A 1912 Suit/Tie/Boater you could wear 100 years later and look at home.

[Creeping Past]

I think I scrolled down too far...to the Bedu guy. That's how to dress!

Too right! At the start of the summer I was seriously considering the merits of the cotton distasha — for home use to begin with. Then we didn't have a summer...

Next year, effendi!

 

[scotrace]

ROTC
Reserve Officer Training Corps.

 

[mike]

I always thought LOTC was started by Lindsay Hutton, the original Fanzine King.

I believe Morrissey was one of the founding members, although it could have just become an urban legend


And Scotrace, thank you! Much appreciated!

 

[Creeping Past]

I believe Morrissey was one of the founding members, although it could have just become an urban legend

We're both half right.

 

[mike]

We're both half right.

well atleast neither of us are particularly wrong lol

 

[JimInSoCalif]

In the first post I like the way the man on the left is dressed, but I wonder if it was the custom of that era to press a crease in the sleeves of the jacket. If so, does anyone know when that changed?

Thank you, Jim.

 

[thunderw21]

In the first post I like the way the man on the left is dressed, but I wonder if it was the custom of that era to press a crease in the sleeves of the jacket. If so, does anyone know when that changed?

Thank you, Jim.

It was customary to crease the arms. It was done up through the '50s, don't know when it died.

 

[WildCelt]

It was customary to crease the arms. It was done up through the '50s, don't know when it died.

Interestingly, it's still done on Marine Corps Service and Dress uniform jackets.

 

[JimInSoCalif]

It was customary to crease the arms. It was done up through the '50s, don't know when it died.

I suppose that it, like many details in men's clothing, faded out over a period of time. I am under the impression that the cut off from something being fashionable to unfashionable in women's clothing was much more abrupt than it was with men's. I don't think men have ever had to worry about which color will be the 'in color' next Spring. Who decides this stuff I wonder?

I bought a new sport coat in 1956 and the cleaners pressed a crease in the sleeve. I lived with my uncle at the time and he suggested that I have it repressed so I did.

I don't think I ever had another cleaners press a crease in a sleeve. I remember the year and the coat only because that was the year that I got out of the Army. I wonder if schools even teach anything about the Korean War.

 

[_RAGNAR_]

Pardon me in advance, what's ROTC? All I know is LOTC, which stands for "Legion of the Cramped" - the Cramps fan club that was started by Morrissey in the late 1970's

As someone already said “Reserve Officer Training Corps” in reference to the fact the photo says they are army students and someone else commented that they were not wearing uniforms i.e how could they be Army students. My comment was to say they could easily be Army student in that time frame at Columbia.

 

[JimInSoCalif]

In the early 50's high schools had ROTC (often prononced ROT SEE) classes that could be taken in lieu of gym classes. I don't believe that uniforms were worn.

 

[Tomasso]

It was customary to crease the arms. It was done up through the '50s, don't know when it died.

It's an enduring style, for some.

 

[Sefton]

My, but the grocer certainly does dress well. Especially the flower in the (of course) functional lapel button hole!

It's an enduring style, for some.

 

[scotrace]

I ask for my vintage jackets to be creased. They used to say "If they come out that way they aren't done correctly." But now they understand.

 

[_RAGNAR_]

In the early 50's high schools had ROTC (often prononced ROT SEE) classes that could be taken in lieu of gym classes. I don't believe that uniforms were worn.

That would be JROTC in HS, though I don't doubt everyone called it ROTC. It is still availabe in many High Schools.

 

[scotrace]

One never sees Palm Beach Cloth in Ohio.

 

[scotrace]

Did we decide this was Palm Beach Cloth or not?

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[dhermann1]

Just reviewing the Palm Beach fabric thread, and seeing that it was only introduced in 1911, and surmising that in 1911 it was only the familiar white fabric, I would really, really doubt it. But I guess Dinerman is the ultimate authority.

 

[Dinerman]

Especially early on, when the white fabric was not sartorially accepted in northern states, they produced a number of non-white fabrics. So it wouldn't surprise me.
There were a number of similar summerweight fabrics coming on the market at that same time, though, so it's difficult to say for sure.