Hacking Jackets

[PADDY]

I can almost smell the hounds!

What a great look!!:eusa_clap

 

[The_Phantom]

It's an amazing look, i love it.

It looks like you should have a superhero alter ego!!!

 

[BellyTank]

Nice one Scot- and BK.

Very nice.

B
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[Baron Kurtz]

Better than I could have hoped! it looked terrible on my mannequin. I really like how the arms look. There really is nothing like a well-fitted sleeve. Great stuff.

Just in time for you to put it away for 6 months. lol

bk

 

[Feraud]

I suggest Scotrace suffer and wear it for a while.

 

[nobodyspecial]

I've not heard the term 'hacking jacket' before. What constitutes a hacking jacket?

 

[Mojave Jack]

Great jacket, Scott! It will serve you well...next year. But then for many years!

Who knows, maybe it will come in handy on the cool decks of the QM next fall.

 

[AlanC]

Very nice, Scott--great look.

I've got one that sits in the closet awaiting me to lose a few extra pounds.

 

[scotrace]

Thanks gentlemen! Jack, you can bet you'll see this jacket in the fall!


(housekeeping: Moved my own thread to this larger one I'd missed)

 

[scotrace]

Reading through the above makes mine seem an unusual variation, with no ticket pocket and side vents, no throat tab.

 

[Joan]

The label is dated 1952.

That's a really beautiful jacket, Scotrace. I love the fabric.

Where do you find the date? My husband has a similar jacket (only two buttons, though), and I'm now realizing it might be cooler than I thought.

 

[Ada Veen]

When I was a child and I used to ride I had the most beautifully fitted hacking jacket... I wonder where it went *sigh*

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Where do you find the date? My husband has a similar jacket (only two buttons, though), and I'm now realizing it might be cooler than I thought.

It has a tailor's label inside the inner pocket, 'pon which is written the date and name of customer.

bk

 

[Joan]

It has a tailor's label inside the inner pocket, 'pon which is written the date and name of customer.

Aha. Well, you gentlemen are way out of my league. This one says "Amalgamated Garment Workers of Canada" and no date.

I'll just sit here quietly and read and learn, then. Thank you, Baron.

 

[scotrace]

The union label is the other method of dating, often within a close span, as they changed through the years. We can help with that.

 

[Evan Everhart]

I've not heard the term 'hacking jacket' before. What constitutes a hacking jacket?

A hacking Jacket is the ancestor of the modern sport coat. It has either three or four buttons, shortish lapels usually sometimes rolling into the top button, it is single vented, has diagonally positioned hip pockets and may or may not have a so-called ticket pocket. The coat's body is based upon the standard sack coat as per the modern business suit's coat or sport coat in general though, the details really delineate it from either the sports coat or business suit's coat. The buttons are also usually spaced rather closely and set rather high so that even if the bottom button were fastened, it would not come too much below the natural waist while sitting so as to be comfortable and warm during riding in any weather. It can be made of various woolens as well as heavy cottons (not denim I should say), perhaps a bedford cord or something like that and, most traditionally, a lovely check of some sort. I have a wonderful one which I acquired recently and I posted a picture of myself wearing it on a new thread at http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=40822 By the by, Hacking Jackets do indeed count as Riding Apparel. Cheerio and Cheers!

 

[MisterCairo]

This is a site where the various styles, including the hacking jacket, are displayed. I've never ordered from them, so I can't vouch for the quality, I'm posting it solely for the examples.

http://www.tweed-jacket.com/index.html

 

[benstephens]

Here is one of my vintage hacking jackets. It is a ginger harris tweed. You will notice the hacking jacket is fairly long which is the traditional style to have more of a skirt, as a lot of the catologues put it.

To quantify this, it was fora photo shoot, although I have been having the odd riding lesson so I can wear my vintage riding kit.

Kindest Regards

Ben

 

[benstephens]

Here are a couple more jackets. I have not managed to get a photo of me wearing them yet as I do not get a huge amount of chance to wear my riding gear.

This one is a late 1930s Horne Brothers jacket.

This one is a a 1939 dated jacket from REGO Clothiers. It has an interesting feature in that the top pocket has a flap.

Again, you will notice the length of the jacket skirt.

Kindest Regards

Ben

 

[benstephens]

Here is an image from a 1930s tailoring periodical

Kindet Regards

Ben