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    Glacier Girl: P-38 Off to Britain

    Finishing up the mission, 65 years later... http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/plane-freed-from-a-glacier-sets-out-for-britain-again/
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    Color New York: '40s - '60s

    As always, Forgotten NY has a great page with some very cool color photos and accompanying descriptions of scenes around NYC. http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/astheywere/astheywere.html The rest of the pictures can be found here...
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    Chumleys - NY Speakeasy Institution Near Death

    Came across this a short while ago. Doesn't look good for Chumleys as a wall of the building that houses it has collapsed and the FDNY may be tearing down the entire building. If so this would be the death of a NY institution as it is extremely doubtful that it could ever be recreated...
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    Movie Costumes

    Big auction of movie costumes from a lot of classic films like Patton, Bridge Too Far, English Patient, etc. Most sold already but the catalogue is online with pictures for all. Pretty cool. http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r
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    Edward Green Shoes

    Last week I finally received my pair of made-to-order Edward Green shoes and thought I'd share them. They are superior to everything I was expecting. The most comfortable shoe I've ever put on (and they're not even broken in)! I've only worn them with a grey glen plaid suit thus far, which...
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    Brideshead Revisited: 25th Anniv.

    Thought I'd just throw out that a special 25th Anniversary edition of the Brideshead Revisited mini-series is coming out tomorrow on DVD. http://www.amazon.com/Brideshead-Revisited-25th-Anniversary-Collectors/dp/B000GYI3DG/sr=1-1/qid=1160421949/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6086559-0949710?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
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    Tie Tuesdays

    From the LA Times: Casual Is Working Full Time Corporate suits take a leave of absence as dress codes become more relaxed. But the trend has created a backlash. `Tie Tuesday,' anyone? By Molly Selvin, Times Staff Writer August 11, 2006 On those rare occasions when insurance executive...
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    The Taft School: Annuals 1907, 1926

    My family has a collection of yearbooks from the prep school that I went to dating back to about 1897 through 1938. While most of these are at my parents house I have a small assortment of them at my apt and they are amazing to flip through to see the clothing, the ads, and simply the general...
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    Online Custom Shirts

    Had this place sent/recommended to me today and after checking it out it sounds pretty damn good. Not too expensive (around $80 per shirt), some good traditional fabrics, and plenty of customisation options (collars, fit, cuffs, gusset, pocket). All you need is your own measurements...
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    Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Anniversary

    Today is the 95th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City. The fire, at the corner of Greene and Washington just East of Washington Square Park, claimed the lives of 146 garment workers, mainly young women from the Lower East Side. The building now houses the NYU science...
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    What to do about sloppy dress?

    Found this excellent article by William F. Buckley, Jr. in the archives of National Review written back in 1959 bemoaning the trend of college kids not dressing well. It is even more appropriate today. What To Do About Sloppy Dress? Forbid It. By William F. Buckley Jr. EDITOR'S...
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    Shoes Shoes Shoes

    Thought you ladies might find this article interesting from the NY Times yesterday. Putting Her Best 1,000 Shoes Forward By JENNIFER BLEYER Published: March 12, 2006 "Look at these," Zia Ziprin exulted as she caressed a pair of chocolate brown peep-toe slingback pumps from the 1940's...
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    Edward VIII at the V&A

    Last time I was at the V&A I picked up this postcard of one of Edward's tweed suits. Great stuff. Figured that it would be much appreciated here. (Sorry it's a bit dark)
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    Knitting at the V&A

    I was going through the website for the V&A (Victoria & Albert) Museum this afternoon and came across this site for knitting patterns from the 1940s. They give the pictures and the full patterns for a bunch of stuff from waistcoats to knit caps to gloves. For the knitters out there this looks...
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    Dressing for dinner?

    The NY Post has an article today about the death of dressing up for dinner over the past few years/decades. Not a bad article and the tone is definitely on our side. http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/60894.htm
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    Fair Isle sweaters

    I've been watching quite a bit of the "Wooster & Jeeves" series and decided I need to get my hands on some Fair Isle sweaters/vests. I hunted around the internet/ebay and nothing really caught my eye as being vintage looking enough. Any suggestions in this area would be greatly appreciated.
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    Happy Birthday...

    to Archie Leach - would have been 102 today! (I trust folks here know who that is)
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    What's on your bookshelf?

    In the couple weeks I've been hanging out at the Lounge, I see a lot of reference to films and the such, but little to none about good, old fashioned books. So I figured I'd start this thread about what classic books are we reading/have read/collect/etc. Myself, I'm a big bibliophile so...

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