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Commentor Name:	jcapeverde
Comments left:	I live on the Hill. Some of my closest boys was from the Drive - Honeys too! LOL Yeah Big Will, I'm still on the "P", though not as much as I used to be. I'm gonna post a pic I found of a Blye label so you know what it looks like if you ever come across one. This got me thinking about old shoe stores. A ssomeone mentioned before, Florsheim was was the Playboy spot in Hempstead when I came up. Some of the Drive bros broke in & wiped out every pair back in 1970! LOL Lefcourt Shoes on Madison also had some sweet shoes. They also had reissued Playboys in the late 70's early 80's. Around the same time as McCreedy & Schreiber. I was thinking about the old Orchard Street. There was a old Black tailor, Mr. Brown on Allen Street. He'd make any kind of pants for $35 & put any kind of flaps on too. The criss cross, gun holster, round corners, hidden buttons, etc. What I miss are the wide wale corduroys with the Persian Lamb pocket flaps. Some people don't even know what Persian Lamb is! I went into Below The Belt years ago & asked a guy about putting it on a leather. This so-called "salesman" didn't know what the f**k I was talking about. Chump! Also anybody remember the Omega pants? No belt loops with the tab that had the Omega sign on them? Used to get them Uptown in Mohair, also on D street & Reval Knox on Jamaica Ave. I hated pants with belt loops. All my pants had to be western pockets in front, flaps on the back pockets & NO BELT LOOPS! It seems like tailoring is a lost art. Guys with felonies could be in business for themselves if they knew how to sew! Double Promo, you remember Grad's Cleaners on the Heights on Clinton across from Brierly Park? That old cat could sew his azz off! He did work on some leather pants for me. They were a little too peg leg. He split the seam, took a piece of the cut off hem & placed it in widening the leg. Perfect!
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