GTguyzach said:I stumbled across this thread tonight and I'm curious to see how it turns out. I assume that it is too late to get in on the current batch but is there a possibility of future ones if the current one is successful?
I also wanted to throw in another endorsement for Tom James clothing. My dad has passed down some of his Tom James stuff to me (from his younger, thinner days) and it is really nice, high quality stuff. Expensive, but custom stuff is nice to have in a world of fair to middlin' off the rack clothes.
Mr. Rover said:DL Cerney in NY makes the high waisted Hollywood waist pants- they cost somewhere around the $100 range...
Are those from DL Cerney?? They are nice! I would shell out the 180 for those.resortes805 said:...about $180, but who's counting?
These are my favs. . .(btw for LA area folks, La Bomba is selling new vintage cut t-shirts like the one I'm wearing.)
dhermann1 said:Boy, I'd like to get in on this too.
This waist height issue is interesting. I think it all started in the 50's. If you look at I Love Lucy, you'll see Fred Mertz's trousers nice and high (over his tummy), with his tie tucked into his trouser waist! Then about that time teenagers started wearing the ducktail haircut (remember ducktails?) and polished cotton or chino pants. These had the real low waist, because 16 year old boys could look cool in them. Well, that style persists today, even tho anybody with even a little bit of a tummy (like yours truly) looks terrible in them. It's one of the first and worst manifestations of the post WW2 youth culture takeover. The higher waisted trousers allow men with a certain degree of . . . ahem . . . maturity and . . . uhh err . . . gravitas . . . look dignified. I have all the intentions in the world of flattenig this tummy someday, in the mean time, GIVE ME SOME GOOD OLD WILLIAM POWELL TROUSERS ALREADY!
reetpleat said:I think that in the fifties waists were still high comparatively. Trimmer fit, but still high. I still have a bag full of sixties pants I can't sell at the vintage shops because no one wears them anymore.
I think thereason for low waistbands these days is the very reason you mention. Slimmer guys could wear pants on their real waist, but these days most guys have a little gut. So they have to choose between wearing pants big and high over their guts, or low and snug under their guts. I think the first looks better, but I cna see why people opt for the latter.