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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 8, 2024 16:08:00 GMT
You are so right. I have a couple of tweed sport coats that are (I kid you not) thirty and twenty years old respectively. I would keep those over anything else I own. I also have a few Oxford cloth button down shirts that are easily (guessing) fifteen or so years old, but what is wonderful is the soft worn out way they look and feel. I worry that they'll get too threadbare to wear, so I, sadly, only wear them occasionally now. Maybe that's nuts, but I want to get some of my newer ones more worn out before the old ones truly die. I have a few sweaters and shoes that fall into these categories too.
Those are the best clothes. It's why the older I've gotten, the fewer clothes I buy, but almost always they are of better quality. And by that I don't mean necessarily very expensive, but just well made and not inexpensive. You need to find the companies that make those type of clothes and they will never be inexpensive, but they also aren't fashion-priced expensive.
When I put any of my older, well-worn clothes on, I get a slight lift in spirit. New clothes can be fun, but they aren't the same.
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Post by NoShear on Apr 10, 2024 15:34:05 GMT
You are so right. I have a couple of tweed sport coats that are (I kid you not) thirty and twenty years old respectively. I would keep those over anything else I own. I also have a few Oxford cloth button down shirts that are easily (guessing) fifteen or so years old, but what is wonderful is the soft worn out way they look and feel. I worry that they'll get too threadbare to wear, so I, sadly, only wear them occasionally now. Maybe that's nuts, but I want to get some of my newer ones more worn out before the old ones truly die. I have a few sweaters and shoes that fall into these categories too.
Those are the best clothes. It's why the older I've gotten, the fewer clothes I buy, but almost always they are of better quality. And by that I don't mean necessarily very expensive, but just well made and not inexpensive. You need to find the companies that make those type of clothes and they will never be inexpensive, but they also aren't fashion-priced expensive.
When I put any of my older, well-worn clothes on, I get a slight lift in spirit. New clothes can be fun, but they aren't the same.
Though he favors vintage era, BunnyWhit, and there's the matter of 2,800 miles separation, I'm still hoping to take Fading Fast clothes shopping with me eventually. |
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 12, 2024 11:30:04 GMT
I just posted a review of the 1948 movie "The Inside Story" and noted how the clothes in the picture I used in the post were very classic American.
This is the pic:
I noted the numerous items of classic American clothing. The gentleman on the far right is wearing a turtleneck, herringbone Tweed suit and a trench coat - hard to get more 20th century classic American casual than that. And the young actress, Marsha Hunt, is wearing a shawl-collar camel-hair polo coat - also a pretty darn classic piece of American attire. While those items are less common today, any one of them could still be worn in many modern situations and settings.
Link to my comments on "The Inside Story"
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 12, 2024 16:28:07 GMT
I just posted a review of the 1948 movie "The Inside Story" and noted how the clothes in the picture I used in the post were very classic American.
I'd go you one more and say even William Lundigan's and Marsha Hunt's hairstyles would work well today. |
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 12, 2024 16:31:19 GMT
Janet Blair sporting a little French hat.
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Apr 12, 2024 19:44:00 GMT
Just watched IF IT’S TUESDAY THIS MUST BE BELGIUM — wish I could get one of those Belgian lace tops! (Of course Suzie looks great in everything)  |
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Post by NoShear on Apr 16, 2024 1:04:39 GMT
I caught the following scene in "THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT" on TCM last Thursday and thought of you, of course, Fading Fast:
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 16, 2024 9:05:23 GMT
I caught the following scene in "THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT" on T CM last Thursday and thought of you, of course, Fading Fast: |
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Post by NoShear on Apr 17, 2024 15:39:06 GMT
Fading Fast, I thought that Patricia Neal is sporting a red beret at one point, but I guess her headwrap just looked beret-ish from a side angle when I first viewed it:  George Peppard dressed perennially men's stylish, and I can picture you and your gal looking not out-of-place the next time you two have Breakfast at Tiffany's in similar wear... |
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 17, 2024 16:37:20 GMT
Fading Fast, I thought that Patricia Neal is sporting a red beret at one point, but I guess her headwrap just looked beret-ish from a side angle when I first viewed it: George Peppard dressed perennially men's stylish, and I can picture you and your gal looking not out-of-place the next time you two have Breakfast at Tiffany's in similar wear... |
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 17, 2024 16:43:37 GMT
Fading Fast, I thought that Patricia Neal is sporting a red beret at one point, but I guess her headwrap just looked beret-ish from a side angle when I first viewed it: George Peppard dressed perennially men's stylish, and I can picture you and your gal looking not out-of-place the next time you two have Breakfast at Tiffany's in similar wear...
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 18, 2024 1:46:44 GMT
Perhaps in an alternate universe......
"Just as long as it's some place I can go like this." What the heck is wrong with *this*?
Yes, I realize she meant somewhere where she can go in casual attire, but she's so chic all the time that I'd say anyplace that wouldn't serve her a meal isn't the kind of place you should be dining.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 18, 2024 8:46:28 GMT
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 18, 2024 14:44:40 GMT
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 18, 2024 15:06:10 GMT
Note the crease in his pants - he's ready for a dinner at the Lemps.
Check out his belt loop situation.
This must be at least a 7-loop pant, if not -- she says with anticipatory glee -- 8. Why, I'll bet they even have a tang keeper.
Emily dresses Paul in the film, and when he leaves, he leaves his closet behind. Sad. Of course, it was the right thing to do, but still.....sad.
Most old-time tailors dislike belts altogether (if you need it, the waist is too loose and the material will bunch when cinched) as they prefer suspenders - which do give the pants their cleanest line to drape - or side tabs, my favorite, as they are aesthetically nicer.
"Emily dresses Paul in the film, and when he leaves, he leaves his closet behind. Sad. Of course, it was the right thing to do, but still.....sad."
I would have been the smaller man and negotiated to keep the clothes. Heck, paraphrasing what Churchill said, I had already established what I was, now I was just negotiating the price.
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