Midnight Blue
One of the Regulars
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Waistcoat lapel facings
I'm having a hard time finding specific references to lapels on vintage black-tie waistcoats and I'm hoping you guys can help me out! It seems that silk waistcoats usually took self-faced lapels / revers but I can't find any info about facings on the lapels of wool waistcoats. Were they generally faced with the same kind of silk as used on the accompanying jacket lapels or were they usually self-faced or were both options common? Also, I'm curious as to whether buttons on vintage waistcoats tended to be covered in the same material as the lapels. (I would really appreciate it if you could site your sources - including references to actual vintage garments - so that I can potentially use this information on my web site.)
I'm having a hard time finding specific references to lapels on vintage black-tie waistcoats and I'm hoping you guys can help me out! It seems that silk waistcoats usually took self-faced lapels / revers but I can't find any info about facings on the lapels of wool waistcoats. Were they generally faced with the same kind of silk as used on the accompanying jacket lapels or were they usually self-faced or were both options common? Also, I'm curious as to whether buttons on vintage waistcoats tended to be covered in the same material as the lapels. (I would really appreciate it if you could site your sources - including references to actual vintage garments - so that I can potentially use this information on my web site.)