1940's DB Suit Blue

[PoohBang]

Up for sale is a very nice Blue. Not really navy, not really royal... just blue.

Wool gabardine. With matching pants. It has a few moth bites... (pics) and has a white spot on the back... not sure what it is.

Measures: Probably a size 40-42....
Shoulders: 18.5
Chest: 21
Length: 32
Sleeve: 24

Waist: 15.5
inseam: 30 (1.5 cuffs)
Total waist to cuff: 41.5

Comar zipper, lowered belt loops.

Price with defects... $75.00

 

[PoohBang]

$75.00 shipped in the usa

 

[PoohBang]

Taking Offers

 

[PoohBang]

$50.00 shipped! in the USA.

 

[PADDY]

Have you got the measurements right on the pants as seems very small? PM Me please.

 

[PoohBang]

Have you got the measurements right on the pants as seems very small? PM Me please.

15.5 would of course be doubled to a waist size of 31.

 

[PADDY]

PM me please and hold them until I get and digest all the relevant information I need. Many thanks, P.

 

[PoohBang]

Still available

 

[PoohBang]

Suit is now $40.00

 

[Edward]

Gorgeous suit, but alas well under Marlowe size! I would suggest this would be closer a 38-40 in the chest then 40-42, though. If the actual jacket measurements give a chest of 42", that would, in my experience, be a vintage size 40, or a modern 38.

 

[avedwards]

I agree with Edward that it sounds more like a modern size 38, especially given the waist size. I may be interested but I'd like to know where the worst moth holes are and how visible they will be when the suit is worn (especially with a white shirt underneath). Also, is there any way that white stain can be removed?

 

[PoohBang]

I rubbed a knife edge on the white stain and some came off but I didn't want to go too crazy with it. If it's paint maybe some thinner would work or if it's some sort of chalk-like material maybe a dry clean would do the trick.

I'll go over it again tonight and put a white shirt inside it and take some more pics for you. The holes are small enough I think to be darned without much notice...

 

[Edward]

I have successfully removed gloss paint from a shirt with white spirits, a cloth and a little patience.... Shirt was a German army shirt in 'baumwolle', though (can't recall whether that means cotton or polycotton), so it might behave a little differently than wool.

 

[avedwards]

Baumwolle is cotton (literally translates as "tree wool"). It may behave differently but they're still both natural fibres, so what works with cotton may work on wool. Especially since garbadine is reasonably similar to some weaves of cotton.

 

[avedwards]

I rubbed a knife edge on the white stain and some came off but I didn't want to go too crazy with it. If it's paint maybe some thinner would work or if it's some sort of chalk-like material maybe a dry clean would do the trick.

I'll go over it again tonight and put a white shirt inside it and take some more pics for you. The holes are small enough I think to be darned without much notice...

A picture with a white shirt underneath would be greatly appreciated. A few small moth holes don't bother me in the least, providing they aren't too noticeable.

I'm just being wary of the stain because a recent suit I bought has very bad grease stains at the wrists where I lengthened them, and I still haven't succeeded in getting them out (though I have the suspicion that the dry cleaner I gave it too didn't clean it at all as the jacket wasn't even pressed). If it's chalk based I think a bit of steam and a brush should be able to get it out. I'd be scared of using paint thinner though in case it bleaches the dye in the suit.

 

[FRASER_NASH]

Aved - for $40 USD , take it!

 

[avedwards]

It's definitely an amazing price. But I already have eight suits so I'm very picky when it comes to getting new ones. If the stain can be removed and the moth holes aren't too bad I probably will go for it.

 

[FRASER_NASH]

I hadn't realised you owned '8' VINTAGE suits. My misunderstanding (I *thought* you had modern suits, but wanted 'vintage' ones - as this would have been an ideal starter for 'you.' ).

I daresay someone else will *snap* it up then

 

[PoohBang]

okay.. some detailed pics of the moth damage.... I also scraped a little more with the edge of a pen knife on the stain and a tiny white cloud happened so I'm thinking this might come off with a little elbow grease....

back of jacket on shoulder

back of jacket towards waist

inside lapel, can't see it unless you pull back the lapel.

same lapel, inside towards the top, can't see it unless you pull back the lapel

bottom of left arm

back of pants at belt loop

small one on the back leg.

thats all I saw. All easily darned.

 

[avedwards]

I hadn't realised you owned '8' VINTAGE suits. My misunderstanding (I *thought* you had modern suits, but wanted 'vintage' ones - as this would have been an ideal starter for 'you.' ).

I daresay someone else will *snap* it up then

Not eight vintage suits, just eight suits. One 40s, two 50s, one 60s, one 1975, one 1996 and two modern. I personally consider the 40s-60s ones to be FL vintage. It wouldn't be my first vintage suit but it would be my first plain blue DB suit as well as my first American vintage suit. I may indeed be interested as the moth holes don't look too bad.

What would shipping to the UK work out as? Also, thanks for the detailed photos of the mothing. Finally, are there pleats on the trousers (I can't tell from the photo but I only ask out of interest so photographic evidence isn't required )?