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  1. orangehaggis

    Stiffness gone from shirt collar - any easy fixes?

    I use my own stays, ones made of buffalo horn, but they're the same length as the plastic ones that came with my shirts. The collar is so floppy that the stays back out as I move my head, and the points curl under. This has only happened with age and wear. Finances are tight, very tight, so I'm...
  3. orangehaggis

    Stiffness gone from shirt collar - any easy fixes?

    I use buffalo horn stays. I've tried some metal ones, too, but the stiffness has gone from the interlining itself.
  4. orangehaggis

    Stiffness gone from shirt collar - any easy fixes?

    Most of my shirts were purchased 4-5 years ago from a custom tailor who had them made up in Hong Kong. The interlining in the collars on my favourites have gone floppy from use and laundering. They're so soft that my collar stiffeners manage to work themselves out of the collar points when I...
  5. orangehaggis

    Where to get durable replacement toggles for my duffle coat?

    I've just looked at some pics of duffle coats without the leather panels, and they all seem to have reinforcement stitching in approximately the same shape as the little leather panels. Definitely beyond my ability to replicate. My budget requires me to do the replacements myself, but I don't...
  6. orangehaggis

    Where to get durable replacement toggles for my duffle coat?

    Thanks for the recommendation, but they only sell sets of toggles and cord, not complete, assembled toggle closures. I don't want to reuse the peeling pleather panels that are actually stitched to the coat.
  7. orangehaggis

    Where to get durable replacement toggles for my duffle coat?

    I have an olive green Schott duffle coat with PU 'leather' and faux horn toggles. The coat fits me very well, but it wasn't very long before the polyurethane covered textile cords that secure the toggles began to crack and peel. I'd like to replace the toggles with durable ones that I can rely...
  8. orangehaggis

    Is there a trad precedent for double-breasted sports jackets?

    Most of the blazers I've encountered in Canada have been of the American variety, usually centre-vent, two button front, flapped lower pockets with only the metal buttons distinguishing it from an ordinary suit jacket, unless a badge is worn. Not that I'm telling you anything you didn't know...
  9. orangehaggis

    Is there a trad precedent for double-breasted sports jackets?

    The badge is very much optional. There really are two traditional styles of blazers in the British sense: the double-breasted blazer which is almost always dark blue, and the single-breasted, two button front blazer with patch pockets. The latter is particularly associated with sporting clubs...
  10. orangehaggis

    Is there a trad precedent for double-breasted sports jackets?

    Thank you for those observations and for the link to that blog. I'm sure I'll enjoy perusing it. I have no problem with wearing what I want, it's just that what I want is to maintain my own personal style, which is traditional. I couldn't find any vintage images of double-breasted sports...
  11. orangehaggis

    Is there a trad precedent for double-breasted sports jackets?

    Thank you. I wanted to know about historical precedent rather than acceptability. Where I live, the fashion police don't actually have law enforcement powers. Although ... seeing how some people 'round here dress...
  12. orangehaggis

    Is there a trad precedent for double-breasted sports jackets?

    What strange and trying times we live in! I don't recall ever having seen a pic of HRH the Duke of Rothesay in a single-breasted jacket save for Highland dress or military uniforms.
  13. orangehaggis

    Is there a trad precedent for double-breasted sports jackets?

    Thank you for your reply. I own a blue blazer and I wear it more often than just about any other jacket in my wardrobe. I suppose they are a kind of sports jacket, but I'm asking about those sports jackets that aren't blazers. Tweed, corduroy, worsted with a prominent pattern, linen etc, etc.
  14. orangehaggis

    Is there a trad precedent for double-breasted sports jackets?

    My question is essentially what I typed in the subject line. I'm particularly interested in British menswear. I'm conservative and traditional in my dress so I'm not looking to innovate.
  15. orangehaggis

    Flat cap advice

    Yes, that sounds about right.
  16. orangehaggis

    Wearing a pocket watch with a double-breasted blazer ... what are my traditional options?

    Double breasted jackets really should be worn buttoned. They look far too untidy otherwise. I came up with a solution last week: attaching the chain to the inside buttonhole and placing the watch in my left inside pocket. It's pretty easy to get to and put back again. Mark
  17. orangehaggis

    Waistcoat/Cardigan Gap

    I think you can *just about* get away with that. Other than the cardigan and trouser length issue, that's a pretty good looking casual ensemble. One of my older waistcoats (which fit well 5+ years ago) finishes on me in a similar spot to where your cardigan finishes on you. I typically wear it...
  18. orangehaggis

    Waistcoat/Cardigan Gap

  19. orangehaggis

    Wearing a pocket watch with a double-breasted blazer ... what are my traditional options?

    Thanks for the article. If nothing else, it reminds me that I own a pair of grey leather day gloves. I wonder where I've put them... Mark -Northeast Ohio
  20. orangehaggis

    Wearing a pocket watch with a double-breasted blazer ... what are my traditional options?

    I don't know about that, but in order to be a member of the traditionalist Continuing Anglican movement here, one must be an eccentric and suffer from a mild personality defect or twenty. We sing Blake's Jerusalem here once or twice a year: 'In England's Green and Pleasant Land'. Not bad for the...
  21. orangehaggis

    Wearing a pocket watch with a double-breasted blazer ... what are my traditional options?

    Bertie Wooster is quite traditional, but were the wardrobe people for Ganada Television/ITV? You might be right about the inside pocket. I'll probably continue to wear it attached to a chain around my neck and stuck into the pocket unless another idea comes along. Mark -Northeast Ohio
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