Great info. Thanks, BB. His CV is something else.

Never judge a book by its cover, right? I mean Rick Moranis as stone cold bad-ass...?

I have been watching Stranger things this weekend.
Very interesting wardrobe, Lots of Corduroy,OCBDs,Shearling jackets, Harringtons,rugby shirts etc.

Starting to get chilly in the mornings and evenings here in upstate NY... Not 70s prep to the letter but here's WIWT:

Red Patagonia snap-T w/ bright blue accents
Bean blue/white uni stripe ocbd
Land's End traditional fit cuffed chinos, very slightly highwater
Scuffed-up boat shoes
I'm from Maine so of course the belt is a Belted Cow leather tab belt, navy blue with Jeep Wagoneers and Range Rovers

Also rewatched Risky Business recently... Tom Cruise's look is A+ throughout, he even pulls off the letterman jacket... Jeans to chinos to blazer and repp tie... He got me looking at the repro Ni*ke Cortez, it's at the top of my list now...

I always end up back on this thread... For a New Englander it's like coming home...

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/\ haha maybe fifteen years ago it might have fit you kid!  no offense

20 years later I was getting good wear out of it, it had turned into this vintage thing ... ever have people try to buy your clothes from you as you were wearing them?  like, can I buy those sneakers from you (some great N!ke Son of Lava Domes from '89)???

once I was in this thrift store buying some '70s iron-on transfers ... wearing this gray herringbone tweed fly-front made in New York topcoat from 1957 that I bought from Keezer in '82, fabric was untouched, I took the old lining out and gave it a beautiful new half-lining, dude in the thrift store surrounded by funky old coats has to try to bust a move to try to get that coat ....

the beautiful relining job done by the King made it impossible for me to deal it away though .......

ended up buying a few iron-on transfers which I had put onto shirts and gave away as presents ........

honestly if I thought that old ski jacket from '77 or '78 would fit you I'd gladly give it to ya Leer ......

occasionally I've referred to my archive boxes, they're very good references and they help me keep a lot of details fresh ... my thought is that all of it will fit me again when I'm old ...

I kept the old gear going by having it patched, turned collars and cuffs, turned long-sleeved shirts into short-sleeved shirts, turned destroyed khakis into great shorts, tapered the legs of Bean khakis, you could make a sail out of the excess fabric, had shoes and moccasins and even sneakers resoled, Bean duffles patched and re-zippered ......

through the '80s and '90s I'd customize most of my ski jackets and parkas and zip hoodies and such, take them to a great Jamaican woman who could repair and trick out outdoor gear and had a business downtown fixing ski jackets, sleeping bags, tents, down jackets, backpacks, duffel bags, camping equipment ......

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I checked O'Connels, under the illusion I could afford them...they dont quite do the shade..what I did realise though is that if I lived in the States I would move to Buffalo

When did the woolrich take on the 60/40 come into being?