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  1. BigLittleTim

    Man's shirt collar for a full face???

    BEAUTIFUL detachable collars! Is Nick making bespoke clothing just for his own use or for the public at large? These are so lovely, they make me want to get some collar-less shirts and wear these. They could pass for vintage. -BigLittleTim
  2. BigLittleTim

    Man's shirt collar for a full face???

    Is there a name for the tab collar with rounded edges? I think Brooks Bros. calls it a "golf collar". These examples are not only very narrow collars, but extremely short in length of point. I'm worried that something this small will make me look like Porky Pig. :) For lapels on...
  3. BigLittleTim

    Man's shirt collar for a full face???

    Gentlemen, Which shirt collar looks best on those of us of a short, stocky physique and a round face? I thought you should accentuate your natural features, not fight them. A wide body and face would need a Windsor collar and Windsor tie knot; a lean body and face would need a traditional...
  4. BigLittleTim

    The Martini

    Thanks, Absinthe 1900, Great name, by-the-by! If you didn't know, I doubt who would. Cheers! -BigLittleTim
  5. BigLittleTim

    The Martini

    F.D.R. Martini WHERE did I read that F.D.R. mixed a drop of Absinthe into his Martini cocktail; "to obliterate the palate"? -BigLittleTim
  7. BigLittleTim

    The Martini

    DIRTY martini OH! Getting the correct, traditional, SINGLE olive is almost impossible today. Most bartenders seem to gravitate toward the lemon twist. If you insist on AN olive they give you the bizarre "dirty martini" (akin to the "dirty bomb"?) sporting half a dozen olives and a jigger of...
  8. BigLittleTim

    1940's Big Band Brilliantine!

    GREAT graphic for your product, big guy! I'd buy it just for the image on the container. ;)
  9. BigLittleTim

    "The Custom Shop" Custom tailoring????

    Gentlemen, I love vintage clothing, but have an... unusual... physique. At 5'-7" and 280 (somewhat) muscular pounds I seldom (read "never") find anything original that fits me except hats and neckties. :rolleyes: I've had custom or bespoke clothing made before; mostly shirts and...
  10. BigLittleTim

    1920's vintage WEBSITE designer??

    Adamjaske, That's my fear, summed up in a nutshell. The guy who can create a vintage look website won't have the skills to make it run. The guy who knows computer code will have the aesthetic sense of a block of wood. Sen. Jack, I have submitted your reply to the Harvard Graduate School...
  11. BigLittleTim

    1920's vintage WEBSITE designer??

    Hi all, I'm a traditionalist architect in Boston, and I need a good web designer who also has an eye for the vintage look of "Better Homes & Gardens" magazines, etc., of the 1920's. I love the way houses were photographed, blocked, and featured in the classic house magazines from the...
  13. BigLittleTim

    Casablanca!!!

    I just downloaded the soundtrack to Casablanca from iTunes; it's the actual dialogue and music from the film. It's like "watching" the movie itself! :) Here's looking at you, kid. -BigLittleTim
  14. BigLittleTim

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Stetson, Carribou-grey Today is the maiden voyage of my new Stetson, Carribou-grey, fur felt fedora! It is SHARP! :) -BigLittleTim
  15. BigLittleTim

    Share Your Top Ten Favorite Names.

    My sister has four kids... boy, girl, boy, girl. When they're with their Uncle Tim I call them: Peter Susan Edmund Lucy C.S. Lewis fans among you will know why. ;) -BigLittleTim
  16. BigLittleTim

    Fedoras and beards

    Rock Hudson, beards, bias, etc. Rock Hudson, in one of those Doris Day movies, pretends to be a college professor. He grows a beard and wears a tweedy suit and glasses. He allows himself to be "made over" by Doris, and the coup-de-grace is her convincing him to shave off his beard !!! A...
  17. BigLittleTim

    How to *gracefully* GET RID OF THE (man's...not female! :D) BEARD!

    Jeeves? Isn't there an episode of "Wooster & Jeeves" in which Bertie grows a moustace and Jeeves does NOT approve? How did Jeeves manage to... convince him... to shave it off?
  19. BigLittleTim

    Can you stretch a fedora?

    I'd also be interested in knowing. :) I have a vintage Glen-Gary Irish Army cap, complete with the "FF" badge and all, and it's just a little too small. -BigLittleTim
  20. BigLittleTim

    Real Time Capsules

    I, Claudius Money and newspapers aren't really that special for a time-capsule: You can still find a bazillion coins with Queen Victoria's face on them; and every library of any size has every copy of The New York Times going back to the Stone Age. As the roman emperor Claudius says in...
  21. BigLittleTim

    Classic Style Wingtip Boot

    Balmoral Boots?? Gentlemen, Are any of these examples of "Balmoral Boots"? Macmurrough, in the Jamie O'Neil novel: "At Swim Two Boys", set in 1917 Dublin, wears Balmoral Boots on Saint Patrick's Day. They either aren't made anymore, and have gone the way of other lost Edwardian...
  22. BigLittleTim

    Vintage Phones

    I have my grandmother's old Bakelite rotary-dial phone (with leather nubs on the bottom) and it works GREAT! My parents, on the other hand, have gone through a dozen NEW phones, each more sophisticated than the last, in the last few years. Modern phones are HORRIBLE: Terrible sound...
  23. BigLittleTim

    Revitalization of Towns?

    The pioneers: My experience has been: If you want to rejuvinate your neighborhood you've got to go get yourself some gay men. :) Boston's South End, New York's Chelsea, San Francisco's Castro, Philadelphia's Center City, and Chicago's "Gay Town" (Jeepers!) were all lousy decaying areas...

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