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thanks @AlientoyWorkmachine... love the perfecto, but is harder to wear inside with all its hardware, whilst the a2 is designed for sitting in a structure, and the collar has a lot going for it...

American presidents of all ilk get shoved in them so they never quite have the bad-boy-Brando hang over even with the McQueen hauntology... plus the Adam Driver recent prosthetic tubby Netflix outing takes the cinematic machismo sting out of them...

the flight jacket thread has pretty much all info needed on them, but to repeat: acme depot is great resource on different aspects of the contracts issued in their lifetime, Goodwear is the Roy of a2 world... and a trim fit that I like that, crease wise, shows how tight they can be in the armpit is this YouTube wearer...

plus, yes; this is a good, albeit more conventional bad-boy, a2-chambray-moc-toe outing that never gets as much internet forum time as Jimmy Stewart etc...

13 minutes ago, MJF9 said:

TCB sizing is - as we've seen - all over the place... it's a bit of a punt buying new models especially

On the S40 jacket, a size 42 has chest 51cm and shoulder 46cm

The chore above is also size 42 but with chest 65cm and shoulder 51cm

So a big variation, even allowing for the lining 

This model has the back vents which give extra expansion - mobility is ok and yep agreed on no bulky jacket layering - already lined jackets with layers, in general, give me that Michellin Man feel!

yup... how is the duck canvas? the seam crinkles already drip with umami...

not a huge watch wearer; but a family heirloom has made it's way to the wrist...

an alpina from a way back...

5 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

I think it looks perfect but i often find clothing which is borderline too small looks better in photographs but it doesn't always feel better to wear.

^ this...

picture perfect doesn't mean ability to move arms or tie shoelaces...

it looks lovely, and very trim fit if that is what you are looking for...

[the s40s tcb jacket I have is around 48 to get volume out of their tubular habit of cutting, but the extra arm length on the type 1 can be folded; less adaptability on the arm/cuffs of these...]

it fits with your over jackets / way of wearing... but size up if you want a denim jacket under it I think...

2 hours ago, MJF9 said:

I'll just leave this here

the true horror is when looking in hinoya and the regular lvc costs more for the Japanese customer than pairs of Warehouse being sold for c.280 in UK brick and mortar stores ...........

a little cross-forum contamination...

good night sweet prince?

On 2/7/2023 at 3:40 PM, indigoeagle said:

In the dropdown NW is non-wash

 

http://pants-shop-avenue.com/item/SC41947/

many thanks

12 minutes ago, indigoeagle said:

The SC47s are really great- the cut, the fabric, as has been said many times, great value/price ratio.
If a friend asked me for a good recommendation at a reasonable price I'd recommend them.
Even without arcs and tab now. At Pants Shop Avenue one can find the rigid ones.

yes: these and the tcb 50s would be my definite recommend to anyone for reasonable pairs... link to the PSA rigid pls?

6 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Perfect length bartles 

many thanks! had to take a good chunk of length off to stop the triple/double cuff weight...

no discharge here, vintage or otherwise

still very much in minty fresh beginning stages for this sc47 ...

2 hours ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

 

Thanks folks!
Yes, Beachy Head was on our list and we saw a small zoo in the area. Rye noted as well. Maybe some castles...Of course a lot depends on the weather. Especially since we are going at the end of April  

no probs; beware: Beachy Head has a real steep decline at its apex if I recall: not something you want anything with wheels too near...

1 hour ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

The FrEaK-Family is planning their first big(ger) holiday this year [last year's holiday in Austria doesn't really cont IMO].
The destination will be South England, Bexhill-on-Sea to be more precisely (because my uncle has a holiday flat there).

Any tips from our UK residents what to do in that area with a 18 months old boy?!  I guess a trip to London won't be so much fun for everybody involved  

 

culture-is wise outside of the Bexhill art space...

Derek Jarman's garden at Prospect Cottage is worth a visit; but really exposed, and with excellent back drop of nuclear power station; about 1hr drive... a weird end of the world place, maybe not for little babies...

https://www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/prospect-cottage/

here's a book ' Modern Nature' he wrote whilst ending his days there...

plus Charleston House is a 30-ish min drive from there [this is more tea rooms, interesting furnishings and modernist art history / queer history...]

https://www.charleston.org.uk/visit/

otherwise Hastings, Brighton, Eastbourne all nearby... 

plus there is a plethora of coast there; not all 'kiss-me-quick' hats and postcards...

21 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

I enjoyed this tho..  Adam Curtis's 2016 docu HyperNormalisation, it's on the i-player for those who can get it or here on Vimeo

 

yes yes: in particular this bit on Putin and his advisor Vladislav Surkov...

this book has interesting chapter on him... "Described as a 'cynic in velvet,' Surkov combined his political technology with a love of gangsta rap, Beat poetry, and writing postmodern fiction"

[had got the book to see what if it had to say on Pepe / meme magic beliefs of online alt-right: it didn't, but I stayed for the Surkov section which also goes on to Alexander Dugin quite well...] 

22 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

I flicked the TV on last night and there was a docu on BBC2 called 'Fight The Power, How Hip-Hop Changed The World' .. i thought this might be good so i put it on and they was talking about Obama's links with Hip-Hop (ikr?) .. then it cut to Ice-T sitting in industrial unit and he said and i quote "and that's when Obama became the first Hip-Hop president" .

Nope! switched that off.. wtf Ice-T, you used to be cool

..in 1988

he at least gave kendrick some love...

On 1/23/2023 at 7:26 PM, Geeman said:

I ended up ordering these. I know I said not a lot exciting me in the denim world at the moment,  but given I like the material and details on TCB but couldn't find a fit that worked and that they actually listened to customer feedback (mine included) I thought why not. 

I know you guys don't go for the slimmer cuts much. 

Ordered Wednesday,  free shipping and came today. 

Ryo said might lose a bit more in length so did a quick wash before hemming.  

Have you guys seen much shrinkage in the 50s denim (OW already)?

Initial thoughts, fit is like WH 900xx but with a tiny bit more taper.....

I found with the 50s that they would lose length in the wash, but as the fabric relaxed it would come back after a while... love that fabric very much...

hope they work for you!

so, another a2 flies in to revive a dead thread...

an aero trainee in sz.44, nothing to boast on / claim brag-net points for, but is nice; I see the point of them [both impractical and yet highly practical...]

battered steerhide in non-matching panels (something I prefer...)

On 12/8/2017 at 2:55 PM, cheapmuthafukr said:

l-2b by skyline clothing corp., dated 1968

honestly one of the best outfit posts of the forum... max-tipping the fedora to this...

^ YES

yes!

... [clears throat] fug hell yes

some shirts, when they're right, they're right...

[nice nicks too...]

on that note; got first sweatshirts in many years recently with our weaponised fuel bill situation; one was lvc in sale, Portugal made; nicely boxy, nice cuffs and waist ribbing...

@julian-wolf solidarity and fingers crossed for the negotiations; the ucu strikes in the uk are ongoing too. my participation in strike actions on this recently has been absolutely motivated around the treatment of the upcoming researchers and academics; the university system as it stands now with precarious contracts for tiny fees that ask for cornerstone work by those without permanent contracts is burning the university of the future... 

@oomslokop - get well soon! sending well wishes! scary stuff! look after yourself! life is a fragile and fugitive thing; keep going! 

forgot to send this to you: went to see the Natasha Tontey you mentioned at auto-italia back in autumn; it was pretty rad: inside was the film looped [pretty fine work imo]: but nice nice mural outside too... thumbs up from the uk