The Fedora Lounge

As customary, I will be going live at 11am EST for Fedora Friday #3 while wearing my Stetson bowler (derby) from the 1930's. In today's episode, we are going full 1931 — rain-slicked streets, shadowed brims, and fedoras so sharp they could cut glass. Our focus? The hats of Road to Perdition (2002), where Tom Hanks proves that a well-blocked fedora is as deadly as a Tommy ***, Pa...

This is thread started on 1950s or earlier California Sportswear Co. (CSC) aka Californian of Los Angeles.

CSC was a prolific maker of leather jackets between 1930s-1980s. They joined in a lawsuit to challenge the use of "made in California" Californian, by non-California makers. They prevailed c.1950.

CSC along with Roughwear Clothing were probably the...

Saw some Coach jackets on Ebay that caught my eye. Made in China, but not sure that means much these days. Does anyone have experience with Coach? (To be clear, I'm asking about actual Coach, not Coach Outlet, which I know is a step down).

Here's one specific Ebay item, just to give an example:

Willing to purchase Clinch boots in US9 or 9.5, preferably black pair

Hello leather jacket friends.

Picked this up for $35 because it was fqhh. Was wondering if someone could help with an id or date estimate. I was thinking 40s cause the wool lining. It has a corduroy collar

Fits me pretty well! Not sure what to wear with it yet.