Distinctive tweed jacket - British 1948

[Two Types]

http://www.savvyrow.co.uk/products/...-cream-blue-check-tweed-jacket-42s-very-dandy

This is the second time this week that 'Savvy Row' have offered distinctive tweed jackets dated 1948, both size 42 (I guess they have come from the same source). If anyone likes these it might be worth contacting them - they might be drip-feeding a number of them onto the market.

 

[herringbonekid]

TT, did you see how much the velvet collared, plum-checked one was priced at before it sold ?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

TT, did you see how much the velvet collared, plum-checked one was priced at before it sold ?

I'd like to know too!

 

[Two Types]

TT, did you see how much the velvet collared, plum-checked one was priced at before it sold ?

No, I missed it. I check the site almost daily (though there is never anything to fit me that I need/want) so I think that when he posted the jacket it must have sold almost immediately. But I'm not surprised, it is a genuine beauty - not that I would have worn it, a velvet collared four-buttoned jacket is a little 'fast' for my tastes.

Have you seen the 1930s motoring coat that he is selling?

I think it is wonderful. In the film 'Once a Jolly Swagman' (in which Dirk Bogarde wears the curious raglan/normal sleeve combination) Bonar Colleano wears an almost identical coat.

'Savvy Row' did originally price it at £325. I thought it would sell immediately. It is now reduced to £200. I'm amazed no one has grabbed it yet.

 

[Two Types]

I'd like to know too!

I checked with Paul at 'Savvy Row'. The jacket with the plum coloured velvet collar sold for £159, which I think is a very good price to pay for such a rare and distinctive jacket.

Unfortunately, those two jackets (the second one sold for £115) are the only ones he had from that source. As he put it to me: "Now if only I could get them in all sizes!"