shirt was a...
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    Who Are Your Favorite Golden Era Vocalists?

    Here's a few of my favourite singers. And whilst I'm at it I'll add a link to my favourite song they recorded: Noël coward: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ruFfxlMsbY|20th Century Blues, Bing Crosby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cgVRwITAfY|Accentuate The Positive, The Andrews Sisters...
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    Buttoning your jacket

    Do these buttoning guidelines apply to overcoats as well? Is every button fastened, or just certain ones, like with a suit jacket? Here's a few examples of partially buttoned overcoats: Take a look at Mr. Churchill's coat. I've seen this image a few times, I knew it was just a...
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    Sport coat and jeans??

    The perfect attire for those who want to distinguish themselves from the Jeans/T-Shirt ensemble that's typical of the masses, though aren't classy enough for a full suit. It's reasonably casual and in my opinion, the outfit of choice for those who want to look trendy, yet unsuccessfully smart at...
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    What colour fedora?

    I have both Brown and Black shoes, yet I only have Grey and Black hats. I don't think Black would go very well with this colour ruling out the hat/shoe matching. I do have a brown belt to match the shoes, though I tend not to wear belts with suits, I'm more of a braces chap. I am willing to...
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    What colour fedora?

    Personally, I don't think I've ever seen a green hat being worn or sold, with the exception of Michael Kitchen in Anthony Horowitz's Foyle's war, which he wears with a grey suit (doesn't look half bad, actually.) I did have brown in mind, as a matter of fact. It would look fairly decent with...
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    What colour fedora?

    Just trying to find the right colour fedora which would go best with this colour suit. Apologies for the poor visibility, unfortunately a decent camera wasn't available to me, but the colour is a definate dark olive green. Despite Green being the most obvious choice here, I'd like...
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    Formality; Single-breasted vs. Double-breasted suits

    Well, there are plently of things about suits which could be deemed as "superfluos" (non-functional sleeve buttons, sewing on 2 or 3 front buttons when only 1 is supposed to be fastened anyway). It's just part of the style I suppose. It's only this week that I've just started going off the...
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    Formality; Single-breasted vs. Double-breasted suits

    I have to agree with you on that. I've been looking at lot's of DB waistcoats recently, and most of them do indeed sport peaked lapels, which I seem to have grown very fond of in the last week or so.
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    Black suit with coloured waist coats

    Possibly. Though I don't think wearing cardigans with suits was (or is) very common, almost non-existant. It's definetely much more common for them to be seen with sport jackets and other smart-casual wear, as cardigan's certainly don't fall into the informal dress code. The only difference...

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