11 CLASSIC TWEED JACKETS! Sz.38-44: Harris Tweed, Donegal Tweed, Vintage, Classic Ivy 3/2 sacks, ++

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MY FIRST TWEEDS OF FALL 2018!

As always, my primary goal is to move these from my closets to yours--so ALL OFFERS ARE VERY WELCOME!

As always, I offer FREE SHIPPING on everything within the USA; International inquiries are welcome, with shipping at cost!
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1) Beautiful Southwick houndstooth jacket.

Size: C. 42, 44R

Made for Roots!​

This is wonderful! Made by Southwick, one of the great traditional American clothiers, for Roots, one of the great (and long gone) tradly clothiers of upscale New Jersey.

This beautiful jacket is cut from a classic grey and cream houndstooth tweed with accents of forest green, with a complementary dark red windowpane overcheck. It is half-canvassed and fully lined. It's a contemporary two button front closure jacket, with subtle darting and a single centre vent. It has four button cuffs; all the buttons are horn. It was, of course, Made in the USA, and it's in absolutely excellent condition.

Asking just $35, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Measurements:

Chest: 22
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 30 1/2

2) WONDERFUL and RARE!
Solid Mustard Harris Tweed Jacket. Made in England for Archie Brown Ltd., of Bermuda.
Size: c. 38.​

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Archie Brown, with Trimingham's, Smith's, and The English Sports Shop, was a Bermudian institution until its closure, being famous both for its offerings of upscale British clothing and also for the bagpiper who played in the store every day at noon.

(Please note: The colour of this jacket is much richer than my pictures can capture; it's a lovely traditional English mustard!)

This marvellous jacket shows just why Brown's was so famous. Likely dating from the early 1960s this beauty was Made in England. It has the traditional British three button front and the high lapels, harking back to its hacking jacket heritage. The Harris Tweed that it is cut from is the traditional heavyweight Harris with the rather rough and slightly hairy hand--just what you'd want in a tweed of this calibre! It is also an extremely rare solid colour tweed--the colour of English mustard! It is fully canvassed and fully lined. It is unvented, and has four button cuffs. All of the original buttons are intact, and all are the traditional leather-covered metal-shanked football buttons. This also carries a full set of lovely vintage labels. This does have one or two small blemishes on the tweed, as shown, as well as two small water marks in the lining, and so this is in Very Good condition.... A very conservative rating given that this is likely from the late 1960s!

This is a rare opportunity to acquire a lovely vintage jacket from a renowned (and long gone) retailer at a very good price indeed! Asking just $39, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Measurements:

Chest: 20 1/4
Sleeve: 21 (+2 1/4)
SHoulder: 18
Length: 29 1/2

 

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3) Vintage "Brooksgate" Tweed Jacket

c. 40, 42L​

This is a truly lovely tweed! Made for Brooks Brothers' "Brooksgate" line. This line was aimed at younger men, and intended to be the "gate" to Brooks Brothers' more mature offerings, such as "Makers" and "346"--hence the name, "Brooksgate". Not surprisingly, considerable care was taken to ensure that there was no skimping on cut on construction on this line, and that fabrics that would elicit admiration from young women were deliberately used... After all, if you're using this line to snare the naxt generation of customers, you'd better make sure that they have very positive views of your clothing!

This jacket would be sure to tick all of these boxes. It's a lovely dove grey herringbone tweed with vertical striping in sepia rose pink and Spring sky blue--my pictures really don't do the beauty of this jacket justice at all!

Perfect for the cooler days of early Fall this is a contemporary two button model with subtle darting. It is half-canvassed and half-lined, and has a single center vent. It features chestnut leather-covered metal-shanked football buttons, with three to each cuff. It was, of course, Union made in the USA, and is in absolutely excellent condition.

Asking just $39, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Tagged 44XL (vintage sizing), this measures:

Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 27 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 33 1/2

 

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4) CLASSIC Harris Tweed Jacket from DiTorio's of Pennington, NJ

Size c. 38S​

This was originally sold by DiTorio's of Pennington, NJ--an extremely trad. clothier, now long gone, that catered to the more rurally inclined trads of neighbouring Princeton. Pennington itself is a beautiful pre-Revolutionary War small town. The cemetery on Main Street is bounded by a wall that British troops exercised their horses over in 1775, and Frederick Forsyth set the start of his novel Avenger at the intersection of W. Delware and Main, as embodying classic small town America.

This jacket embodies the wares that were offered by DiTorio's. Cut from a very sturdy, heavier-weight Harris Tweed of a heft that gave Harris its worldwide reputation and is now increasingly rare, this is a lovely classic grey herringbone that is accented with classic Harris tweed vertical stripes in chestnut brown and sky blue. It appears to be half-canvassed, and it is half-lined. It features a single center vent and three button cuffs. It was Made in the USA, and is in absolutely excellent condition--the top breast pocket is still basted shut!

Asking just $45, or offer.

Measurements:

Chest: 20
Sleeve: 25 (+2 1/4)
Shoulder: 17 1/4
Length: 29 1/2






5) Classic Vintage Autumn-Winter Plaid Jacket.

Designed by Hardy Amies of Savile Row, London.​

Originally sold by Briggs of Providence--the upscale clothier for all of Rhode Island--this lovely heavy winter plaid jacket is a medly of slate-blue, browns, and creams. It is a contemporary two button jacket with darting and twin vents. The buttons are all leather-clad metal-shanked football buttons. It features two hacking pockets--true to its British heritage, like the twin vent--and is half-canvassed and half-lined. It has some minor loose stitching in the lining, and so is in Very Good/Excellent condition. It was Union Made in the USA.

