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The ones below are very, very similar my old John White's, which would now set you back a mere £195!:

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A few of us were drinking at the reserve a couple of years ago- all seemed to be wearing similar stuff- Cordings overcoats. cashmere car coats, tassel loafers etc. Rex Harrison terrace chic I guess you could call it

 
Big Figure said:
Out of that lot, I had everything apart from a sleeveless tank top, striped or otherwise. Couldn't stand them. I still wear a Levi jacket to this day but never, ever with jeans. Going way back to the '60s, before I could afford my first pair of Doc Martens I used to wear monkey boots. I did, however, manage to acquire a really nice pair of brogues that looked the business with my blue and gold tonic suit.
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a blue and gold tonic suit???  any chance of a picture of that?

 
moi said:
a blue and gold tonic suit???  any chance of a picture of that?
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With me wearing it? Not a chance! I'm talking about over forty years ago here, and to my knowledge, photographic evidence doesn't exist. This is the kind of thing, but with a slightly different collar, a two-button jacket, and just a single flap pocket on each side:

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As far as I remember, I only ever wore the suit to football once, and that was underneath a white bib & brace. Reason being that I was supposed to go down to a certain place in Surrey to meet this girl, and I didn't want to get the suit creased or stained. And so, early Saturday evening, I arrived at This Certain Place, only to see this bloody girl being driven off in a motor by some flash git. Shrugging my shoulders, I dumped the bib & brace in a hedge, and had a bit of a session down the pub with a few of the local Chelsea.

 
More detail, please! Not of the foolish wench, but of the blue and gold - how were the colours distributed?

And why was it called a tonic suit?

 
Ok, I'll try to explain.

In this context, tonic means two-tone. Tone-ic, perhaps? The threads that make up the material are interwoven so that it changes colour according to the light. A suit isn't a flat surface., so you'd have variations in tone/colour as the suit creased or when you moved around.

 
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Ok, I'll try to explain.

In this context, tonic means two-tone. Tone-ic, perhaps? The threads that make up the material are interwoven so that it changes colour according to the light. A suit isn't a flat surface., so you'd have variations in tone/colour as the suit creased or when you moved around.
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Flash git!

 
Currently wearing a pair of handmade loakes boots, hand made in northhamtonshire, happy days.

 
Big Figure said:
The ones below are very, very similar my old John White's, which would now set you back a mere £195!:

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Ah now we are talking, I have Loake Royals in Ox blood and Fringe and Tassel loafers in Black and Ox Blood, all three pairs purchased from Loake in Brighton over recent years. The Royals even came with a set of blakies to knock into them. Have o say the loafers are well comfortable but the Royals still cause some discomfort. Happy days./monthly_10_2014/post-5967-0-19326400-1412632855_thumb.jpg/monthly_10_2014/post-5967-0-59584200-1412632894_thumb.jpg

 

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I bought a pair of Adidas Hamburg trainers three months ago. I haven't worn them yet. They were expensive and i don't want to wear them down the pub in case they get beer or piss on them!. I did all the casual stuff in the 80's that shop Stuarts in Shepherds Bush is still going its appointment only Monday- Friday. In the 90's it was all Stone Island gear which i'm not a big fan of especially as one of those twats who killed Lee Rigby was wearing a Stone Island hat. Wasn't a fan of Ralph Lauren shirts either go to any town centre at the weekend in the 90's and groups of lads would be wearing them and all different colours so they looked like a pack of walking Fruit Polos. Now i tend to wear sort of mod clobber Merc, Gabicci, Trojan polo shirts. I also wear polos by a company called David Watts who if you go on Ebay are selling polo shirts for a tenner with free delivery. Tassel loafers with blakeys those were the days.

 
Never been a mod meself but some of the stuff I wear can appear that way. John Smedley v or polo necks, Bally bowling shoes, three quarter length leather trench coat, submariners jumpers, a crombie boating blazer. Was having a beer on the Portobello Rd when this Mod sidled up to me- thought I was a card carrying mod meself- didn't know whether to laugh or cry

 
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A few of us were drinking at the reserve a couple of years ago- all seemed to be wearing similar stuff- Cordings overcoats. cashmere car coats, tassel loafers etc. Rex Harrison terrace chic I guess you could call it
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any time I've drank in there its been mostly scruffy f**kers, hehe
 
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Big Figure said:
Ok, I'll try to explain.

In this context, tonic means two-tone. Tone-ic, perhaps? The threads that make up the material are interwoven so that it changes colour according to the light. A suit isn't a flat surface., so you'd have variations in tone/colour as the suit creased or when you moved around.
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As in "he's a real tasty geezer (?) in his two tone tonic strides" - Johnny Reggae by the Piglets - haven't thought of or heard that for years!

 
Beerqueen said:
As in "he's a real tasty geezer (?) in his two tone tonic strides" - Johnny Reggae by the Piglets - haven't thought of or heard that for years!
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Johnny Reggae by the Piglets wasn't the reason I stopped wearing my two tone tonic suit. Honest!

 
8- hole DM's,10-hole dick turpins,a nice pair of black wing tips with quarter irons on the heels.

Got money? a Ben Sherman.not so loaded?Brutus trimfit.getting by? fine pattern Jaytex.

grandad cardigans with buttons like toffees,P Of W check trousers and a maroon Harrington with an aluminium comb in the pocket. black leather gloves and an umbrella in later years too.

similar to others iv'e got a pair of " Loakes" handmade ox blood/reddish brown gloss leather dealer boots that after 5 years are still as good as the first day.

We had style and a neat tidy appearance back then. never mind yer beards, baggy T-shirts and ripped jeans!

 
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