http://www.theweejun.com Classic Americana Tue, 15 May 2012 13:31:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/dick-van-dyke-in-full-boom-ivy-mode-1967/ http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/dick-van-dyke-in-full-boom-ivy-mode-1967/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 13:29:47 +0000 The Weejun http://www.theweejun.com/?p=1877 Like most American movies Divorce American Style shows menswear that would have been woefully out of date and unfashionable by 1967. But we don’t care do we? Any chance to see how Boom Years Ivy was worn in the flesh, … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/dick-van-dyke-in-full-boom-ivy-mode-1967/feed/ 0 http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/a-few-deadstock-shirts-just-arrived-brooks-unlined-collar-southwick-popover-lion-of-troy-raglan-popover/ http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/a-few-deadstock-shirts-just-arrived-brooks-unlined-collar-southwick-popover-lion-of-troy-raglan-popover/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:03:47 +0000 The Weejun http://www.theweejun.com/?p=1846 A few shirt arrivals in the last few days (like I needed any more shirts, but you know how it is!): A vintage Lion of Troy popover raglan sleeve number, identical in every way to one that guest poster The … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/a-few-deadstock-shirts-just-arrived-brooks-unlined-collar-southwick-popover-lion-of-troy-raglan-popover/feed/ 5 http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/whatever-happened-to-the-surcingle-belt/ http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/whatever-happened-to-the-surcingle-belt/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 14:34:29 +0000 The Weejun http://www.theweejun.com/?p=1825 Back in the early 80s, anyone dressing in the American style, whether a vintage ivy league look or in the then current preppy style would have been familiar with and almost certainly owned at least one surcingle belt. What exactly … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/whatever-happened-to-the-surcingle-belt/feed/ 6 http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/j-keydge-slack-jackets-get-them-whilst-you-still-can/ http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/j-keydge-slack-jackets-get-them-whilst-you-still-can/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:14:54 +0000 The Weejun http://www.theweejun.com/?p=1813 Over the years one of the things I’ve found it hardest to source have been ivy sports jackets, especially jackets that can be worn in a non-ironic sense for everyday work amongst the great unwashed of non-converts. I’ve had dozens … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/j-keydge-slack-jackets-get-them-whilst-you-still-can/feed/ 13 http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/guest-blogger-the-woolster-deadstock-1950s-baseball-jacket/ http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/guest-blogger-the-woolster-deadstock-1950s-baseball-jacket/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:58:40 +0000 The Weejun http://www.theweejun.com/?p=1800 Whilst I have been in retirement due to real life workload combined with an inevitable compounded sense of being a kid in a sweetshop with toothache from the last few years intensive ebay/JSA buying sprees, I received this guest post … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/guest-blogger-the-woolster-deadstock-1950s-baseball-jacket/feed/ 0 http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/finally-deadstock-walk-over-dirty-bucks/ http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/finally-deadstock-walk-over-dirty-bucks/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:18:56 +0000 The Weejun http://www.theweejun.com/?p=1791 I knew it. Starting a tumblr blog would mean I would get lazy with the original Weejun blog. It’s just one of those things. Blogging with Tumblr is super fast and great for those images or vintage adverts that don’t … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/finally-deadstock-walk-over-dirty-bucks/feed/ 0 http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/vintage-bass-weejuns-tie-shoes/ http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/vintage-bass-weejuns-tie-shoes/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:59:15 +0000 The Weejun http://www.theweejun.com/?p=1766 I’ve had a few enquiries recently from readers searching for tie up Bass Weejuns – a rare beast indeed and a different shoe entirely to the also rare Sportocasin (whose roots come directly from 1930s golf shoes). Sometime ago I … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/vintage-bass-weejuns-tie-shoes/feed/ 0 http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/ivy-league-college-outfitters-1950s/ http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/ivy-league-college-outfitters-1950s/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:13:23 +0000 The Weejun http://www.theweejun.com/?p=1738 My long search of the LIFE magazine files also dug up these interesting photogaphs of an earlier college generation, some being outfitted for new wardrobe in local stores, others just general colleg life. The average date seems to be 1954 … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/ivy-league-college-outfitters-1950s/feed/ 2 http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/complete-college-wardrobe-montgomery-ward-1962/ http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/complete-college-wardrobe-montgomery-ward-1962/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:07:25 +0000 The Weejun http://www.theweejun.com/?p=1729 Looking back from 2012, this stuff looks great doesn’t it? But let’s not forget that history is constantly rewriting itself (and often written by those who don’t really know) and laid down for future generations as gospel. (God help those … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/complete-college-wardrobe-montgomery-ward-1962/feed/ 0 http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/corcoran-hunting-shooting-fishing-fallwinter-1959/ http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/corcoran-hunting-shooting-fishing-fallwinter-1959/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:57:27 +0000 The Weejun http://www.theweejun.com/?p=1718 Whilst not being any kind of beardy workwear East End type (and in fact in spite of that) I have always had a soft spot for classic American functional clothing. Back in the day it was LL Bean’s catalogue that … Continue reading →]]> http://www.theweejun.com/index.php/corcoran-hunting-shooting-fishing-fallwinter-1959/feed/ 1