SEALED PATTERN
Here’s a nice Sealed Pattern Royal navy jumper, smock, crackerjack top dating from the First World War.
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ROLEX EXPLORER ‘SHAKEN NOT STIRRED’
The Rolex Explorer is significant in the world of wristwatches.
Read MoreBUM FREEZERS
Worthy of closer inspection are these two Dunn & Co. suits from the early 1960s.
Read MoreON THE ROAD
Based on the wartime Royal Navy short shawl-collared duffle coats, this civilian ladies version dates from the 1950s.
Read MoreRECOMMENDED VIEWING: CHARLOTTE PERRIAND IN JAPAN
Charlotte Perriand at the Meguro Museum of Art.
Read MoreOMERSA – YES WE CAN!
Dimitri Omersa and his wife Inge arrived in England in 1955 settling in a sanctuary for refugees in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
Read MoreROLAND PENROSE – CAMOUFLAGE
On ‘Home Guard Manual of Camouflage’ by Roland Penrose.
Read MoreEXISTENCILISM
Not to be confused with the more famous philosophy movement, and the likes of Camus, Sartre and Kierkegaard.
Read MoreCOCKLESHELL HEROES
This one has the broad arrow on the label and interestingly is dated 1953.
Read MoreHOW TO TACKLE A GIBSON GIRL
These USAAF World War II-era survival radio transmitters were given the nickname because of their “hourglass” shape.
Read MoreAUSTERITY GAMES
Olympic and Paralympic Games in London – 1948 and 2012.
Read MoreGOOD THINGS COME IN TWO’S
While three’s a crowd, some things are just better in pairs.
Read MoreBY ROYAL APPOINTMENT
Credibility, dependability and loyalty…
Read MoreTHE URSULA SUIT
The Holy Grail of wax cotton jackets known as an Ursula Suit or Admiralty Suit.
Read MoreTORN FROM MY COAT I SEND TO THEE…
“Torn from my coat I send to thee this war worn piece of old khaki”
Read MoreALL YOU POW’s – KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
“If you should be captured, these are your rights”
Read MoreWAXED JACKETS
We have a real weakness for old wax jackets.
Read MoreKEEP THEM FLYING!
Some recent finds inspired the following…
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