So, what do you call the billed, low-profile caps similar to (but more
streamlined) the one on Redford in the Great Gatsby?
An Ivy Caphas a flat top and slouches to the front. If the top is made of
several triangular shapes, usually with a button at the point where they meet,
we us
I used to have a couple of jodpurs and one set buttoned of the left side the
other buttoned of both sides, One had zippers at calf length and the other had
5 buttons (calf) All the ones I have seen were?wool, twill weave.?
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My grandparents and great-parents worked in the Maine textile mills.
I've inherited several weaving bobbins/spools still wound with white
thread (mostly discolored, some coming unraveled). Does anyone know if
they are worth anything and where to sell them if they are? I did a
quick check of ebay an
> So, what do you call the billed, low-profile caps similar to (but more
> streamlined) the one on Redford in the Great Gatsby? I always associate
Melbourne, Australia, early 1970's. If you did not have one of these, you
weren't cool.
But then, we also went in for flat-front cuffed baggies, cont
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I note this appears to have a side-buttoning, if any buttoning at all, rather
than the traditional front-buttoning bottom. Anyone got a thought on this; is it
for the simpler cut in making or can there be a practical aspect of naval
aviation of
Further to me earlier reply, a member of a corset list sent this rather
interesting link to me:
http://www.corsetiere.net/Spirella/Corsets/Surgical.htm#Ubelt
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> My understanding is that the waist belt takes some of the stress load off
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Donna Hawk wrote:
Just joined the list and was cruising through some earlier conversations.
RE: Hennin - several members were pleased to find Gay's Glossaire "archéologique du moyen âge et de
la renaissance, Volume 1" in Google Books as a resource.
What nobody commented on (possibly didn't no
Just joined the list and was cruising through some earlier conversations.
RE: Hennin - several members were pleased to find Gay's Glossaire
"archéologique du moyen âge et de
la renaissance, Volume 1" in Google Books as a resource.
What nobody commented on (possibly didn't notice) was that the
> I always thought I knew what a pork pie hat was. I wondered how the heck
> someone could mistake a pork pie for a fedora, so I googled both. Guess I
> didn't know what a pork pie hat was afterall!
>
Frank Lloyd Wright always wore a porkpie hat.
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what an educational topic! I always thought I knew what a pork pie hat was.
I wondered how the heck someone could mistake a pork pie for a fedora, so I
googled both. Guess I didn't know what a pork pie hat was afterall!
So, what do you call the billed, low-profile caps similar to (but more
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