New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

[mpukas]

Hello everyone,

I'm Michael, a new member here. I live in the Vail area of the Colorado Rockies. I've been an active member on SuFu for a long time. I've browsed Fedora Lounge for years, mostly for info and references on various types of clothing. I generally try to limit my time allowance on forums, so I read a lot more than I post.

 

[gmgt]

Hi!

I found FL after binge watching Dragnet, and have been obsessed with the 40s and 50s style of dressing for quite some time!

I finally caved and purchased my first nice hat. A fur felt Stetson Chatham! Such a beautiful hat, and looks great with my vintage suits!

 

[Gwyllgi]

Hello everyone,

I've been poking around the Fedora Lounge for many years but now I've finally decided to poke my head in here and say hello. I was a regular at the Electric Speakeasy and Club Obi-Wan back in the day but not as much now. I figured the Lounge is the next logical step.
I've long been a hat guy and I'm got an Raiders by Steele & Jones, a Black Sheep original, and a new Raiders by Herbert Johnson on order. By day, I'm doing fieldwork for an environmental firm and by night plugging away at the old undergrad degree. I've been working on a story set in an alternate dieselpunk-ish 1930s for years now but not much has come of it yet.

Looking forward to being here.

Regards.

 

[mrgrumpy]

I happened upon this site whilst researching the comparative merits of new and vintage Alpha MA-1 jackets to replace my worn-to-death twelve year old one. I am a Canadian living in UK who is, in the words of Groucho Marx, "approaching forty from the wrong side". I have served in the British army and therefore have developed a good sense of what works (and quite a lot of what doesn't) in respect of clothing. I have ordered a new MA-1 which is on the way. Recently I have acquired a taste for Barbour products and I was fortunate to find an "as new" (really!) Beaufort jacket for £50, so that and the MA-1 will share winter duty. My habitual choice of footwear is also influenced by my service, being Gore-Tex Matterhorns in the winter or a wet English summer and Meindl desert boots on the occasional dry day or when I am in the Canary Islands. I am slightly surprised that there is not a specific footwear forum on here. My wish/shopping list? Next a pea coat I think, probably guided by the eponymous gentleman on here, and an M51 or 65. I would love to find a genuine or reproduction Team Kawasaki leather jacket from the 1970s Yvon Duhamel and Art Baumann era, despite my now riding an old man's BMW RT, on which I still occasionally wear my white and lime green Kushitani leathers, although the knee sliders are clearly redundant! I shall look forward to some sound advice and stimulating discussion.
Regards,
Ian

 

[undakovr]

Hello! new to the forum. Nice to meet you all

 

[mrgrumpy]

Hello! new to the forum. Nice to meet you all

Welcome.

 

[Woodtroll]

Hello! new to the forum. Nice to meet you all

Welcome to the Lounge!

 

[TMP]

Hi all. US expat living in the UK. Found this forum whilst researching pea coats. Not a luddite but I do drive old Italian cars when I can, listen to LP records, and enjoy well made things from yesteryear. Trying to up my style game, so here to learn. Cheers! =Tom

 

[Woodtroll]

Hi all. US expat living in the UK. Found this forum whilst researching pea coats. Not a luddite but I do drive old Italian cars when I can, listen to LP records, and enjoy well made things from yesteryear. Trying to up my style game, so here to learn. Cheers! =Tom

Welcome to the Lounge, Tom! I think you'll find lots of things to interest you here.

 

[mrgrumpy]

Hi all. US expat living in the UK. Found this forum whilst researching pea coats. Not a luddite but I do drive old Italian cars when I can, listen to LP records, and enjoy well made things from yesteryear. Trying to up my style game, so here to learn. Cheers! =Tom

Welcome, Tom. Does your interest in old Italian things encompass motorcycles?

 

[TMP]

Welcome, Tom. Does your interest in old Italian things encompass motorcycles?

Hi, Yes - I don't ride any more, but I used to have a Moto Guzzi LeMans 1000 and a Ducati F1 Laguna Seca before I migrated to four wheels. Very different bikes, but each great in their own way. I road across the US on the Guzzi more than 20 years ago.

 

[mrgrumpy]

Hi, Yes - I don't ride any more, but I used to have a Moto Guzzi LeMans 1000 and a Ducati F1 Laguna Seca before I migrated to four wheels. Very different bikes, but each great in their own way. I road across the US on the Guzzi more than 20 years ago.

This was my favourite, a Benelli 650 Tornado. Later I had a bevel drive Ducati 900SS, before a couple of headbanging Japs, Suzuki RG500 and a Kawasaki Ninja, then reverted to my BMW habit, including my current R1200RT. You are a very brave man making that trip with the LeMans’ riding position!

 

[TMP]

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This was my favourite, a Benelli 650 Tornado. Later I had a bevel drive Ducati 900SS, before a couple of headbanging Japs, Suzuki RG500 and a Kawasaki Ninja, then reverted to my BMW habit, including my current R1200RT. You are a very brave man making that trip with the LeMans’ riding position!

Great pic. of your Benelli. I bet that bevel drive was a beast. The LeMans wasn't too bad but in the mid-West I did run into a side wind that was extremely tiring. I tried to ride next to a semi for shelter but he wasn't having it. The bike was constantly at 15 deg. angle. The only issue I had was that the nut on one of the headers loosened and went AWOL.

 

[shyhawk]

hello, my name's Ash. I've finally got around to joining this site after lurking for a couple of years, and then forgetting what it was called! I love the big band era and listen to that style when im chilling but i also like rock n roll / rockabilly.
After escaping the rat race in England, i now live in Ireland with my family and have turned my love of collecting period items into a small business. For once i'm happy to be at work!
Anyhoo, looking forward to getting involved in discussions on the forum
cheers.

 

[Big Man]

Welcome to the Fedora Lounge.

 

[tempestbella]

Welcome back.

I remember you..

 

[Big Man]

I remember you..

That could be good or that could be bad ...

 

[tempestbella]

I’m sure we exchanged postcards? or you were part of that group that discussed! I lived in Leicester then..

 

[tempestbella]

I’m sure we exchanged postcards? or you were part of that group that discussed! I lived in Leicester then..

If We did! You sent me a picture of barn over bridge and we discussed your father who was over here in the war

 

[Big Man]

If We did! You sent me a picture of barn over bridge and we discussed your father who was over here in the war

Yes, I remember that. That was a long time ago.