Here's our huge thread on original Irvin jackets:
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/all-original-irvin-raf-type-jackets-loving-that-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing.35313/
Quick update... yesterday I was able to wear my coat for the first time since moving the velcro on the cuffs and this mod worked out successfully, so I'm quite pleased. It really does make the coat much more useful for me. Not a big deal in the greater scheme of things but I'll take my W's where...
I think I complained before how the cuffs on the Rothco jacket can't be closed up beyond a certain point, which was a problem last winter since the cold wind would blow right up my sleeves. This afternoon I removed the velcro strips that the cuffs stick to and moved them further away, right to...
Ben Nevis is another modestly priced jacket with traditional details:
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Here's comments on Ben Nevis and Jump The Gun from a friend in the UK who teaches fashion in a uni and is into the style:
Yeah I have a Ben Nevis in British racing green and they're decent. Kinda cheapish heavy...
Photo of Admiral Charles Hughes in 1928 wearing a cape. Although he's USN, the cloak has an agraffe of an Army cape instead of the frogs of a Navy boat cloak. Not sure what's going on. In any case, this photo usefully shows how a cloak fits over the huge bullion epaulets, which a greatcoat, no...
Everything changes, which is the way of the world. Just keep posting the stuff you like and be assured there's always someone out there reading it who is appreciating it.
Here's some fun photos of someone doing an FDR impersonation for an event of some kind. Looks like to me, after examining the close-up photo, that he's wearing an actual vintage USN boat cloak.
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