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    "A Gentleman Does Not Wear a Straw Hat in the Metropolis, sir"

    I heard this line in an episode of Jeeves & Wooster this week, which some of you may know is a period British TV show set around 1930, about a young aristocrat and his valet. Jeeves was referring to Wooster's new boater hat, and they were visiting NY, NY at the time. Anyway, watching this...
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    My New Suit: is it a City or Country Suit?

    Gents, I recently purchased a suit on ebay, because I wanted something single-breasted with peak lapels (not the skinny kinds that are all the rage now). I don't have a photo of it, but in B&W it would have an uncanny similarity to this suit worn by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. What you...
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    Relationship Between Pants' Rise and Jacket?

    Dear FLers, I've searched the forums here and I still have a question about the "proper" rise of suit trousers in the Golden Age, particularly when talking about a two-piece, single-breasted suit where it is most visible: Is the waistband supposed to rest behind the lower button that...
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    Role of Brown Suits in the Golden Age

    Hi Fellas, When I began building a business wardrobe a few years ago, I picked up a few brown suits and I tend to wear them a lot because my wife says brown suits me (no pun intended). However, reading here and there about sartorial history, it seems like brown suits were not considered...
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    Less-than-Informal Dress: How Do You Put it Together?

    Gents, I have reached a good stopping point in my informal wardrobe, where I have enough suits (vintage inspired) for the workweek, plus a few extra for variety, a few nice felt fedoras, a straw fedora, and a good trenchcoat. I'm all set for work, church, or a nice outing with my wife. I...
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    Who Wore Formalwear in the Golden Era, and When?

    I've recently discovered the whole issue of formalwear, and even found websites dedicated to it. Metropd has some nice photos of himself wearing a morning suit in the "What are You Wearing?" thread. It gave rise to a few questions in my mind: 1) During the Golden Era, was it only...
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    That Small Vintage Knot

    Gents, Ever since I started seeing images of the wide necktie, tied with a very small knot, in vintage prints and photos like this around the Internet, I've given up my usual full windsor, to try to tie this (see the right-hand gentleman's tie). I hope Mr. Dekkard and Mr. Chevalier will...
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    What Size Trenchcoat?

    I have two trenchcoats, inherited from my father and grandfather, that fit okay but not that well. I'm looking around ebay at some good deals and wondering: what is the rule for sizing them? For instance, I wear a 36R suit jacket. Would the right trenchcoat be one or two sizes larger? Or...
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    Can Anyone Pull Off a Wide-brim Fedora?

    I wear a hat everyday. Five days a week its a fedora with a suit. I have a black hat, a gray hat, and a straw hat, and I'm currently looking for a brown fur hat to better match my brown suits, and I'm drawn to the idea of getting a 2.5" to 3" wide brim, but I don't want to look like I'm wearing...

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