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  1. Patrick Murtha

    Show us your suits

    I have the same problem at 6'2", 205 lbs., 46L jacket, 40/32.5 trousers. I occasionally score a second-hand suit on Ebay, but not yet a true vintage suit. Vintage shirts (16.5/36) are tough too. I've had some luck with shoes (12), although not so much pre-1960. I do fine with hats (7 1/4), and...
  2. Patrick Murtha

    Loungers' Pets

    My 15-year-old Birman cat, Claire, came with me to Korea and is doing splendidly in her new apartment (she's strictly indoor). Behaviorally she is a dog-like cat (characteristic of her breed), so she seems to attach more to me rather than to her "territory," with the result that she relocates...
  3. Patrick Murtha

    1940s-set Novels

    R.F. Delderfield's two-volume The Avenue has been recommended to me in an Upstairs, Downstairs forum, although I have not read it yet. It covers life on a middle-class English suburban road between the late Teens and the late Forties.
  4. Patrick Murtha

    The Hardy Boys: Secret of the Old Mill

    I haven't started collecting vintage youth fiction yet, but I should; I'm seriously interested in it. I too grew up with the post-1958 Hardy Boys volumes. There were 58 Hardy Boys titles in all in the original hardcover series, and the first 38 of these were published in two different versions...
  5. Patrick Murtha

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    Some ultimate sleek styling there. I'd love a pair like that.
  7. Patrick Murtha

    Show us your SHOES !!!

    Those are so extremely beautiful, I do not even know how to handle it.
  8. Patrick Murtha

    The Great Beer Thread

    Here in Changwon, Korea, I don't have access to as broad a range of quality beer as I am used to. But I find enough to get me by. The one Korean beer I have taken a liking to is Black Beer Stout from the Hite brewery, which is not remotely a stout, but a dark lager akin to Negra Modelo. The...
  9. Patrick Murtha

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I watched Michael Clayton last night. Definitely an above-average legal thriller, at least in part because the legal angles are not too unbelievable (as they are in most legal movies and TV series). The directorial style is reminiscent of Alan J. Pakula at his paranoid best (All the President's...
  10. Patrick Murtha

    What Are You Reading

    Pretty much. I greatly appreciate your saying so! At least addictions to books and clothing are not life-threatening, only wallet-threatening. I can live with that.
  11. Patrick Murtha

    What are you wearing today??

    Your blog is excellent, and your fashion sense is impeccable.
  13. Patrick Murtha

    What Are You Reading

    I recently finished Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage. Currently I'm re-reading Bram Stoker's Dracula, which is greatly entertaining. I have also started Henry James's The Europeans. A big project I just began is reading the complete Canterbury Tales in Middle English (Penguin edition). I had...
  14. Patrick Murtha

    RIP Maury Chaykin

    Maury Chaykin, who starred as the detective Nero Wolfe in A Nero Wolfe Mystery on A&E, has died on his 61st birthday: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/07/28/chaykin-maury-tributes.html The series, co-starring Timothy Hutton as the dapper Archie Goodwin, has got to be one of the most...
  15. Patrick Murtha

    Collectible Fashions of the Turbulent 1930s- Men's Chapter

    I would so wear Oxford bags if I could find any. I love the flamboyance.
  16. Patrick Murtha

    What are you wearing today??

    I've been away from the Fedora Lounge for a long while. I'm as allergic to posting photographs as I ever was, but I am enjoying many of yours. I just started teaching ESL in Korea a couple of months ago, and 99% of my wardrobe needs to be shipped to me; I'm dressing out of the garment bag I...
  17. Patrick Murtha

    What are you wearing today??

    ^ Truly loving the boots, Alan. They have been on my must have list ever since you posted an earlier pic.
  19. Patrick Murtha

    "Mad Men" Trouser Question

    Thank you! That is very helpful. "Fleck" -- I like that, it captures the look of the pants. I saved an Ebay search for "fleck" in my waist size, in case anything should turn up there.
  20. Patrick Murtha

    What are you wearing today??

    It is quite autumnal today, and the oufit reflects that. Polo brown cords with mallards and pheasants (bought yesterday for $28.00 at the Polo store at the outlet mall in Oshkosh); light denim button-down shirt (Old Navy); Pendleton brown houndstooth zipper jacket (picked up for $75.00 at...
  21. Patrick Murtha

    What are you wearing today??

    I just scored these outrageous trousers on Ebay: Pure 1970s. Daks, 100% wool, flat front, tight to the hips, no belt loops, definitely look flared when you wear them. Golf trousers? That was the seller's surmise. Perfect shape; seem to have been hardly worn. I wore them on Saturday for...
  22. Patrick Murtha

    "Mad Men" Trouser Question

    Those are stylin'! I'll look into whether they are still available.
  23. Patrick Murtha

    "Mad Men" Trouser Question

    In the most recent "Mad Men" episode called "The Mountain King," which I have not seen yet (I'm still working my way through the first season), Don Draper wears a pair of to-die-for speckled grey trousers: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2703725568/tt0804503 Pardon my ignorance, but is that...

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