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  1. TOTTIE

    Brecht and Weill

    I knew Tom Waits was interested in this sort of thing, but I don't think I had noticed the new album. Thank you - I shall buy it - I love Tom Waits.
  2. TOTTIE

    Brecht and Weill

    hmm, to the former, no. To the latter, sorry to be a bit cliched, but I like Stravinsky.
  3. TOTTIE

    Thin ties...any thoughts?

    I was under the impression that was for a 'buttonhole' flower?
  4. TOTTIE

    Show us your TIES

    Oh dear, I'm usually quite good at spotting potential - but to be honest, these came from my late father in law and I was convinced they were post-war as he was in the army until 1948 and, I though, wouldn't have had much chance to wear non-khaki ties! But they might not have been his... Sorry...
  5. TOTTIE

    Show us your TIES

    Oh my goodness! I just sent some just like that to the charity shop because they were horrible... I wonder if they are the same ones?
  7. TOTTIE

    Thin ties...any thoughts?

    Quite true about the shortening at the shoulder thing. But that is a bit advanced for me (wouldn't want to destroy the suit!)
  8. TOTTIE

    Thin ties...any thoughts?

    Are you talking about Vintage jackets here? I was under the impression that bespoke suits were much more likely to have working buttonholes -- I thought Savile Row tailors in the 1930s (for instance) would always have put working buttonholes on. No idea about modern suits. It's pretty hard to...
  9. TOTTIE

    Thin ties...any thoughts?

    ahem... a really well made jacket, of course, has REAL buttonholes. Much more difficult. Last job I did like that, I had to unpick the buttonhole stitching, and DARN the original buttonhole, before taking the cuff up.
  10. TOTTIE

    Thin ties...any thoughts?

    returning for a moment to the skinny tie topic: my dad (who is actually quite cool, rather than stuck in a time warp... not that there's anything wrong with that) has always worn skinny ties. Why? Because he is an Architect. It seems to be compulsory. He wears them with big baggy Issey Miyake...
  11. TOTTIE

    Brecht and Weill

    Oh, well, nice to meet you, Harp! I haven't read that many of Brecht's plays, now I come to think of it. I very much like Life of Galileo, although it's about the most inaccurate play you can imagine, historically speaking. More the songs, that I love. I've seen Ute Lemper and Dagmar Krause...
  13. TOTTIE

    Brecht and Weill

    Been struggling to think where to put this, but... I just wondered if there were any other Brecht/Weill fans out there? Tottie
  14. TOTTIE

    Vintage Hair Crisis

    try using ordinary hair combs first - just make sure you get ones that are quite deep - they stay in better. I use combs a lot. It's much easier and more practical - particularly if you are wearing a HAT (which of course, nice girls do...) as hats tend to squish rolls. I look kind of awful...
  15. TOTTIE

    How does a girl keep warm?

    p.s. yes, Sis, I want that set. grr
  16. TOTTIE

    How does a girl keep warm?

    I think on the whole these 30s knit suits are not all that stretchy. They are often of crocheted cotton or rayon, neither of which have much 'give'. Personally, I think even with the knit ones, they should skim but not cling on the waist and hips. So I suspect you shouldn't buy much below your...
  17. TOTTIE

    What do you look like?

    oooh! I never was very good with faces. Or names.
  19. TOTTIE

    Pin-up Name

    That's brilliant... and the Viola thing has that curvy feel, too...
  20. TOTTIE

    Pin-up Name

    actually, to be fair, that was well before the war... But don't mention it anyway...
  21. TOTTIE

    Pin-up Name

    shh... don't mention the war...
  22. TOTTIE

    What do you look like?

    aw, Fletch, I thought that was you in the Avatar! I thought, he's awfully articulate for a 14 year old...
  23. TOTTIE

    Pin-up Name

    erudite filth, but filth nonetheless. hmm, actually, what with the double entendre and the mention of Germans, has anyone suggested Lola as a pin-up name? It makes me think of that wonderful song - Marlene Dietrich sang it in 'The Blue Angel' in 1930 So: how about 'Naughty Lola'? They call...

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