Recent content by BigLittleTim

BEAUTIFUL detachable collars! Is Nick making bespoke clothing just for his own use or for the public at large? These are so lovely, they make me want to get some collar-less shirts and wear these. They could pass for vintage. -BigLittleTim

Is there a name for the tab collar with rounded edges? I think Brooks Bros. calls it a "golf collar". These examples are not only very narrow collars, but extremely short in length of point. I'm worried that something this small will make me look like Porky Pig. :) For lapels on...

Gentlemen, Which shirt collar looks best on those of us of a short, stocky physique and a round face? I thought you should accentuate your natural features, not fight them. A wide body and face would need a Windsor collar and Windsor tie knot; a lean body and face would need a traditional...

Thanks, Absinthe 1900, Great name, by-the-by! If you didn't know, I doubt who would. Cheers! -BigLittleTim

F.D.R. Martini WHERE did I read that F.D.R. mixed a drop of Absinthe into his Martini cocktail; "to obliterate the palate"? -BigLittleTim

DIRTY martini OH! Getting the correct, traditional, SINGLE olive is almost impossible today. Most bartenders seem to gravitate toward the lemon twist. If you insist on AN olive they give you the bizarre "dirty martini" (akin to the "dirty bomb"?) sporting half a dozen olives and a jigger of...

GREAT graphic for your product, big guy! I'd buy it just for the image on the container. ;)

Gentlemen, I love vintage clothing, but have an... unusual... physique. At 5'-7" and 280 (somewhat) muscular pounds I seldom (read "never") find anything original that fits me except hats and neckties. :rolleyes: I've had custom or bespoke clothing made before; mostly shirts and...

Adamjaske, That's my fear, summed up in a nutshell. The guy who can create a vintage look website won't have the skills to make it run. The guy who knows computer code will have the aesthetic sense of a block of wood. Sen. Jack, I have submitted your reply to the Harvard Graduate School...

Hi all, I'm a traditionalist architect in Boston, and I need a good web designer who also has an eye for the vintage look of "Better Homes & Gardens" magazines, etc., of the 1920's. I love the way houses were photographed, blocked, and featured in the classic house magazines from the...

I just downloaded the soundtrack to Casablanca from iTunes; it's the actual dialogue and music from the film. It's like "watching" the movie itself! :) Here's looking at you, kid. -BigLittleTim

Stetson, Carribou-grey Today is the maiden voyage of my new Stetson, Carribou-grey, fur felt fedora! It is SHARP! :) -BigLittleTim

My sister has four kids... boy, girl, boy, girl. When they're with their Uncle Tim I call them: Peter Susan Edmund Lucy C.S. Lewis fans among you will know why. ;) -BigLittleTim

Rock Hudson, beards, bias, etc. Rock Hudson, in one of those Doris Day movies, pretends to be a college professor. He grows a beard and wears a tweedy suit and glasses. He allows himself to be "made over" by Doris, and the coup-de-grace is her convincing him to shave off his beard !!! A...

Jeeves? Isn't there an episode of "Wooster & Jeeves" in which Bertie grows a moustace and Jeeves does NOT approve? How did Jeeves manage to... convince him... to shave it off?