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  1. esteban68

    Vintage or vintage style cloth for dresses in the UK.

    Myself and the good lady are re doing our vows next year in Andalucia , Southern Spain. As part of the bargain I get a full three piece suit (thinkingFresco) custom made, however my wife my daughter and granddaughter 'need' fifties style dresses most probably made from original patterns. The...
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    Lapel badges, medals and fobs

    Not sure if there's a thread for these so feel free mods to re arrange it if needed, I found this little lot recently; individual shots;l
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    Waistcoat buttons

    I found these Essex crystal waistcoat buttons recently, price was low to start with probably due to scratching of the crystals on most of the buttons, after a brief haggle I got them down to a very nice price; Before as found; And after a decent polish using various mediums and methods;
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    1950's cooking magazines

    I found these 8 American cookery magazines recently on a car boot in Spain of all places, condition is excellent and they have some quite charming illustrations and quite a few decent recipes, I thought they may be of interest to some of you;
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    Unknown rolled gold proppelling pencil

    I couldn't find anywhere to put this so feel free mods to move ifyou know where there's an appropriate thread. Acquired today in pretty good working condition, still full of leads, some light plate loss to screw off lead receptacle and a couple of minor 'dinks', one on the main body and a...
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    Silver Marcasite Daffodil brooch

    Thoughts ladies on this re age as it's not my field! I bought it today for the lady of the house, it's silver and marcasite and in the form of a daffodil, "great to adorn a tweed jacket lapel come spring"says she... it's roughly 38mm across so roughly 1 1/2"
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    3/4 sleeved Harrods tea dress labels?

    Adjusts dress, knocks on door , enters quietly and removes hat.......Ladies my good lady wife has recently had the good fortune to be given a 3/4 sleeved 'tea dress' we are unsure of the age though I suspect the 1950's, here are the labels I'll post a full length picture of her in it if it...
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    Vintage shirt swap thread

    Please feel free to delete in not appropriate but it's come to my attention that we all must have some older shirts that don't fit us? I've several in smaller collar sizes 15.5" and a few in 16" including a detachable collar cracking full dress shirt complete with marcella front and waistcoat...
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    Stetson slant

    Apologies if this has been posted before, I found it recently;
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    increasing a shirt collar size?

    I thought I'd post this on here as there seems to be more interest in this type of thing....I've recently been lucky enough to find a detachable collar shirt complete with two collars still in it's cellophane.....only problem is that is a16" collar and I generally take a16'5"-17"....it fastens...
  13. esteban68

    John wayne's hat bin the quiet man

    Just been watching the quiet man and at one point John Wayne appears to be wearing a felt hat that is pinched both at the front and back...we're these once popular? From the front it just looks like a regular fedora/trilby!
  14. esteban68

    Victorian morning suit

    Do we know if there's a ready market for these? I've just seen a very nice 3 piece morning suit locally for £35 in apparently vgc.....sadly it looks to be a 38" regular so wouldn't fit me.
  15. esteban68

    1950's? Ladies Sunglasses

    I bought these 1950's? ladies sunglasses today, here's the as found pictures, condition is excellent no scratches etc and they have cleaned up great; Happily they fit my wife and she likes them...which is nice!
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    '1940's' themed 90th birthday party

    My good lady's grandmother recently turned 90 so we had a 1940's themed birthday for her in the local community centre-which was built itself between the wars. Situated in Old Whittington next to 'The Revolution House' it was a very nice day with over 90 people attending many dressed in...
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    Father Brown

    Has anyone seen the BCC1 murder/mystery Father Brown based on the books by G.K Chesterton? ....I caught an episode today as I had an early finish from work...set in rural England(Cotswolds) in the 1950's it's a half decent show with some excellent clothes both male and female decent acting and...
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    fantastic Swedish cufflinks

    Found these on UK E bay and I thought some of our Swedish FL'rs would be interested, not my sale just thought I'd showcase them....they really should go to a Swede I think...
  20. esteban68

    Stretching fairisle jumpers?

    Ok so I have this nice fairisle jumper that fits ok but is a little snug ...can I stretch it a little?
  21. esteban68

    20's /30's 'style' suit

    nothing to do with me, not in my size and not 'vintage' may be of interest to someone though? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROGER-DACK-TWEED-STYLE-SUIT-SINGLE-BREASTED-3-BUTTON-/130893967234?pt=UK_Men_s_Suits_Tailoring&hash=item1e79e36f82
  22. esteban68

    50 s style atomic tweed patch pocket jackets

    just a heads up for anyone wanting a cheap ish 50 s influenced atomic tweed wool mix mans jacket with patch pockets.... There are some in primark currently in two colours...... I have no photos or prices as in a big rush.
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    cleaning hush puppies

    I just snagged a pair of 1960's? hush puppies in vgc, however after brushing them with a soft toothbrush I have noticed two things...one of the toes has a drop of something on it that looks like food...gravy or similar and one of the shoes has dried out a little not much but definately not as...

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