in all honesty, i'm not sure. There's no date in it. It's a button fly and it had turn ups but i had to let them down otherwise the trousers were way too short. From the shape of it (short, tubby) i expect it was made for an older gentleman. It's got lots of clever little features, as you find...
i have black tie and morning suit. The dinner jacket is modern and designed to move in (i play in an orchestra - almost always wear 'west end blacks' ie open necked black shirt and black trousers, but sometimes need a dj). I do wear it to 'dos' but i'm more likely to wear trews and a prince...
i've picked up a few vintage tunic shirts and collars (various stiff and soft ones) along the way and had an opportunity to wear one to a wedding the other day. It's a terrible pic of me but hey! The shirt is 1960s and light as anything (it was a complete scorcher) and i have a linen suit...
well, quite, Mario. Only, i'm a 5'3" dumpy butch!
i had a lovely wool/cashmere charcoal grey single vent two button suit made for our CP by Susannah Hall http://www.susannahhall.com/. Slanted pockets and a ticket pocket on the right. Flat fronted trousers, no belt loops, side adjusters and...
tweed
this is a vintage three piece tweed i picked up from savvy row, an ebay shop.
i hope it isn't going to ruffle any feathers that i'm a woman who likes to wear suits. I haven't worn clothing marketed to women for about twenty years!
USMC dress shirt on ebay brings up a few results. They come up small.
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=USMC+dress+shirt&_sacat=0&_dmpt=US_CSA_MC_Shirts&_odkw=USMC+shirt&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
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