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  1. lupo

    Replacement for Duluth firehose: duck cloth pants

    I've been living in Duluth firehose jeans for years now. The latest iteration of these has not only altered the fit, but also is using a lower weight of duck cloth. This is sad, but pretty typical. Would love to hear about other brands of duck cloth pants which are on the market and comparable...
  2. lupo

    Gunship loafers?

    These days, office wear seems to involve loafers. I prefer to wear oxfords, bluchers and ankle boots, but for the sake of team spirit, I go with what the team is wearing, and that's loafers. Ballys and Allen Edmunds for me. They're both great brands, they look pretty good for loafers, and my...
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    Peter Jackson to produce "The Hobbit"!

    I'm kind of flabbergasted that anybody liked any of the Peter Jackson films, let alone anyone on this forum, which generally has excellent taste. The CGI in every instance looks worse than a video game; and this is not necessary: this is just sloppy (many movies, such as Master and Commander...
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    Strap Tank Boots

    These are complete garbage. I own two pairs (I was trying to find the real deal, but they were the same boot from different labels) from back in my "goth phase." They're shoddily made, and extremely painful to wear -they rub on the achilles tendon. I ran across the Bench & Looms back when I was...
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    White's Semi-dress Boots..

    Heels One thing I'll point out, which I don't think anybody else mentioned. Even though the block heel looks better to my eyes, the standard cowboy heel is probably more practical. I got block heels, and they wore really fast at the heel tip (where it hits the ground first). I've had to put...
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    Buying Ancient Jewelry

    First bronze coin I bought cost me $10. Search on "roman silver" or "roman bronze" in the antiquities section. If you don't want to see coins use -coins in the search term. Like this: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Antiques-/20081/i.html?_nkw=roman+silver&_catref=1 FWIIW, I don't trust the oil...
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    Buying Ancient Jewelry

    I've bought a bit of this stuff. The best thing you can do is only go with reputable dealers. 100% satisfaction rate, thousands served. Don't buy from Bulgaria (one of their dictators payed a troupe of people to learn how to make authentic Roman looking intaglios and cameos; my dad does business...
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    White's Semi-dress Boots..

    I've had mine for a few months now, and love 'em. Only proviso I'd give: the dress brown only shows as brown when scuffed, and they're not as "semidress" as I was hoping, at least with the celastic toe. You can wear 'em with a sports coat, but it's a bit of a style push. Great boot though. Best...
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    Options for the robust

    One thing I'll recommend; get your shirts custom made. I have an analogous problem (big shoulders, small waist): if I don't wear a custom shirt, I look like a square rigged mast. If you don't want your belly button printing on the shirt, you probably need custom made. Doesn't cost much more than...
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    William Dudley Pelley & the 1936 Monty-Ward catalog

    Evola seemed pretty excited about Mussolini and company for a while, though he was certainly never a committed fascist. I guess I throw Devi in with the rest, as a lot of former Nazis seemed to agglomerate around her ideas; Miguel Serrano and all those -though she was certainly a committed Nazi...
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    William Dudley Pelley & the 1936 Monty-Ward catalog

    I always thought it strange how many members of the extreme right turned to flat out mysticism and ad-hoc religion when their politics failed. Julius Evola, Savitri Devi, Luigi Russolo and some of the other Futurists... I suppose it's a natural human reaction to seeing your political ideas...
  14. lupo

    Sports coats and suits for one-bag adventuring

    Thanks AV; I think I'll take that to heart. Looking at my silk odd jackets and sports coats ... they're not really suitable for business at all. The tweedy one (in my icon coincidentally) ... maybe for a physics talk. I don't know if I could do an odd waistcoat, though maybe a pockety sweater...
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    Sports coats and suits for one-bag adventuring

    Sound advice, which I plan on taking to heart. I don't know if I made it clear or not: I'm a *very lean* American businessman (I lift weights like it's my job). On a good week when I do cardio and don't eat too much salt, and the Moon is in alignment with Saturn, I can spot veins on my abs. Part...
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    White's Semi-dress Boots..

    Sweet boots, Poo. Are those chromel, or the standard semi-dress brown? Mine should be here in a week or so; I'm waiting by the postbox!
  17. lupo

    Sports coats and suits for one-bag adventuring

    Gents: I'm prepping for a longish semi-business trip to relatively wild parts of the world where men are still expected to look civilized (former Soviet states). I travel light; one carry on bag + a briefcase. Was wondering what you folks do about sports coats and suits that travel well...
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    A bit strange Military Medals

    I belong (or used to anyway) to an old Scottish-American men's club. The old vets will often wear their decorations with eveningwear at special events. I always thought it was epic and amazing, seeing these guys with kilts, bearskin and with their medals on while the bagpipes wail.
  20. lupo

    White's Semi-dress Boots..

    thanks guys Thanks to this thread, I've got me a pair of White's semi-formal in the pipe. You guys are a great help: I don't know how I would have managed the dizzying options otherwise. The excuse for this is purchase is a hunting and wenching trip to the Ukraine which should involve miles of...
  21. lupo

    Vintage Polo Shirts

    Fred Perry is wonderful. Along the same "boots and braces" lines, though slightly lower end: Ben Sherman. One I recently got into is Lonsdale, though they're incredibly hard to find in the US. IMO: best slim cut polo shirt of all. At least in the US, they also have fewer unsavory political...

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