Recent content by Chaperon

Thank you! Good advice from all. I completely agree with the low-glitz non-urban cowboy approach. You all said it much better than I did. Any style that works looks like an extention of yourself, and not a costume. I'm in my late 50s and am 6'3" so it's all too easy to look like...

Western Wear? Lately I have an interest in things traditional and western. "Open Road" hats, bolos, suits, boots, etc., especially the kind my Texas forebears would have been at home with in the thirties, fourties and on to the early sixties. I'm not as much interested in super blingy...

Japanese Rebels You've just hit on how I tell how to approach the various folks I work with there. Black socks, Japanese corporate uniform = speak of no new ideas least they panic. Tone-on-ton patterned socks, other-than-completely-boring tie = vaguely refer to new ideas. No suit...

typo ...oops - that's "winter garb", not "winter grab"....:o

Wife's Grandmother.. Except for my father's service in Korea, I'm not sure anyone carried anything, but on my wife's side they sure did. Her grandmother was seldom without a .38 Smith revolver. Her dad ran a roadside bar and grill and carried a .380 Beretta (I think .380 is right; it's been a...

Suits In answer to the question in re suits, there were a lot of suit materials there to chose from. One of the Danes or Germans, or who ever they were was getting a second fitting done on a quite nice looking brown muted check number. It seemed an autumn weight fabric, certainly not...

Nice hat ! The shape does look good on you. I'm also waiting on a PanamaBob special - he is one busy man. If you don't know, he has a new addition to the family just recently, and is therefor probably not getting much sleep either.

So - I'm in Hong Kong today on business, which concluded a bit earlier than planned (to a good conclusion). I come here more or less annually, and have for some years. I find the hotel is smack in the middle of a row of maybe 30 or more custom tailors. So I say to myself, "Self - time to...

Like an egg with a silver fringe... I've been bald for years, but it's not to hide that fact that I wear hats. I wear them because: 1) I like them, 2) I don't like to be cold and, as we all know, hats help lots there, 3) I've had several pre-cancerous skin patches removed in the last...

Bulova Accutrons Thanks to all the great input here, my watch hunt is (for a minute) completed. I now own three Hamiltons (er, yes, I went overboard). In poking around for these I ran into a gent who collects older Bulovas, esp Accutrons. He maintains that nearly all the old ones he finds...

Same here! I also have an order in with Bob and Art - I'm looking forward to it, especially after now seeing such a great looking hat!! Looking great!!! :eusa_clap

Does anyone have any recommendations for a manufacturer of quality loafers? I define that as leather sole, well made, tough and comfy. Not too much to ask these days? I was pretty much raised by wolves, and had never heard of Allen Edmonds until hanging out here. Actually, come to think...

Virgin Whippet found Brousing with my wife today I found a seemingly new-in-the-box dark grey (almost black) Stetson Whippet in an antique shop in Chamblee (Atlanta GA area). The crown was open, so I would assume each buyer formed, or had formed for him, the shape he wished. Perhaps this...

Agreed - It's one of the things I like most about FL. I read a fair amount of posts prior to joining - always even spirited and fair (not to mention informative).

Thanks - I needed that After a long, logic-free day, that helped. Now I have the tune running through my head....