Recent content by Salieri

Surely you've forgotten about 'Islamists'... And that Oxford bags probably either cure or cause cancer.

That's right! I though at £9.99 it was worth a punt even if it didn't fit, which it sort of does, sort of doesn't. I probably won't keep it but certainly one for the archives.

I have to apologise for my shoddy picture quality, but I only have a phone to take photographs on at the moment. This jacket doesn't have a label so I believe it to be French only because I acquired it from France. Early C20th braided black lounge jacket:

I'm a 36R, 30W/32L (ie on the slim side but not excessively small) and I find that most of the 30s/40s stuff that I come across is too big for me. The very large sizes are, admittedly, very rare, though I suppose people were far more likely to be under-, rather than over-nourished. Back to the...

Wow, that is a beautiful suit. But isn't an action back one with a bigger pleat like you see on a shooting coat?

Blue velvet waistcoat made for the Marquis de Morra, 1907, by Charvet

HBK: I did see a cloth similar to this once before. It was on an Anderson & Sheppard suit that was posted about on here, but the links were only for ebay and have since died. I believe AntonAAK bought it, though. Nick: That possibility did cross my mind. I thought it must either be something...

Not a suit, but used to be one. I got this in quite a shoddy state for £3, but after a little bit of work - Resewing the buttonholes, resetting the buttons (they'd been moved to increase the waist and chest size) and giving it a damn good steaming and pressing and brushing - it's looking in...

It's possible that, like apparently so many things, it's equestrian in origin. It's very difficult to get into a hip pocket on horseback, and jodhpurs seem to be just about the only modern trousers you still find them on.

Etymologically speaking, I believe word 'fob' historically meant the pocket itself - that was not necessarily used for a watch . Hence 'fob watch' a watch you can put in a pocket, 'fob chain' etc. etc. I have always thought for that reason that a fob was a pocket of the kind described above...

There is also the matter of the full weight of the chain working to pull the thing off your face. I suppose that wouldn't be an issue if you were just holding it up for brief periods to look at something close up. Nice improvisation with the specs!

Am I missing something or has it really passed entirely without comment that we're looking at a picture of a man named Kaiser-Titz?

Fairly early Negretti and Zambra folding pince-nez with case: 30s(?) Tortoiseshell and gold spectacles with original case and cloth:

Hans Weiss Stresemann Jacket, pre 1935, with interesting cuff and lapel details:

I think all these have been posted in the 'show us your suits' thread, but as they're all British, I'll just round them up here for reference: Unknown tailor 3pc, 3 button SB stripe: Hepworths 2pc, 3 button SB plain blue serge: (pictured in first image with similar but not original...