David Hart & Co. Spring/Summer 2011 Display at Fred Segal Finery – Santa Monica, California
May 4, 2011
The creative team at Fred Segal Finery in Santa Monica really outdid themselves with our display of ties for Spring 2011. It looks AMAZING and I’m obsessed with the phrenology heads! Thanks so much guys!
Edward R. Murrow in London – 1940
March 30, 2011
This is how news reporters should dress.
How to Wear a Tuxedo
March 29, 2011
Some of my favorite looks for black tie dressing.
Patrick McGoohan - Double breasted Ivory dinner jacket - Danger Man - Early 1960's
Marlene Dietrich - White tie and tails
Humphrey Bogart - Great shawl collar on the white dinner jacket
Rod Serling - Winning his fourth Emmy Award - Awesome bowtie!
Rod Serling #2 - Here at the 1959 Emmy's with his wife Carol. - I love the narrow shawl collar
Josephine Baker - White tie and tails
Nat King Cole - Great white dinner jacket with mohair trousers
Walter Cronkite - Shawl collar and cummerbund. Love the ivory pocket square
NBC Color Peacock Animations designed by John J. Graham – 1957 & 1962, – Also CBS Color Animation
March 28, 2011
1957:
1962:
CBS Color Animation – 1965
David Hart & Co. Spring 2011 Window at Bergdorf Goodman Men’s
January 27, 2011
Stork Club Dice
November 30, 2010
Stork Club Menu – 1950’s
November 28, 2010
Schenley’s Scent-A-Rama; Guide to Aged Whiskey – 1950’s
April 15, 2010
Cocktail Menu from the Astor Hotel – New York City – 1950’s
April 13, 2010
The Golden Age of Cocktails -Rob Roy, Bronx, Midnight Blond, Cloak & Dagger, Cuba Libre, and more. You could enjoy Canadian Club or Seagram’s for $.85 a pop. Chivas Regal and Ambassador would cost you $1.55.
Toots Shor’s Restaurant – Old New York at it’s Best
March 6, 2009
Mr. Shor seated at the bar at his restaurant - Image:AP
Mr. Toots Shor was a restaurateur and owner of the legendary Old New York restaurant “Toots Shor’s Restaurant”. Mr. Shor kept close friends such as Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe and just about every important celebrity from the 1940’s-1950’s. Mr. Sintara even mentions Toot Shor’s Restaurant in his duet with Sammy Davis Jr., “My Shadow and Me”. Check out some of the great paraphanelia and images below.
Toot's Menu - Image: http://www.tipsontables.com
Image: http://www.tipsontables.com
Image: http://www.tipsontables.com
Toots Shor's Restaurant - By Leroy Neiman
Detail of Mr. Neiman's painting featuring Mr. Shor & Mr. Sinatra seated at the bar
Older Menu signed by Babe Ruth
Matchbook signed by Mr. Frank Sinatra - Image:www.deansandfranks.com
Ash tray
Mr. Shor is all business in the corner with Jackie Gleason, Don Larson, and Frank Scott
There’s some great footage of Toots and the restaurant in the clip below:
The Invisible Agent 