Asking just $35, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA!

Measurements:

Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 29 3/4

6) BEAUTIFUL Barleycorn-esque tweed with vertical striping!

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Size c.38, 40R.​

At first, I thought that this was clearly a Harris tweed--the colourway, patterning, heft and slight hariness as indicated Harris! But, it's not marked as such, as so it seems that it's not--although the quality of the cloth certainly rivals (and even exceeds) that of most Harris being produced today.

Despite not being Harris this tweed is wonderful! It's a lovely complex weave that's similar to barleycorn, although considerably more heathery. It features very subtle vertical striping in chestnut and sky blue, which are also heathered into the base tones of the jacket. There is also flecking of light pale lichen green.

The jacket itself is a contemporary two button model with subtle darts; it has three button cuffs. All of the buttons are leather-covered and metal shanked. The jacket appears to be half-canvassed, and is half-lined; it has a single centre vent. It's in excellent condition, except for a tiny weave fault in the crease where the sleeve joins the shoulder. This is very close to the seam, and so cannot be seen when worn; indeed,it can only really be seen when the sleeve is placed vertically above the jacket--a stance you'll never be in unless you're an acrobat and intend to wear this jacket while performing. (I found it when measuring, which is when the sleeves are moved upwards in this unnatural way.) You'll likely have never found this flaw, but it is there, and so this is in Very Good/Excellent condition--and a steal at just $29, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA!

This is a bargain for a jacket like this!

Measurements:

Chest: 20
Sleeve: 25 1/2
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 30

 

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7) Basketweave Harris Tweed from The Princeton Clothing Company

Size c.40, 42 R/L​

Like Langrock, The English Shop, Ballot, and Norman Hilton The Princeton Clothing Company specialized in classic Ivy Style clothing--which naturally included Harris Tweed. This lovely jacket is cut from classic basketweave Harris tweed in a mixture of browns, creams, and slate grey. It is cut as a contemporary two button jacket with subtle darts, and has a single center vent. It is half-canvassed and half-lined and has very natural shoulders. The buttons are classic leather-covered and metal-shanked football buttons. Made in the USA, this is in excellent condition.

Asking just $35, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Measurements:

Chest: 21
Sleeve: 26 (+2 1/4)
SHoulder: 17 3/4
Length: 31 3/4






8) BEAUTIFUL Made in Ireland Donegal Tweed Jacket

Size c. 44, 46R
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This is wonderful! Cut from genuine Donegal tweed in a classic dark brown herringbone flecked throughout with scarlet, moss green, and sky blue, the tweed of this beautiful jacket is like evening clouds over a peat bog at dusk on a November late afternoon, with the peat fire and Irish tea waiting in the cottage.

Cut as a classic Irish three button hacking jacket with subtle darting, this has twin vents and three button cuffs. It is half canvassed and fully lined, and features complementary metal-shanked buttons is burnished chestnut. It was, of course, Made in Ireland, and apart from the start of some minor sag to the interior pockets is in excellent condition.

Asking just $45, or offer.

Measurements:

Chest: 23 1/4
Sleeve: 26 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 21 1/2
Length: 31 1/2







9) BEAUTIFUL 3/2 sack by Corbin for The English Shop of Princeton

Size c. 44L​

Absolutely beautiful, this is the perfect tweed to transition into Fall! Cut as a classic 3/2 sack by Corbiin--a clothier so steeped in the Ivy tradition that it even produced a line of trousers called "Natural Shoulder"!--this has a wonderfully fluid lapel roll. The tweed is a lovely classic glen plaid with a tan base, with lichen main checking and an overcheck in bracken and chestnut. This is fully canvassed and fully lined, and has a single centre vent. It has three button cuffs, and was, of course, Union Made in the USA. It is in excellent condition apart from a small rub by the leading edge of the interior pocket and a small water mark in the lining, as shown--neither of which could be seen when this is worn!

Asking just $45, or offer.

Measurements:

Chest: 22 3/4
Sleeve: 28 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 3/4
Length: 33

 

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10) S. Cohen of Montreal Jacket

Size c. 42, 44.​

A lovely and unusual jacket cut from Italian wool with vertical striping in dark blue-grey slate, bracken, and burnished chestnut, this is a contemporary two button model with darting and three button cuffs. It is half-canvassed and fully lined, and features plenty of pick stitching in the lining. It has twin vents--appropriately enough, since this is Cohen's "England" model! This was Union Made in Canada, and is in absolutely excellent (likely unworn) condition--the two front pockets are still basted shut.

Asking just $45, or offer.

Tagged 44R, this measures:

Chest: 22
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+ 1/4)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 31 1/8






11) LOVELY Huntington 3/2 Tweed Sack. PATCH POCKETS!

Size: 40, 42R​

This is lovely! A classic 3/2 slate blue-grey herringbone tweed sack with a very high lapel roll this lovely jacket has the ever-desirable flapped patch pockets, here with lapped seams. It is half-canvassed half-lined and has a single center vent. It has the classic two-button cuff, and is in absolutely excellent condition.

Asking just $45, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Tagged 42R, this measures:

Chest: 21
Sleeve: 26 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 30 7/8

 

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(8) is sold.

 

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of course 8 would be the first sold....

 

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Lots more on their way!

 

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BUMP!

 

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11 is SOLD

 

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5, 6 SOLD

OFFERS WELCOME!