Ancient Matters | “Dapper Dan” Mug Shots of Real Cads

* “The ‘Turn of the Century’ called… and it wants its waistcoat, specs, and mustache back.  Between gin-fizz-slinging barmen in suspenders and Brooklyn dudes in bowler hats, you couldn’t swing a walking stick in ’09 without hitting a Teddy Roosevelt look-alike.” * –GQ ~*~ * April 1865, Washington DC — Lewis Powell, aka Lewis Payne, [...]

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Spring Has Sprung | Vintage GQ Gets Their Color On.

  “Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?” –George Gobel   ~*~    

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Puttin’ on the Ritz | Laurence Fellows

  Laurence Fellows (1885-1964) An iconic illustrator and advertising artist, born in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, Fellows attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and continued his studies in England and France.  His work appeared in Judge, Life, Vanity Fair, Apparel Arts, and Esquire.  At the start of the century he lived and worked in Philadelphia.  One of [...]

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Mad For Plaid | 1973

“If you’re going to wear madras, you don’t want to wear something that looks like your grandfather’s,” said Thom Browne. ”Actually, your grandfather’s madras would be cool,” he amended. ”It’s your father’s that you don’t want.” ”Preppy looks so cool when it looks effortless,” Mr. Browne said, ”but when it looks contrived, there’s nothing worse.” [...]

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