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#19701 2014-08-20 06:16:35
- Worried Man
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Re: Ivy League style for today
^
Mmmm hmmmmm.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
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#19704 2014-08-21 07:50:21
- Harpo
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Re: Ivy League style for today
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#19705 2014-08-21 08:00:54
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Re: Ivy League style for today
^
I'll have what he's having.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
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#19707 2014-08-21 08:21:26
- Harpo
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Re: Ivy League style for today
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#19708 2014-08-21 08:24:37
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Re: Ivy League style for today
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#19709 2014-08-21 08:32:16
- Harpo
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Re: Ivy League style for today
I ALWAYS wear rubber gloves for inspecting my trousers WM - as should you. Did you skip remedial hygiene classes that day?
Randy lower-class trifler
#19710 2014-08-21 08:38:29
#19711 2014-08-21 08:44:56
- Harpo
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Re: Ivy League style for today
Yeah, I think they probably are - but certainly not the modern ones - slim, fairly straight with a nice rise. I've been lucky with Levi's cords recently, I've also scored some vintage 551s which are like 519s but with a button fly. I also just got some red tab 521s, which are a very nice cut but slightly roomier. They're all in varying shades of sand. Levi's model designations are bewildering aren't they!
Monsieur Acton is the man for deciphering all those codes.
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Randy lower-class trifler
#19712 2014-08-21 09:21:21
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Re: Ivy League style for today
^ the vintage 550 and 551 are the same cut (pretty much) - like 519s but a little more in the thigh and seat, a great find Harpo.
The new LVC 551 (1962) is a very different beast, has a zip (?) and is listed as a reproduction of the first 'pre-shrunk' denim by Levi's. They were only made until 1966/67 (that year they introduced the 505 to replace it) and then the 'lot number' was assigned to the 'White-Levis' label range.
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#19713 2014-08-21 09:34:24
- Harpo
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Re: Ivy League style for today
Ha! How do you do it man!?!
The look and fit I always aspire to with 5-pocket cords is in that "Don't let your girlfriend borrow your Levi's cords" ad that's in the Ivy Look book.
Randy lower-class trifler
#19714 2014-08-21 10:11:59
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Re: Ivy League style for today
"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner
#19715 2014-08-21 10:16:38
- Harpo
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Re: Ivy League style for today
The very same - I've got to get me some olive green ones!
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#19716 2014-08-21 10:24:24
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Re: Ivy League style for today
Harpo, if you are prepared to go the Japanese route there's the 505 in dark green
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/super-rag/item/levis-co-505-01/
And the repro LVC 518 these were made in Spain and were supposed to be Japan only, can still be found but colour availability is slim in NOS/Deadstock condition.
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/birigo/item/levis-518-1409/
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/birigo/item/levis-518-1427/
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"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner
#19717 2014-08-21 12:29:05
- Harpo
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Re: Ivy League style for today
Thanks man - I'll check it out.
Randy lower-class trifler
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#19719 2014-08-21 13:28:08
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"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner
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#19722 2014-08-21 14:41:17
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Re: Ivy League style for today
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#19723 2014-08-21 14:59:48
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Re: Ivy League style for today
Another person in OCBD's haunting streetscape!
Proof that he isn't sending missives from a future - via some tech we haven't figured out yet - where, after some terrible calamity, he is the sole surviving inhabitant of an unnamed US city where he has the free run of the wardrobes of the deceased.
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#19725 2014-08-21 15:37:27
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Re: Ivy League style for today
Back to Levi's cords, if anyone's a size 32 I have a pair of (supposedly) late-'60s super lightweight with a serious taper! They're almosta cigarette cut. Rise is disappointing at around 11" so I've never worn them. $10 and they're yours. There's no detailing other than a tiny Levi's tag stitch onto the side of a back pocket to ID them. They're pretty generic looking.