Have you seen this pattern trouser fabric?

[Edward]

Unfortunatley i can't find a better photo of these, but... I bought these trousers a couple of years ago from www.joebrowns.co.uk. There were called "roadie jeans" if memory serves, and I spent I think £35 on them.

They're cut like a pair of wider leg jeans, and make great casual trousers, work really well with a blazer as here, but as JBs have now stopped doing them I need a new source... Has anyone seen anything in this sort of pattern cloth? It's basically a reasonably hardwearing cotton, lighter than regular denim jeans, but still fairly hardwearing. I'd love to have a couple of pairs of 40s or 50s cut trousers in this sort of look.

 

[Ethan Bentley]

An excellent jacket there, if you change the buttons. I know what you mean about the trousers, distinctive, remind me of the early days of motoring.

 

[Edward]

jinkies, this takes me back... that photo was taken in July 2006. I'd completely forgotten this thread!

Re the jacket - thanks, it's just an old velvet blazer I found on eBay, but it is nice to wear. I might put some brass buttons on there eventually. No probgress on the trouser fabric just yet, but I intend when cashflow allows to contact Old town and see whether their high waisties could be done in something similar.

 

[Ethan Bentley]

Ah yes Old town

I must admit I didn't realise it was actually you, just that they were the same type of trousers that you had.
Looks like there's a story behind the picture...

 

[Edward]

Ah, short story, really.... The Rocky Horror Show opens with an usherette singing an ode to science fiction films of the 30s through fifties - the stuff Richard O'Brien grew up on and which later on inspired much of the show's plot. The song namechecks a number of films, in particular The Invisible Man starring Claude Rains. The costume in the photo was thrown together from my own wardrobe for those occasions on which I fancied something different from the Riff Raff tails / Eddie's leather / Frank'n'Furter's corset. With the new tour beginning later this year, I am in mind to 'do it right' and have a replica run up of the Dressing gown Rains wears while trying to convince his fellow scientist to be his accomplice.