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    Show us your suits

    To add to another thread can you tell me what pockets both trousers and jacket (inside ) have please? This to add to what we know about pockets and dating.
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    • Post #3,290
    • Forum: Suits
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    Trouser back pocket (or lack thereof)

    I agree the front pocket and no back pocket arrangement does work well. I try to stick with it as often as I can - which is not enough really, hence having two normally. Maybe I should try harder as well! Fletch - "Can we assume cross-Atlantic influence, given the influx of Yanks in the 40s?"...
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    Trouser back pocket (or lack thereof)

    I would not argue about 1940s garments at all - RTW from the latter part of the decade especially. Remember that there was the demob suit which was issued to those leaving the army and made to a standard specification and I would suspect that suits sold otherwise would have tended to conform...
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    Trouser back pocket (or lack thereof)

    Are you talking of an English made suit? - I would assume so given that you are from West Yorkshire. Whilst there was no firm rule it would be very common for a suit not to have a back pocket in the trousers at that time. This would equally apply to RTW or MTM/bespoke which was a very...
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    Suit maker opinion

    Said to be amongst the top three or four tailors in HK. I intend to try them next time I am in HK.
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    Mending suits

    This is far, far too old to be bumped - why not start a new thread?
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    Bespoke Vintage Suit

    Copying does not have to be destructive at all - but it does have to have a good eye both to see what is there and replicate in something to fit you. I would agree that some Asian tailors are good at this - albeit even if they copy fashion 'labels'. Suggest pick up one or two pieces on...
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    Tailcoat Advice?

    Looks more like 'costume' than something that one would wear seriously - let alone to a wedding.. Suggest burn it and get yourself a decent suit - advice on that abounds here.
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    Show us your suits

    Very difficult to tell much from this view. Can you tell us about it, make, cloth, specification and so on? A set of pictures would help - the sort of thing here such as: Front and rear views with coat on standing up Front and rear without coat on for the trousers the inside of the coat...
    • GBR
    • Post #3,267
    • Forum: Suits
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    Show us your suits

    Yes it is.. That is the more common one at this time but I agree that those favouring bespoke tailors may have been more advanced in their thoughts that the RTW merchants.
    • GBR
    • Post #3,250
    • Forum: Suits
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    Show us your suits

    Nick D That looks one hell of a good suit and a pretty good fit. If I might say so as a long hair myself - your hair complements it well - you appear very imposing. I would suspect that the date is genuine. All the visible details look right - high back and pockets etc.. One other sign is...
    • GBR
    • Post #3,244
    • Forum: Suits
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    Show us your suits

    Where has the video gone to so soon?
    • GBR
    • Post #3,239
    • Forum: Suits
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    Opinion on this Louis Feraud dinner jacket & trousers

    Why does the coat fasten the wrong way round?
    • GBR
    • Post #11
    • Forum: Suits
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    Suspender Buttons

    Quite normal in fact. Many preferred their braces to be fastened outside the trousers.
    • GBR
    • Post #28
    • Forum: Suits
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    Black Suit

    Why ever not buy a black suit? You will find views polarised on this one and any attempt to count the votes merely represents whoever responds. Make your own mind up on this one, they are a quite normal part of men's everyday wardrobes now.
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    Opinions & dating on this suit

    That or the back of the fire - it really does not look good.
    • GBR
    • Post #19
    • Forum: Suits
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    Opinions & dating on this suit

    I regret a great many do crap suits that fall to peices. They arev distiguished by the (usually Asian) touts that hassle people on Nathan 'copy watches' being their other line.
    • GBR
    • Post #18
    • Forum: Suits
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    Opinions & dating on this suit

    Agree but maybe even newer - not one of the reputable tailors.
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    Urine suit

    I have to say that the hygiene habits of the former owner would suggest to me that it is fit only for burning. Could not abide to wear it even after cleaning.
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    To black tie or not to black tie

    No - do not overdress - that would merely make you the centre of (adverse) attention which is surely not your objective.

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