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    Green Pants

    The trick with brown is you have to find it in a shade dark or light enough to compliment your complexion. With most grays and navy blues, no matter how light or dark you go (unless your navy blue goes into azure), the density of the color isn't so much an object. Most men I've seen who look...
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    Tying neckties

    Bottom edge of the belt seems a bit long to me, though I wouldn't call it entirely inappropriate; maybe the extreme end of acceptable. IMO, anything in the vicinity of the belt buckle/waistband is appropriate. However, I also see your location as Austria; perhaps it's a regional variation...
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    Green Pants

    Dark green suits, particularly olive, used to be a staple of mens' fashion. Even today, it's rare, but not unheard of, to spot one or two olive suits or sport coats at higher-end retailers. I think personally the current dearth of green in mens' clothing is a backlash against the brief but...
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    In Need of some Help

    Indeed, it is a frock coat-- though no less cool (we are talking about Theodore Roosevelt, after all). Might I suggest starting at The Gentleman's Emporium? https://www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/000582.php?eesc=cat It's a poly/wool blend, but: 1) Unless you want to go vintage, you'll...
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    Romanian Fashions in the mid-20th Century

    It's also important to remember that, while the idea of the suit as we know it may be a largely Anglo invention, and much of what we consider "proper" style has its' roots in English aristocracy and the military, that doesn't mean different concepts of style didn't evolve in other parts of the...
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    NCIS New Orleans glasses

    The style are plastic browlines. These were very popular in the 1960s, for those who liked the aesthetics of browlines but preferred the comfort of plastic frames. You can see them in popular films such as Quiz Show and If... (as to the latter, anecdotally, they were quite the rage in England...
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    Vintage Eyeglasses

    Incorrect. Rimway was the original, four-scre model; hence the "numont" (new mount) name for when two-screw mountings came along. The lesser number of screws was advertised as being more cosmetically appealing and offering less periphereal interference.
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    FS: Kenneth Cole Browline Eyeglasses

    Bump and price drop. $70 OBO
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    FS: Kenneth Cole Browline Eyeglasses

    New Kenneth Cole browline eyeglass frames. The chassis and temples are stainless steel. The caps are black, high quality plastic with two round, stainless steel rivet covers at either temple. Good, high quality, solid construction. Silicone nosepads. Lenses measure 52mm wide by 37mm in height...
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    Goatee anyone?

    To be further still accurate, they're not so much modified as they are in the tradition of the prototypical Van Dyke, named after Anthony van Dyck: The version in which the mustache connects to the goatee is more properly called a modified Van Dyke (I've also heard the much less imaginative...
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    Vintage Eyeglasses

    Beautiful frames. They are in fact called the Freeway; the Sidewinder is much chunkier with incredibly thick temples similar to the Ray Ban Wayfarer. Once upon a time, Shuron called the Freeway the "Mitch." I don't know when the name change occurred; Shuron used to offer a much wider variety of...
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    Vintage Eyeglasses

    Glad to hear I'm having a positive impact! Can't wait to see what the new specs look like, scotty. Speaking as someone in the optical field, I also share your concern with contact lenses; there's an incredibly high threshold of responsibility required that, to me, isn't worth the cosmetic...
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    Ray Ban's new Browline Offering(s)

    Durability's key for me. Some other makers may have "nicer" designs/materials, but are they the veritable tanks that Ray-Bans are? I had a pair of RX wayfarers for five years that endured hiking, jogging, climbing, beach outings, and numerous other perils, and I'd still have them if I hadn't...
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    Is Tom Cruise finished?

    It's probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but, for all of his real life craziness, I think that Cruise is enjoyable to watch as an actor. He'll never occupy the echelon of such greats as Newman or Streep, but, for sheer enjoyment-- settling down to watch a movie without needing to engage...
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    Ray Ban's new Browline Offering(s)

    Wondered if anyone's had a chance to scope out Ray-Ban's latest slew of browline offerings? A new catalog came into the office and I was pleased to see that they're expanding beyond the Clubmaster I & II to offer some nice styles that take inspiration from the variety of browline shapes and...
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    The Attire of NBC's Hannibal

    Gentlemen, I was wondering if anyone else here has become a viewer of NBC's Hannibal, and if so, what he/she makes of the clothing choices for Hannibal Lecter. The costume designer has made several interesting choices in dressing the characters, choosing monochromatic palettes for the...
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    JC Penney: American Living

    A word of warning that their spring line continues to carry on the "curse of skinny." Moving up a size doesn't always work, either; I recently tried to purchase one of their J. Ferrar suit vests to use as an odd vest, and found that while I had to tug the medium to button it (even with the sizer...
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    AO Sirmonts - [American Optical]

    Also... when searching, BEWARE the term "vintage." Many sellers, either unscrupulously or out of ignorance, will list brand-new merchandise or merchandise that's only a few years old as being "vintage." Note the proliferation of "vintage" Shuron Revelations, even though Shuron has only been...
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    AO Sirmonts - [American Optical]

    Wise hatter makes an excellent point in re: plastics. Despite its durability, zyl does not stand up to constant reheating/adjustment over sustained periods of time. The used frames in really good condition are those that were only lensed once, or only occasionally relensed over a period of...
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    AO Sirmonts - [American Optical]

    Your best bet is looking at places like eBay, etsy, etc. Sirmonts are among some of the most sought after vintage eyeglass frames, and I've seen then go on eBay for three digits. That being said, I've also seen them go on eBay for $40 when the person selling them didn't realize what they were...

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