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- vi_sextus_viPictures are 1953 and WWI Scots Guards frockshttps://bid.candtauctions.co.uk/lot-details/index/catalog/11...https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/91425-scots-guards-unifo...that "Scottish romanticism" all but evaporated by the turn of the century, so the "typo"?Actual 1800s SG uniformhttps://www.pinterest.com/pin/uniformi-militari--84443180375...For comparison, the "timeless" Grenadier Guards frockhttps://thelanesarmoury.co.uk/shop.php?code=21282Bonus: Caspar David Friedrich (another appropriation :)https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/152982/an-intro...
- matt_eeeeI've always loved the blocking in this particular shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l72yHLiw3H4It makes you appreciate the amount of effort that goes into getting everything just right in film.
- redfloatplaneI love it when this kind of thing surfaces on HN. It’s always so enjoyable to have the fractal nature of detail in the world shown to you. Really nice to read as well.
- vintagedaveThree thousand pounds for a replica: https://www.andrea-galer.co.uk/withnail-store/mens-withnail-...The article veers into a loose advertisement for the designer selling replicas.
- sudbA tangential but interesting takeaway for me from this is that Harris Tweed was at some point in danger of dying out and that it was saved (?!) by now King Charles.
- balamatomAh, la culture. It's the enemy's pareksalons this time!