I'd be inclined to go with single-breasted with no lapels, personally, with nicely curved points. Maybe flaps on the lower pockets to go with the sporty look? Or add pleats to the front above the lower pockets
Thanks gents, I might have gone with a cream shirt if one were in my wardrobe, but such is not currently the case. I wouldn't have gone with a check with this outfit, but might have if I wasn't wearing that sweater vest and maybe a wool tie.
I had been keeping my 'tache trimmed to a neat, pointed handlebar, but I let it grow out and now I'm not trimming it for a whole year starting the 1st of this month.
Really nice, Quirrel! I like the grown-on bottom facing. I have a '40s waistcoat with only one small bit of sewn on facing, I'll have to put up a photo of the interior. Is the outer edge of the stay tape caught in the seam or only stitched to the fabric?
I found some stills from the movie, and Fairbanks wears morning dress. It doesn't look like a hybrid to me, just a bit stylised and in dark lighting. Morning dress was common enough in 1930 I'm sure the artist was familiar with it.
More weeding out of things in my wardrobe that don't fit any more!
A bespoke double breasted suit, dated 1958, made for a rear admiral in the Royal Navy.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321050644476?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
A Montague Burton dinner suit, double...
I've put a few things up on eBay that no longer fit me. A couple pairs of trousers I've made, a vintage tailcoat, and a WWII British greatcoat.
Morning dress trousers, 38" waist.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321047454287?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
Oxford bags, 37"...
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