1940 White Linen Suit - Top Quality

[Chowderhouse]

This was made by in 1940 by De Pinna, one of NYC's best. Price is very high, but the quality is very good.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/1127343...er=date_desc&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=vintage

 

[Baron Kurtz]

yup, that's a beauty!

 

[Chowderhouse]

One of those rare vintage "white suits" that actually is white, not cream. Irish linen to be sure.

 

[Chowderhouse]

Gotta love the story behind it:


"On Friday June 28, 1940, my father, dressed in this linen suit, and his best friend - both newly minted physicians - steamed away from Pier 32 in NYC on the American Republics Line "S.S. Argentina" bound for a great adventure to South America. For two months, they ventured by ocean liner, train, private car, donkey and dugout canoe to Rio, Sao Paulo (the Chicago of Brazil), Montevideo, Buenos Aires, the Great Lakes way to the south hidden amongst the Andes, Arequipa and the Quinta Bates, Cuzco and Macchu Picchu on the swift waters of the Urubamba, the myriads of flamingos resting on the shores of Lake Titicaca, and Lima: the 'City of Kings'.' These were the days where each accommodation was preceded by a letter of introduction, one dressed for dinner, and the world unfurled before you."

 

[herringbonekid]

i really like the parquet floor and shelves in that little nook it's standing in.

 

[SteveAS]

Slightly long for me and well outta my financial league, but a beauty!

 

[Chowderhouse]

i really like the parquet floor and shelves in that little nook it's standing in.

Good stage setting.

 

[herringbonekid]

the suit's not bad either.

 

[Tomasso]

70+ years old and immaculate! Man, I can't even keep my white linen clean for an hour.

 

[delectans]

Exquisite! As white as the good doctor's white coat surely was, and oh so dapper! Saw this listing last week and have been irrationally attempting to justify its purchase ever since...

 

[Mario]

That suit is about my size (even the pants could very easily be made to fit!) but, alas, not the price.

 

[Chowderhouse]

And here's its poorer (but still genteel) cousin:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brooks-Brot...pt=Vintage_Men_s_Clothing&hash=item1e73d52915