Today, having possibly taken my daughter's injunction to "wear something purple for my friend's party" a little too far:
Cheapest of the cheap linen/cotton suit from Primark
Tyrwhitt shirt
eBay tie
Tie rack pocket handkerchief
(Thurston boxcloth braces)
(Tricker's Acorn...
Some great looks on display!
In the meantime, I have got to try and persuade SWMBO to take my photographs for me...
Another Ravi suit, this time d/b 6x2 in a wool/silk mix, MoP buttons, with fishmouth back double forward pleat trousers as before. I like it generally, but the lapels...
Rather poor quality pictures today (these were the best of a bad bunch):
Ravi suit, 1 button notch, MoP buttons
Charles Tyrwhitt blue shadow(?) stripe shirt on white ground
Pakeman Catto & Carter wine foulard tie
Turnbull & Asser spotted handkerchief
Vintage(ish) silver tie...
Dressed for rather cooler and wetter weather than we actually had...
Vintage 4x2 d/b
Charles Tyrwhitt spread collar double-cuff shirt
Vintage Gieves & Hawkes tie
Vintage double-oval faux amber cufflinks
Hackett quartered pocket square (not sure about the wisdom of this choice, but there...
Get_Atomized, I love the whole effect, and I think you have a lovely smile.
Fletch, I too beg for a picture!
Mike, very interesting looking suit, and shirt too - is the collar detachable? It certainly looks smart enough!
I'm looking a bit modern today, I'm afraid, but I was building an...
A very well-dressed Don of my acquaintance used (and for aught I know still does) to wear a tailored dark blue single-breasted overcoat over his tails with a top hat and looked very well in it, I thought. Personally I favour a black velvet-collared pseudo-Chesterfield (regular rather than fly...
Nearly the last (except for the advertisements, which are about 2/3 of the content!):
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Suggestions for the Country
Fabrics - (i) colored yearn cotton twill shirting in a smart flannel effect. By Cluett-Peabody. (ii) Sea Island Mills' Raffina fabric, suitable for...
It was also quite a common cricketing thing - I think I picked the practice up first from old Vanity Fair prints of Victorian and Edwardian cricketers. It also cropped up a few times in the pages of Apparel Arts/Esquire as a recommended style, e.g. on the tennis court.
here's another instalment (the text is just those parts which have been shaved off for one reason or another):
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Late Summer Wearables
Fabrics - (i) Colored yarn British shirting made up by Cluett-Peabody in a variety of collar styles.
Overstriped Glen...
Some more, slightly better quality:
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Fall Portfolio of Fashions - Overcoat Trend, 1936
....The new shorter length overcoat extending 1 1/2" below the knee. This S.B. dark blue cheviot model carries set-in sleeves with real cuffs, fly front, peak lapels, slanting...
Gentlemen,
Just a taste of the contents of the copy of Apparel Arts I acquired not so long ago - apologies for the fact that the scans are not quite as good as I have wished - I will be uploading better versions once I have had more practice!
This is volume VI, number IV A, Advance Fall...
Particularly crappy photos today, but they give a flavour of the look I was after:
Work, followed by a trip to the theatre to see "An Inspector Calls"
Wool/silk mix Ravi 6x2 suit, House of Frazer gingham shirt, yellow silk pocket square, etc.
Four vices cufflinks
Herald &...
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