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Quote:Originally Posted by cerneabbas I was in Swindon outlet centre recently and i looked in Charles Tyrwhitt shop there.They had some crombie style coats in a lighter weight wool than is normal for a coat at first i thought hmm...

Quote:Originally Posted by cerneabbas Sirryacus. I totally agree about the problems of ordering online.I am watching a pair of vintage Florsheim longwings on ebay at the moment,US size 11.5 which is UK 10.5,ok so far but these shoes...

Quote:Originally Posted by Bob the Badger  Respect to you for your detailed knowledge on denim etc. I need a couple of pairs of good quality jeans. 45 years ago I could have gone to my local high street and bought a pair of Levi's...

Quote:Originally Posted by Lasttye Totally agree Will, 60s American Levis/Lee was the business, thats why the Japanese bought all the looms from Levis in the 80s..so they could reproduce the Levis of old, I did pick up a nice pair...

And I must correct you Roy but the best jeans in the world (in my humble personal opinion) are from 60s America. Admittedly hard to find and crazy expensive but much superior in every detail. The Japs do some nice selvedge denim, some...

Well, Bunty .... They're not sta press or cords and crease like denim. Of all the pictures I've seen of your brother, he wasn't a shabby dresser, so unlikely to be in a cheap pair of jeans. He didn't live in 'Wrangler country' (and they...

Quote:Originally Posted by bunty  July 1968. Riders very big here too (at the same time as Monkey boots) then the heavier boots, think it was the other way round for lots of areas? good pic. And if I'm not mistaken, Lee Riders...

Quote:Originally Posted by buttons I've got a brown pair just like that - was wearing them a few weeks ago. Got some black ones full of Blakeys I've had since I was a teenager. Remember being chased by a gang of punks through South...

Quote:Originally Posted by Bob the Badger On the subject of boots does anyone remember wearing jodphur boots? This was almost pre-skinhead in about 1968. I bought mine from a proper equestrian shop near where I lived and I reckon I...

Must have had these for well over 20 years ....