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    How Many Safari Jackets are Enough

    Hello all, I was on WPG and saw a couple things I was going to buy. I did buy two identical cravats/ascots (I don't know what you call them in other countries, here both terms are common). But I saw a white belted safari coat, a tan belted and a OD belted. I'm very tempted to buy the white...
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    The Bar Cart

    Hi, I'm a non drinker, but I like having booze on hand in case I receive guests. So I'll be putting together a bar cart. Imagine setting up a cart of your own, what would you stock. I don't really know much about GE drinks, can anybody add some expertise and some suggestions. What should I...
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    Serving Alcohol at a BBQ

    Hi, I will be hosting a BBQ in the next couple weeks and it is for a young adults group from my church. We have as a requirement that you be 18 years old to join the group, and the drinking age is 18, so there are no legalities involved in the selection of drinks. I have been assured that...
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    Stand Collar

    Hi, Is it ever acceptable to wear a stand collar with a long necktie, and a morning coat? My Dad seems to think a stand collar is for bow ties only, while I've worn a long necktie to Lodge for years, with a stand collar. It isn't that I don't own a bow tie we as members have the right to wear a...
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    Interview Suit

    Hi, Would you wear a vintage styled suit to a job interview? Specifically a DB black/charcoal suit (I haven't seen it in person, hypothetically it's in my mailbox down the street) or would you wear a pair of grey pants and a regular coat? I'm in an odd situation. I have close to two dozen...
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    Do You Have Arrangements

    Hi, This might be an unusual way to phrase it, but after reading the post on shorts, does anybody have an arrangement with their wife, husband or good friends that they do not wear certain items. For years, my girlfriend Bunny and I did not wear denim. When we went out it was always coat and...
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    Forage Caps With Capes

    Hi, Does anybody have any opinion on wearing a forage cap with a cape? I mean a cap, with a bit of fabric that goes down the neck. Is this something which simply is phased out of being? I seem to recall Japanese troops in WWII using them, and definitely WWI by Commonwealth troops. Reason I...
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    Thrift in the Eyes of a Child

    Hi, I remember being a teenager, and I am certain I had certain experiences with clothing and fashions. When I was a kid, (under say, 9 or 10) it was extremely common for my clothing, which was generally purchased new to be passed on to others. Relatives, friends, etc. When i turned about...
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    Options for Grad Suit

    Hi guys, I'm leaving to go to Toronto on Thursday. I will be going to my college to participate in graduation ceremonies, and I will also be doing tourist things while I am there. I have packed a seersucker suit, a dark grey (almost black) SB suit and I plan to wear a DB PL coat on the plane...
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    At What Point Does it Become Costume?

    Hi guys, I love reading posts of everybody wearing tasteful vintage or repro attire. As somebody who probably has over a dozen suits in his closet, maybe 1/2 of them being vintage styled, but somebody who wears things like modern shirts and ties on a regular basis (my favorite ties are my...
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    White Gloves

    Hi, I'm the president of a local Masonic Lodge (the term is Worshipful Master, but when talking with others, outside the organization it's easiest to describe myself as the 'president'). I frequently wear white gloves to Lodge. I've been doing it for some time, having been Senior VP for two...
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    Holiday Clothng

    Ok, I'm at a job which allows significant amounts of time off. I probably go on about 4-8 overnight trips a year, but sometimes it involves going to posh hotels on the West Coast. You know, I don't really have "holiday" clothing. For me, it's senseless to buy something for one use, and that...
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    Altering a Tweed Jacket for Field Use

    Ok, I've got my hands on an old tweed jacket (probably from the late 80s judging by the pattern), it was my Dad's and it became mine years ago when it was still in good shape (it has some wear on the lining), and I was working my first suit and tie job. I'm thinking of turning it into a proper...
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    Seersucker At A Dance

    Ok. I own several vintage styled suits, but I recently bought a seersucker suit for a wedding last June. It strikes me as possible that wearing a polyester blend white, ivory or a dark wool jacket might not be conductive to wearing at a dance. So I'm looking at my closet and I see this great...
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    Wedding

    Ok, I'm attending a rather unconventional wedding next week. It's unconventional in a number of ways, but I will be there for 4 nights, one of which is a rehearsal dinner and one is the actual wedding. On the day of the wedding, it starts at 3PM and goes till 10PM or later. What does a guy...
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    Water

    Hi, My city is under a boil-water order and it got me thinking. Before chlorination and all those lovely chemicals they add to the water, what did people do when the water was simply, "bad". I don't seem to recall stories about stockpiling Perrier or stuff (except maybe at the height of the...
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    Tennis Attire

    This might seem like a dumb question, but when one is playing tennis, what does one wear? I typically wear cotton shorts, a white cotton polo and if it's cold out, a cricket sweater. What is the vintage answer to a warmup suit?
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    Funny Story

    My grandfather Colonel W.R. Warwick told me this story (he's since deceased and is off in Heaven). There was a young officer who came from a position of privilege. He volunteered for WWII and fought overseas. He figured because he volunteered and his parents were sending him money every month...
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    Work Clothes/Play Clothes

    Okay, I am certain we all enjoy wearing suits, skirt sets (for the girls) and casual attire of the vintage era, but do any of you change from modern "work clothes" into "play clothes". For example, I am encouraged to wear jeans and a polo shirt to work. I usually wear slacks, a dress...
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    Ethnographic Views on The Working Classes

    Hi all, I just read a post in TGO where I was corrected in that there are no cowboys in Australia, there are cattlemen. Well, as an Albertan I note that cattlemen usually refer to men who own land and significant amounts of cattle bred for industrial slaughter (ie not free range, rather fed...

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