Another Double Breasted suit.

[Feraud]

I found this two piece for a great price at our local shop. Probably not very old but with loads of style. In perfect condition.
Why do I think this suit needs to be worn with a red carnation?

closeup of material.

I love this pattern. I have two pair of pants in this style.

 

[AlanC]

Nice Glen plaid. Who made the suit?

 

[Brad Bowers]

Why do I think this suit needs to be worn with a red carnation?

That's what my wife said yesterday! I have a black and white glen plaid DB suit almost like this, which I wore yesterday, and my wife asked why I hadn't wore one of the red carnations from her Valentine's bouquet.

Nice suit! I'd also like to have a 3-piece suit in this pattern.

Brad

 

[Feraud]

I believe the maker is Canali.

That's what my wife said yesterday! I have a black and white glen plaid DB suit almost like this, which I wore yesterday, and my wife asked why I hadn't wore one of the red carnations from her Valentine's bouquet.

Nice suit! I'd also like to have a 3-piece suit in this pattern.

Brad

There must be something about the pattern that attracts the flower! A three piece in this pattern would be amazing.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

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Very nice, My Friend!

I like the bold lapel and that pattern is very strong.

Of course, I would like to see it on! It's not doing any good just hanging there. How does it fit?

I just got one back from the tailorshop in a brown pinstripe I will be posting later. I had him take the jacket in and it came out very well.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

we just associate the plain black/white glen plaid with that famous photo of Cary Grant wearing a red carnation. An excellent example of a meme.

bk

 

[Feraud]

Of course, I would like to see it on! It's not doing any good just hanging there. How does it fit?

I just got one back from the tailorshop in a brown pinstripe I will be posting later. I had him take the jacket in and it came out very well.

It needs a bit of tailoring in the sleeves but the body and jacket fits very well. I will get pictures after the alteration.

 

[Senator Jack]

Local shop? Are you keeping some place secret from me, Feraud?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

A local shop for local people. We don't like outsiders here.

bk

 

[Feraud]

Local shop? Are you keeping some place secret from me, Feraud?

Not at all! lol
There is a thrift stored called Northern Thrift in Huntington, L.I. It is a short drive from Queens.
You have to do a bit of digging but an occasional jewel is found.

 

[Senator Jack]

Oh yeah, I know that place. Found a few things there myself. That suit really does have your name all over it. More of that Runyonesque flair you've nailed. (Every time I see Feraud now, I expect him to be holding a racing form.)

Regards,

SJ

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Why do I think this suit needs to be worn with a red carnation?

Why? Because you have subconsciously internalized this image of Cary Grant:

 

[Feraud]

Oh yeah, I know that place. Found a few things there myself. That suit really does have your name all over it. More of that Runyonesque flair you've nailed. (Every time I see Feraud now, I expect him to be holding a racing form.)

Regards,

SJ

Thanks S.J.! A racing form lol That reminds me we have to get together for the Belmont Stakes this year!

Why? Because you have subconsciously internalized this image of Cary Grant:

You are correct. I have to stop watching those classic movies..:eusa_doh: lol

 

[Tomasso]

^

Is CG wearing a brown knit tie?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Is CG wearing a brown knit tie?

No, it's just that the photo's colors are off kilter. His knit tie was in fact burgundy colored.

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[Jovan]

A three piece in this pattern would be amazing.

Have you seen Good Night, And Good Luck? Strathairn's POW suit was amazing. Three piece, and single breasted peaked lapel.

 

[Fletch]

Yes. Murrow himself was a very elegant figure, and the clothes helped Strathairn to inhabit that persona completely.

OTOH, some of the other male characters looked like their clothes were afterthoughts - not at all evocative of the era.

 

[Jovan]

I agree. Most of the shirts in particular looked like they were just grabbed off the rack, and I'm sure shirts in the 1950s at least had a higher armholes.

 

[Mr. Rover]

I read in some trade journal over the summer that Murrow's shirts for Good Night and Good Luck were tailor made with a "french collar"- that's what they were calling it.

 

[Feraud]

I read in some trade journal over the summer that Murrow's shirts for Good Night and Good Luck were tailor made with a "french collar"- that's what they were calling it.

Here is the article I scanned. I am trying to remember if it is from the NYT Supplement or New Yorker Magazine.