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  1. Dr Doran

    Vintage style socks: argyle and plaid

    You-all might want to know that Paul Fredrick has a clearance on socks right now, and while some are boring and lame, several of them are very fedora lounge-oriented. The bluish (indigo) plaid ones are particularly nice; the argyles are great too. I just got mine in a moment ago and am pleased...
  2. Dr Doran

    Any idea what decade this lamp is?

    I've had this for about 18 years and I do not know what decade it is from. I replaced the cord a decade or so ago (that is, the black cord is not original). Anyone have any idea?
  3. Dr Doran

    LOUIS FERDINAND CELINE

    He has been mentioned on threads here in the past, but there has never been a thread devoted to him. The basic facts of his life off the top of my head: he served in WW1, then became a doctor treating the poor in Paris slums. He came from a somewhat impoverished shopkeeper family. Horribly...
  4. Dr Doran

    Instant nausea inducement

    In case you need an emetic: http://digital.pastemagazine.com/publication/?i=26727&p=29
  5. Dr Doran

    WW 1 dust jackets

    Forgive me if this has been posted already: I have not been on the Lounge much lately as I have been in Greece. Here is a site with the dust jackets of World War I books reproduced. I found it whilst researching Ernst Junger's "Storms of Steel" which concerns his experiences in the "Great"...
  7. Dr Doran

    PLAID SOCKS. HERRINGBONE SOCKS.

    I bought over-the calf LONG socks from Paul Fredrick: Plaid socks and Herringbone socks. http://www.paulfredrick.com/Catalog/PFCategory.aspx?rootcat=24|Socks&rcount=1&refinement1=STRING|Clearance|No The socks are quite nice, though not as thick as some other socks. I like them. They are...
  8. Dr Doran

    UGLY TIE CONTEST: $500 PRIZE

    Hello Gentlemen, Paul Fredrick, whom we have mentioned anon, is newly sponsoring an UGLY TIE CONTEST. Prize is a fat $500 gift certificate, and even if you hate their (sometimes vintage-inspired) clothes, they do carry e.g. herringbone socks and plaid socks. Alls you need to do is enter a...
  9. Dr Doran

    Paul Fredrick is going vintage/classic style

    Scroll down to note ensemble worn by gentleman of African descent in fedora and DB. http://www.paulfredrick.com/Catalog/PFSuits.aspx The buttons on the jacket may be a bit closer than we are used to, but ... that ain't bad looking.
  10. Dr Doran

    Roadside Finds

    To me, things found on the street kind of deserve a separate category from thrift store and yard sale finds. They are free. And public. They don't pass from owner to shop to owner, but from owner to public space (where they may get run over) to owner. I found this while driving home TODAY from...
  11. Dr Doran

    My Custom Tailor redux

    OK, I know this has been discussed a bit, but I want to discuss it again. I am considering having a suit made for me by mycustomtailor.com. Why? you ask. Vintage suits ARE available for cheaper ... we complain about spending $300 for a vintage suit, but the quality is worth it and the cut (if...
  13. Dr Doran

    VICTORIANA

    After much thinking, I've realized that aesthetic-wise I'm more fond of Victorian than anything else. I still intend to wear 1930s and 1940s suits and collect some accoutrements from that period; however, Victorian furniture and such (or repro furniture of that style) is more interesting to me...
  14. Dr Doran

    Joseph Jefferson, great American 19th century actor

    Fascinating article/book review from the always-great New York Review of Books, October 22, on the American sensation Joseph Jefferson. He had a Dickensian youth, pulled himself up and toured the country acting, was close friends with John Wilkes Booth, he acted in Australia, England, and...
  15. Dr Doran

    Bizarre Vintage "Heat Massager"

    Yeah, I know I'm opening myself (ouch) up to jokes by admitting that I just won this. But hey, it was uber-cheap (forgot how to get an umlaut) and the box is very funny. It's a vintage (apparently 1950s) "heat massager," year unknown, and the condition seems to be perfect. Good for "muscular...
  16. Dr Doran

    Won nice vintage suit on Ebay

    I am not hideously displeased with this score. Hand-pick-stitched lapels, larger size, "midnight blue" color although the pics are brown. My size; even bigger, perhaps. Have any of you dealt with this seller...
  17. Dr Doran

    "What the Great Depression Did to Culture"

    A short article from the current (Sept 21 cover date) issue of The New Yorker on screwball comedies of the 1930s particularly "Sullivan's Travels," the book "Dancing in the Dark" by Morris Dickstein (Norton), James Agee's "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men," politics' influence on art, Henry Roth's...
  19. Dr Doran

    Vintage 1940s dark blue DB score on Ebay

    I just scored this dark blue with gray-white pinstripes 1940s DB with two (2) trousers on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270436376110&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123 Will post pics after tailoring is done (probably take down arms an inch, take down cuffs and do...
  20. Dr Doran

    What is it?

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Anon` and I found this in an antique shop in Vancouver, Washington. Can anyone help me to identify it? I include this photo as well not to show how damn handsome I am, but only for a sense of the scale of the item:
  21. Dr Doran

    Old L.A. Photos

    My friend's mother's old friend gave him these and he emailed them to me. I am assuming that they are old postcards. Santa Monica about 1900 Broadway, Glendale 1920 Venice Beach 1920 I am assuming this is Venice, 1910s or 1920s -- not sure. I'll post more soon.
  22. Dr Doran

    Ideological and Historical Roots of anti-Suit Hatred

    Lately I have been thinking about the roots of the negative attitude toward the suit in many parts of America, and toward dressing well in general. I am a historian by training, but not of the twentieth century (or "C20" as we call it). Still, my instinct is to look for large historical...
  23. Dr Doran

    Hidden Local History

    The most boring stretches of road often have history of great vintage interest. An ugly and unremarkable avenue in my area, for example. I've been to the Hotsy Totsy Bar which the article references ... it's still there, and it's full of people who look like bikers who did time in prison for...

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