tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435322317603634772.post9156606013917339093..comments2023-09-07T04:14:08.915-05:00Comments on Retro Vintage Mod Style: Michael Caine: Happy 80th Birthday AlfieRetroVintageModStylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02837142286936869681noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435322317603634772.post-6960879255484429672013-03-16T08:50:36.962-05:002013-03-16T08:50:36.962-05:00Listen for the scene in this movie where 'Alfi...Listen for the scene in this movie where 'Alfie' asks his girlfriend/ flatmate (Jane Asher) as to the whereabouts of his " American shirt", this was either a reference to an Arrow, or Hathaway, button-down collar item. These could only be purchased as 'imports' at that time in Austin's Menswear on Shaftesbury Avenue, selling at around 89/6d (£4.50). It was Alan Sugarman (aka Ben Sherman) who upon seeing this demand created his own range of British-made similar shirts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com