ON & BEYOND » WWII http://onandbeyond.com Thu, 03 May 2012 03:26:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Friendly Fire : Riveted http://onandbeyond.com/2010/02/friendly-fire-riveted/ http://onandbeyond.com/2010/02/friendly-fire-riveted/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:25:24 +0000 Vincent http://onandbeyond.com/?p=2378 The Bio reads: “Just another incurable collector of Americana. From vintage clothing to books records, you name it…..Love the thrill of hunting for “stuff” at the flea market and can’t get enough of my weekly dose .I know!! it’s a disease….” Let’s just say that the bit of provided information is considerably modest. In fact, Patrick Segui isn’t JUST another one, he goes Beyond what most of us already know; from buttons dating from WWII, to a pair of vintage Irish Setters, every piece has its history and Patrick tells it perfectly.

Check out his blog : Riveted
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Pure Gold : “A close up reveals a little trick i’ve learned from a ww2 vet.A knot in the middle of your laces will keep them even for ever and save you time.You won’t have to “aline” them ever again ……..”

]]> http://onandbeyond.com/2010/02/friendly-fire-riveted/feed/ 1 WWII Paratrooper Jacket http://onandbeyond.com/2010/01/wwii-paratrooper-jacket/ http://onandbeyond.com/2010/01/wwii-paratrooper-jacket/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:04:52 +0000 Vincent http://onandbeyond.com/?p=2189 Many have tried but never succeeded at reproducing it and making it better. Realistically, how can you expect a repro to look any better than this. The M42 was the uniform for the 101th Airborne Division troops in Normandy for WWII, father of the M65. There are so many military jackets that have influenced fashion but the M42 has been under the radar, getting overshadowed by the M65, the MA-1, the M51 and others. It’s probably the most fashionably in-tuned military field jacket, without actually being a field jacket….From the shirt collar to the slant-pockets and the waist belt to the reinforced elbows, I feel like this could easily be found in an Engineered Garments catalog.

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