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#1 2010-07-10 06:49:11
- Rip Rig & Panic
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'Americana' is becoming less of an option
I remember, in 1982, buying some imported off-white zippered jacket from the then cheap and cheerful Affleck's Palace in Manchester. A bird crapped on it inside Victoria Coach Station. The first Pendleton shirt I ever bought had a button-down collar and was lined (inside the collar). John Simons looked sniffy when I told him about it. I had about eight and sold the lot. The 'Rebel Male' look will not do at my age. I've come to realise this. Yesterday, hunting for Stanley Blacker, I found myself nauseated by the 'Americana' on offer. 'Americana', 'workwear' - it can no longer be part of the mix for me. Good to know these things. Anyone feel the same?
#2 2010-07-10 09:28:53
- Prof Kelp
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Re: 'Americana' is becoming less of an option
Don't really wear workwear as such, though like a chambrey shirt (I notice these are around in lots of shops this year...all seeming to have very small collars.
I can see its appeal, but don't go for the complete chambrey, jeans and pendleton coat thing, or Dickies stuff.
Do like a baggier levi, and retro sweatshirt for dossing round the house in (haven't used the word "dossing" for years)
Any other words we care to rescue from our childhood years?
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#3 2010-07-11 01:36:29
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Re: 'Americana' is becoming less of an option
And what was that stuff I used to see so much of on Ebay, fetching high prices? Filson?
I saw Dickies boots in our local Oxfam yesterday. £10. They scream loudly at you.
#4 2010-07-11 01:40:27
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Re: 'Americana' is becoming less of an option
I never could see Red Wing or Timberland boots as in any sense 'Ivy'.
Only reason I might have bought a pair of Red Wings would be for the snow and ice.
#5 2010-07-24 09:53:03
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Re: 'Americana' is becoming less of an option
Still thumbs down for 'Americana'. It's become too knowing, like certain types of kitsch. It's become student twatwear, like outsourced Lauren rugby shirts. The differences are subtle; steer some hazardous course between this, prep and Ivy. Maybe, being far away from the capital, I'm faced with different choices.
#6 2010-07-24 12:15:23
- Beatnik's ghost
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Re: 'Americana' is becoming less of an option
You really must check out some blogs such as Craftworkwear, Rivethead, the 1939 clothier to understand American workwear a little more. Nothing to do with students really. About as much as Pee Wee Herman and Ivy...