This is kind of a three part post, I have to explain a few things to get to my point.

1. Has anyone seen the HBO show Boardwalk Empire? It's a great show, season 2 is coming out soon. It's about Atlantic City during prohibition and features some great historical gangsters such as Lucky Luciano, Al Capone, Arnold Rothstein, and quite a few others.

2. I know it features mostly gangsters but I love the way the characters act towards eachother. I can't be sure the way the show portrays the lifestyle in the 20s is true, but I really enjoy seeing that even gangsters and hookers are respectful, polite, well spoken, and can read. It's certainly not like that today.

3. The way they dress is awesome. I have been a big fan of cufflinks lately, I just like the old-style class. In this show, they wear tunic shirts, removable collars, collar pins, vests, etc. Even the "poor" gentlemen in the show wear suits classier than those you would find in a department store today.

That being said... I am wondering if any of you gentlemen know of somewhere than I can buy this "old-style" clothing. I've found a few places that sell the tunic shirts and collars, but that's about it. I'd like to give it a shot because I like the style... I just feel it may not look as great in a modern world, I'm sure I'd look grossly out of place if I were to wear this stuff to work. I'm thinking more along the lines of special occasions or events.

To those who may be more familiar with this time in history... is any of the "Hollywood" portrayal of the early 1900s even true? I'd imagine there was much more hardship and less education than they care to show but it seems like it was a great time in our history (excluding, of course, a few factors such as civil rights, the depression, etc.).