Artistic Licence Taken With This Palm Beach Jacket

[HardBoiledMarlowe]

I believe this one is from 1950 - '56. It looks like someone took an airbrush to it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vint-WHITE-LINEN-COCKTAIL-JACKET-COVERED-IN-COCKTAILS-PALM-BEACH-Size-LG-/111144180444?pt=Vintage_Men_s_Clothing&hash=item19e0b59adc

 

[DamianM]

Ugh!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

How sad.

 

[BR Gordon]

I don't believe that I've anything more ugly.

 

[splintercellsz]

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I don't have a problem with it. Looks like something to be used on stage or in a Tiki bar setting for a staff member.

This, of course, is exactly what 40s country bands would be doing (with different artwork) to suits to look like Hank Williams etc. when they couldn't afford Nudie's prices.

 

[Tomasso]

I'm ambivalent about this jacket. I kinda like it and could actually see myself wearing it but I wish the artist had used a less valuable (in a vintage sense) canvas to perform their handy work.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Well, it's only late Palm Beach fabric. It doesn't quite have the desirability of the earlier stuff.

 

[Edward]

It'd be a shame if it's a really rare piece; if they're ten a penny, less so. The artwork looks a bit Eighties for my tastes. I envisage a young Will Smith wearing this to "prom" in The Fresh Prince of BelAir.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I think it's dated '87, isn't it, at the end of the artist's tag inside the collar?

 

[HardBoiledMarlowe]

Sorry, I posted this and left town for a few days. I also kind of like it and could see myself wearing it in a Tiki bar setting or to some other similarly kitschy event. I agree that it's unfortunate they used a Palm Beach jacket, but luckily it is a later model.

 

[cookie]

I don't have a problem with it. Looks like something to be used on stage or in a Tiki bar setting for a staff member.

This, of course, is exactly what 40s country bands would be doing (with different artwork) to suits to look like Hank Williams etc. when they couldn't afford Nudie's prices.

I agree. It's beautifully done. Anyone that disagrees needs to enrol in the Fun Academy!