Recent content by Christopher Scoggins

Hello! I went out to see some old friends today, and figured it would be a good day to debut a new suit that I recently had altered. It's a recent suit, with nice wide lapels. The picture is crummy, but it's a pinstriped charcoal suit. I had some tapering done to mimic waist suppression. Paired...

What Brendanm720 said is, basically, standard operating procedure. I'm gearing up for my prom, too. However, at my school, prom is exclusively for seniors, unless invited by a senior. There's not gonna be a dinner, but I'm betting there will be drinks and light snacks. Mitchell, those are some...

Well, shoot. So begins the hunt for a vintage size 34 tux! Here goes nothing...

Here's the watch my dad gave me for my 18th birthday. Nothing special, not even vintage. It's an inexpensive Seiko dress watch made circa 1999. They don't even have a fancy name for it! Ah well, it looks good enough, and looks like a good of a place as any to start a collection.

I recently bought this late 50's/early 60's tux for a song at an estate sale. It must have been a real nice suit fifty years ago... And worst of all... I really want to see how this tux looked fifty years ago, so I wanna know, what would a repair like that cost? Is there even a...

Thanks for the advise, fellas! Good notes. I think I'll hold off buying a car until I take care of a few major expenses coming this year, but I definitely feel more educated on the risks involved with buying old cars. Many thanks.

I've been window shopping lately, and I really don't know much about cars. I saw a few old cars that looked good, but I'd figure I'd ask the experts before even considering to buy a vintage car. Is $6000 a good price for a '62 Chevy Corvair? How 'bout for a '50 Chrysler Windsor? A quick...

As an American Highschooler myself, I am also faced with similar issues as the OP. As I really don't own that much vintage stuff, my solution is wearing modern and recent vintage stuff in a vintage "flair" usually done with adding tasteful vintage accessories, such as ties and jewelry. For...

Hey, another guy my age! Nice to meet you! My school hasn't vote for school-wide superlatives yet, but my friends says that I've got best-dressed in the bag. Even if I don't get that, I still have won best dressed for Band superlatives three years running (But, really, it's band. That's not...

Look at what I scored at the thrift store for $10 the other day! I'm not to good at dating, but I think that is a 1930's or 40's (at most) tweed overcoat. It's got the old Harris Tweed label, and one of the 30's union labels. Very cool. Also very very big on me. Is it worth trying to get it...

That outfit is a total hit, Luftwaffles! Nice! So, one one of the organizations I'm in was having a fifties day. Apparently, they meant more Greaser than anything else, but I just had this (I think) late fifties jacket altered to fit me and it was the perfect opportunity to show it off...

I prefer a full Windsor with my wider ties, but I'm starting to take a liking to the four-in-hand now that I've started wearing collar pins/bars whenever I wear a tie. The truth is it all comes down to face framing. (And personal taste.) I'd definitely say that the Windsor suits your face more...

So, I've had this (what I believe to be a) orphaned suit jacket hanging in my closet for a while. I haven't gotten around to having it altered, as you can see in the photos. I had always just figured it was just a classically styled 80's jacket. (which is why I wasn't in a rush to have it...

1 (And JP). Thanks. 2. No. The way I heard it, one should try not to make one's suspenders look too coordinated. 3. Top image; left: 3 3/4'' to 4''. Top right: 4 1/2'' to 4 3/4''. Bottom: 4 3/4'' to 5''. Those are my guesses. Luck to ya, friend.

I dunno, either. It's supposed to show thumbnails of the images, too. I tried playing around with it in the editor, but to no avail. [huh] Edit: How about now?