Duke Mantee

It’s great to see the Brakeman, but it’s confusing me because it looks good but the shoulders are roomy and you’re saying the chest is tight?

I’m sure you’ll be fine - no reason to assume Bananafish are going to be miles out in their measurements 

Even though I’ve sold what I had - Colimbo always impressed me. The only thing to take care with is that they tend to be small(ish) made

36 minutes ago, shredwin_206 said:

If I could pull off another persons style it would be a combination of @smoothsailor and @Duke Mantee

29 minutes ago, unders said:

Duke Smooth. What’s not to like?

Style? That’ll be tall Paul with his denim haul 

Big Jazz fan Unders?

1 hour ago, Flash said:

Effortlessly cool 

This

23 minutes ago, volvo240thebest said:

Jeans washed at 40 degrees

... and worn at 23°

1 hour ago, lee porter said:

I like that jacket duke was look at the deck jacket they do I’ve found a 42 was wondering how to size I’m large normally do you have to size up to a 44 cheers lee

Measure it against any of your jackets that fit. I’m a Size 40 in all FW coats/jackets and this is a 40. Feels snug, but when the alpaca loses its ‘fluffiness’ it’ll feel a lot more roomy

Some of the Brewdog beers are excellent but I know what you mean about the hipster crap - and they do get themselves involved in nonsense ... cheap promotion.

But as far as I’m concerned, if it tastes good it IS good

Seiichiro likes to experiment with and customise FW products so I asked him if he’d do a(nother) special for me. This turtleneck has been issued a few types in different designs:

I’ve never liked the designs - mostly because of the print on the collar/neck they keep employing - and I think the plain versions lack ‘something’ 

This year there were no plain versions planned, but a bit a pleading resulted in ..

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... and so I came up with this design:

Just waiting on the maestro painting it for me ...

Can’t beat a good brazier on a winter's night. The popcorn looks tasty.

We’re making plans towards our final BBQ - a big feast of Gamba Blanca, Carabinero and Chipirones. It marks our last garden eating activities, and we just wait for a cold dry day, light the barbecue and crack open some beers.

22 minutes ago, lee porter said:

Thanks for your help most appreciated I’m a 36 in resolute 712 I really like the look at these I’m going to order the same size cheers 

Wherever you go for the 51s, ask the stockist to confirm the waist measurements. Quite a few of them (Mirror Ball for example) can be lazy with their size charts and simply convert the tag size to centimetres and list as actual waist measurements.

17 minutes ago, lee porter said:

Hi there how would you size the 601xx 1951s 

Take your usual size I guess. They’re the slimmest 601xx but they run true to size. 

... and the trousers (sorry about the lighting, the wind blown clouds were changing the colour continually)

Deck jacket finally arrived - beautiful thing. Definitely amongst the best of my collection. Much too windy to do a fit pic outside, so this will need to suffice ...

A pair of Lot 601XX 1951

A quartet of Lot 601XX 1947

A pair of Lot 601XX 1943

2 different pairs of Lot 601XX 1939

Four grand is a good price if it’s in proper condition. I sold all my hardware years ago - I can do everything and more on the iPad now.

5 minutes ago, shredwin_206 said:

@Duke Mantee I wouldn’t mind some cool fit shots with your rare FW pieces paired with the jeans my mother worked on  

Too late buddy - they’re already packed ready to go 

@shredwin_206 I’ve got those jeans your dear old mother stitched for you - she’s made a lovely job repairing the back pockets. But I hadn’t realised they are in my size - and up until now I didn’t have that model so well sewn ... 

17 minutes ago, dudewuttheheck said:

Didn't you hear? That's how they're fixing the sizing issues on the TCB 40s jeans. They're not changing the size chart or measurements at all, they're just going to change the "waist" measurement to say "chest" instead.

7 hours ago, Maynard Friedman said:

It’s the same vanity sizing principle used for jeans it would seem.

Your jeans have a chest size? That’s a very high rise ...

There’s about an inch difference. Any of the pics I’ve posted will be the normal length (shorter) versions