Aquascutum were up there with Burberry's and Grenfell once upon a time. Here's a lovely ad from 1965. Better get down to Eatons before 9pm tonight, then. …
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Clarks Desert Boots: Loden Green
Alongside the classic sand suede the other colour long available in the USA (at least since the mid 60s) has been Loden Green. This has to be one of my favourite colours. in 1983 I bought a pair in the sale from K Shoes next to Tottenham Court Rd tube station (now a hole in the ground for …
What’s The Weejun Buying on Ebay: London Fog Maincoat
From this side of the Atlantic there has always seemed to be an allure to the London Fog brand - a classic name in American clothing. For many years I thought the company was based San Francisco - not sure exactly why. In fact they were (and still are) based in Baltimore, MD. In the 1980s …
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Weejun Wearer of the Week: Unknown 1940s Couple
Weekend Looks: The Paul Newman
Paul Newman Walking on the Beach in 1957 It's a wet weekend in Weejunland, winter not yet shrugged off. A simple post today. Just an iconic image, a new series for those days when a picture tells a thousand... …
What’s The Weejun Buying on Ebay? Maple Sportswear Windcheater!
The Weejun has been on a bit of a shoe spree recently on Ebay, but searching through tons of listings last weekend I found this little gem. It languished at $9.99 until yesterday when it ended whilst I asleep. I think I had competition from someone in Korea so I had a feeling it might go fairly …
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Norwegians: The Original Bass Weejuns Or Is it a Myth?
Update: Thanks to Anon Trad and Nick in the Comment for pointing towards the answer! Sorry if you clicked on this post looking for a photo or something, but this morning I was reading the one millionth slightly different version of who / what / where loafers and weejuns were invented and …
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What’s The Weejun Buying on Ebay? Walk-Over Bucks!
Had my eye on these off white bucks for the last week, and having had a pair of Walk-Over dirty bucks in the dim and distant past from John Simons (circa 84), and of course now that there is no longer the option of buying Walk-Over shoes new, I determined they should be mine. Although it's easy …
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Vintage Old Stock Shirts: The Hathaway
Amongst the vintage deadstock dress shirts I picked up recently on Ebay were two 1960s era Hathaway button downs in white. Both of these shirts had some serious yellowing from age and having been in an attic for nigh on 40 years they had that distinctive sour sooty smell. I decided to open one up …
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The Look That Inspired: Paul Newman & Tony Perkins
Two dudes for the price of one here. I remember clearly lusting after a seersucker suit when I first saw the movie W.U.S.A on TV in about 1982. I can't remember it ever having been on UK TV since then. Of course the movie was a Newman vehicle but Perkins was excellent in it too. This image comes …
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