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Shearling I find light (but can be bulky) and very warm. Unlike many others round here, I have no problem wearing an Irvin or a B3 in London Winters, but it's all personal chemistry. Below that, I'd be looking at the blanket lining (physically heavier than the shearling, almost as warm) or the...- Edward
- Post #29
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?
FWIW, I don't think it's a bad fit. A little room in it, but it doesn't look wrong - just a bit of space for layering. I've gotten to a point where I prefer this look in a Perfecto over the airbrushed-on look. Just today ordered my first new leather in a very long time. It's an OTR, so...- Edward
- Post #16,240
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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You know you are getting old when:
Indeed. You couldn't pay me enough to have the level of responsibility for my charges that a school teacher does. At least mine are adults, and I don't (often) have to deal with their parents!- Edward
- Post #8,063
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Footwear to go with our jackets
Nice boots. I like grained leather like that. Don't see it so often these days, but I always found it easier to break in, and never seemed to be prone to cracking with time across the top of the toes the way some smooth leathers can. Ah, Shinki! Looks very similar to the blue Vicenza. Got my...- Edward
- Post #4,811
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Footwear to go with our jackets
I like the blue especially. What hide is it?- Edward
- Post #4,806
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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You know you are getting old when:
Ho, yes. And when you no longer teach anyone born in the same century as you were. And you're a University lecturer.- Edward
- Post #8,053
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.
It's been interesting watching that develop over the last twenty years., particularly with the UK universities being radically more expensive, and now less linked in to the various European research schemes. If I had my time over again, I'd definitely consider something like that as an option...- Edward
- Post #15,577
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Happy Labor Day!
Nice hat. I've been tempted by an Akubra Sombrero for some time - a very similar style, but I wish they'd put a ribbon like this on it instead of the furry one, which makes it look somewhat cartoonish to my eye. -
Why vintage?
It's interesting how it goes. My dad is still semi-active on the vintage car scene back in the north of Ireland. Always been all about the cars (there was once, in the 90s, a guy who turned up in a 30s Lagonda, dressed the part. The hardcore laughed at him for it, taking pride in the fact they...- Edward
- Post #79
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Why vintage?
It's interesting how it goes. My dad is still semi-active on the vintage car scene back in the north of Ireland. Always been all about the cars (there was once, in the 90s, a guy who turned up in a 30s Lagonda, dressed the part. The hardcore laughed at him for it, taking pride in the fact they...- Edward
- Post #80
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What to wear with a fedora....
Yeah, that's where I gravitated to a solid brogue some years ago. Felt more comfortable to me than a sneaker, and I like that they can be repaired. Stll bugs me with the Vans that they're effective disposable - though TBH this is the third Summer I've had out of my first pair, with a lot of... -
Engineer boots: hard vs soft toe?
Yeah, I can't be doing with spending huge amounts and waiting years myself. One reason I've been happy with my RWs and Chipps!- Edward
- Post #10
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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How many of you guys ordered from the Aero sale?
I tend to the view, tbh, you're best as a rule sticking with the set design for the most part. Aero know what they're doing when they create the standard.- Edward
- Post #90
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What to wear with a fedora....
Yeah, jeans as a default for all occasions is a much more recent thing than we often realise, even moreso here in the UK. As I'm given to understand it from my parents' generation, even in the 60s turning up laces in a pair of jeans could be remarked on. I do remember my school lifting the ban... -
Engineer boots: hard vs soft toe?
Yes, it's a different vibe altogether. Give it an earlier, pre-50s look, the soft toe, imo. I'd something I'd like in my next pair - unfortunately trickier to find often these days outside the big money stuff, but they are out there. Completely this on the fit - can't be emphasised enough. My...- Edward
- Post #8
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.
Jinkies cheques, I remember those.... Last time I saw one was an elderly aunt sent me one for a birthday a few years ago. Turned out be quite the challenge to sort it out - I had to take a tube a few stops across town to find a branch of my bank, the local ones all having been shut. I opened my...- Edward
- Post #15,573
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Bronson Mfg offers on Alli Express -counterfeit? Real?
I've picked up one or two things on Aliexpress, nothing of great value. Only had a problem with one seller. I ordered a couple of Bog Dong caps in separate orders. One arrived but was a size too small and unwearable. The other delivery was of a vaguely similarish (but different design)... -
Hats on TV
Yes, the crown on the original, German hats always looks to me much more derived from something like a Tyrolean / Alpine felt hat, this sort of thing - Which as a rule always seem to me to be markedly more tapered than a fedora or trilby. The English homburg as we now know it always put me in... -
So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.
reminds me of an exercise our Spanish teacher used to do to show how challenging the English language can be for non-native speakers. He wrote the word "Ghoti" on the board and asked us to pronounce it - of course we all got it wrong. Then he walked us through a bunch of English pronunciations...- Edward
- Post #15,567
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Akubra Campdraft
I find Akubras vary. Depends how stiff the hat is, really. When I bought mine waaaaay back when, though, as I remember there was a little give, enough to get a vague idea of where I wanted to make my crease with it before I steamed it. BUT it really only was a shallow dip, and I was only going...
