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Retrospective replied to the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes.Few days ago, I bought a 1900-1920's black three-piece suit and it came with a waistcoat with a loop! Interestingly enough, this suit... -
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Retrospective reacted to Mean Eyed Matt's post in the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes with
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Thank you, Gary, for your assist and the confirmation. -
Retrospective reacted to The Shoe's post in the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes with Like.
Spot on. Yes, that’s almost certainly correct. Japanese names starting with “B” are pretty rare these days, but there is the odd one...
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Retrospective reacted to Mean Eyed Matt's post in the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes with Like.
I would even narrow it down to 20s (or maybe oslder - 10s): These buttons with the 'embroidered' silk facing are very common in Europe...
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Retrospective replied to the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes.I think it's a direct translation. "大津" is "Ōtsu" and "正圓洋服店" is "Shōen tailor shop". Notice that the Japanese text is written from...
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Retrospective reacted to Mean Eyed Matt's post in the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes with Like.
No need to apologize. Very interesting label on that frock coat, which of course proves the origin very well! Do you have any idea what...
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Retrospective reacted to Edward's post in the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes with Like.
Lovely piece. I see the slips are £30; I wonder what the waist coat is? I'd guess several hundred, given they stat at just over 2k for...
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Retrospective reacted to Jon Crow's post in the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes with Like.
Ah I see why, I blew it up, could also be a buttonhole for a watch chain bar
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Retrospective reacted to Jon Crow's post in the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes with Like.
Looks like a loop to me
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Retrospective replied to the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes.Found a double-breasted waistcoat with a loop (could be a buttonhole, hard to judge from the photo) on an online store. It also has...
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Retrospective reacted to Jon Crow's post in the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes with Like.
I think I've seen a similar here in Madrid, a cloth loop, but it was a while back, Simple ingenious way of doing it
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Retrospective reacted to Edward's post in the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes with Like.
All been covered... As @Jon Crow has noted, it looks to me too that that loop has been designed for just the bar to go through. It's...
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Retrospective replied to the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes.Sorry for the late reply! There are two reasons which indicate that the frock coat and the waistcoat were both tailored in Japan...
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Retrospective reacted to Mean Eyed Matt's post in the thread 1920-30's waistcoat with a "loop" between buttonholes with Like.
May I ask you something completely different: You wrote 'both probably tailored in Japan'. What are the indicators for manufacturing in...
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Retrospective reacted to Edward's post in the thread Photo of a gentleman wearing a waistcoat with a white piping on the edge with Like.
Interesting seeing this come around again. This is a detail which is still around, but you'll only see it, certainly here in England, in...
