Recent content by VintageMerchantMariner

Ladies and Gentlemen, Who here enjoys donning the old tux, or perhaps the occasional white tie and tails? I know I do, and I'm not ashamed to show it off! At any rate, as much as I enjoy my tux, I'm having a slight problem with my wing collar shirt, which I think is the only way to wear a tux...

I am a United States Merchant Mariner and I guess I could be considered "vintage" because I like old clothes, old ships, old cars, and I pine for the days when people like me were needed to keep food on Britain's tables.

Summer whites! A perennial favorite! Grab a nice cotton three piece suit in off white, cream, or searsucker, some nice white or pastel-colored shirts, some dashing pastel-colored ties (also good to have on hand for easter) and you're good to go! At the same time grab a straw fedora for all the...

Can We Please Talk About "Foyle's War"? Has anyone ever seen this show? D.C.S. Foyle has some DAMN fine suits, damn fine. The only thing I object to is how little he seems to take off his over-coat, especially while he's out on a case. You infrequently get a really good look at his whole...

Wow, talk about low hanging waistcoats! Some of them have a good few inches going there! They should really be embarrassed. It's a damn shame the American public doesn't know the difference, otherwise those clowns would have very rightfully been red-faced!

The show isn't until after Thanksgiving, I'm just getting my ducks in a row. It's not as far off as one might think!

Does anyone know if it is possible to get a "full backed" waistcoat these days? I've only ever seen them backless unless the article in question is in fact an antique itself. I'm sure if you go to the most expensive of tailors or suit makers you could get anything you wanted but does anyone...

ChanteuseCarey, I have to thank you for your post, very informative and entertaining. I do have to say however, what prompted me to start this thread is that I suggested to the young lady in question that perhaps black-tie dress-code for this particular evening would not be uncalled for...

Going to see Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker with a very pretty young lass. Going to make a night of it, dinner at a nice restaurant, maybe a nice hotel room in the city so we don't have to commute home late at night, the whole nine yards. Is such an event tux-worthy, or is that "over dressed"? I'm...

My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, I seek an obscure bit of advice. Seeking advice is always made more difficult when it's so specific but in my case I'm afraid it's unavoidable. The rub is this: I am currently making plans to spend the new year holiday with a rather attractive young female...