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#5176 2016-12-16 08:59:39
- stanshall
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"
#5177 2016-12-16 14:17:23
- Worried Man
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
You can thank me when we hang. With a big-a-slice-a-pizz-a.
"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
#5178 2016-12-16 15:53:22
- rmpmcdermott
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin. - Mark Twain
#5179 2016-12-16 18:26:20
- stanshall
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
/\ Bolz deep! WIIGH!
"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"
#5180 2016-12-16 18:37:27
- rmpmcdermott
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
Ha! I gotta figure who this guy was. State Department? Yale professor?
To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin. - Mark Twain
#5181 2016-12-16 18:48:59
- rmpmcdermott
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
After a little sleuthing it seems like the original owner is the former VP for Oscar Mayer foods and an heir to the Mayer foods fortune. The jacket is coming from Milwaukee and Oscar Mayer is (and has been since the 20s) based in Madison. This jacket was bought with wiener money!
https://bus.wisc.edu/_lightbox/bus/speakerbio.aspx?guid=%7B0FF978E1-89E2-4D82-9AD9-CB980AAD55DB%7D
To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin. - Mark Twain
#5182 2016-12-16 19:06:54
- Chipper
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
Cold War Russian confidante? Did he know Oswald? Did Oswald like wieners? Ah, the plot thickens... .
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#5183 2016-12-16 19:32:43
- Chipper
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
In all seriousness, that is a righteous find, Dermatitis.
As an aside, I have not scored anything thrifted, 'bay or otherwise, in a good year at least. My wife and I make the rounds once in a while, and she inevitably comes way with treasure while I merely come away extremely bored. Recent case in point: At a local GW last month, she picked up this absolutely perfect and perfectly gorgeous long wool navy U.S. Navy academy women's overcoat, complete with stunning brass buttons. She is absolutely stunning in it. I frankly don't care if I never buy another article of clothing. I can live on her loveliness in that coat for the rest of my lifetime.
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#5184 2016-12-16 20:49:14
- stanshall
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"
#5185 2016-12-17 00:12:50
#5186 2016-12-17 22:28:42
- Oliver
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
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#5187 2016-12-19 18:01:21
- Oliver
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
Just curious, did anyone on the forum buy that old sz38 BB Makers hopsack blazer on eBay a few weeks ago?
If so, could you please post a pic with the lapel properly pressed?
#5188 2016-12-19 19:44:18
- Oliver
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
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#5189 2016-12-19 20:08:39
- Oliver
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
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#5190 2016-12-20 00:59:52
- Tomiskinky
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
No, you would look like bloody gamekeeper. Personally I would go with a tie the colour of the lining and an ecru shirt to soften the contrast.
#5191 2016-12-20 02:45:23
- woofboxer
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
John Simons
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#5192 2016-12-20 03:17:35
- farrago
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
Oli, before you think about what color or type of tie to wear with that wonderful jacket, choose your color of shirt first. With that jacket, you have a whole host of options: white, blue, ecru, yellow, pink. Plain, striped, or patterned. As with Woof's decision making process, you then pair these relative to the color of the trousers you plan to wear. From this point, the option of tie choice should become easier.
A dark burgundy or maroon in an ancient madder paisley or wool challis foulard would work with a blue shirt and charcoal flannels.
#5193 2016-12-20 04:50:39
- Acton_Baby
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
^^ good advice all round, the pattern on the jacket is crying out for charcoal strides and a pair of black grain long wings.
I hear you on the olive cords woof with the wrong jacket you can end up in 'pheasant plucker' territory.
"I have about 100 pairs of pyjamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."
Hugh Hefner
#5194 2016-12-20 06:12:40
- MCM Geography Teacher
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
^^
Would have thought the risk UK Ivistas face of looking like a Farage in any 'country outfitters' type garb, isn't an issue for the American bredren. Ox in his Barbour being a point in case, he looks the business, but whilst of the canon I couldn't wear it for fear of being associated with people I'd rather not be. Although my daughter does ride with the local hunt..
'Bill Murden becomes the hero of the day as he rescues a confused duck.'
#5195 2016-12-20 07:27:53
- Kingston1an
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"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."
#5196 2016-12-20 08:59:36
- Oliver
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
Thanks for the advice! It's definitely calling for a blue ocbd, charcoal flannels and black grain gunboats, as Acton suggested. Funny that I never even made the old tweedy English country link with the pattern until now, as it's such an American cut, but I can see why you all went there.
#5197 2016-12-20 10:16:06
- Tomiskinky
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Re: Recent Old Ivy Finds
The comment was based on your
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This tie!
Nothing to do with the pattern just what you proposed.
