Help with an approximate time-frame for this French 3pc suit

[AEF17]

This was a relatively recent purchase: a black Conchon-Quinette 3pc peak lapel suit. Seller listed it as 1920's/1930's. I asked an esteemed former member as to his opinion, and he said that it could very well be 1920's, but that such suits were worn for weddings, funerals, and the like for decades.

Are there any knowledgeable about the company or approximate dates for tags? Era for that type of waistcoat lining?

I apologize that these are "only" pictures of the garment itself. I do not "selfie" and lack someone to document my vintage-garment adventures.

I look at the lapels, and keep thinking 1929-33-ish based upon pictures and films, but what do I know...

Exterior brace buttons; button-fly (very high rise trousers); purple thread inside the trousers(!).

 

[scotrace]

Your source is right, to my eye. And it'd be hard to narrow it down much further. The labeling "feels" 1920's, as does the waist pinch.
Looks to be very well made. Nice find.

 

[AEF17]

Thanks so much! I do hope to sport it to an upcoming event, and get some pics wearing it. Just hasn't happened yet.

"Waist pinch"--so that's what that's called. Interesting.

 

[Mathematicus]

If this suit comes from the 20s then it must be the late part of the decade as this cut was not fashionable during the early years. I would have thought early 30s to be more likely (the very high rise is not definitely a classic 20s thing).

 

[Fastuni]

Also in my opinion early 1930's (the lapels and silhouette of the jacket, the cut of trousers), with some "old fashioned" details that hark back to the 1910-20's.

 

[AEF17]

Looking at the photos, the only thing that bothers me is that crease right around where the top button is located. That represents the trouser line. The trousers fit fine, but the jacket is snug; perhaps shrinking half a size by some miracle is in order.

 

[Fastuni]

There may be enough spare fabric in the side seams or back seam of the jacket to give it a bit more width.

Opening the lining at the bottom of the jacket and accessing the seams should be no problem.

Bespoke tailored garments back then were usually made with enough "excess" fabric at the seams to make such alterations possible.

 

[GHT]

There may be enough spare fabric in the side seams or back seam of the jacket to give it a bit more width.

Opening the lining at the bottom of the jacket and accessing the seams should be no problem.

Bespoke tailored garments back then were usually made with enough "excess" fabric at the seams to make such alterations possible.

Exactly so, it's the pinched waist that is making it feel, as you so euphemistically described, snug. I have a summer blazer from the same era, my missus is altering it to fit me. There's ample excess to let out the seams. Have a tailor look at it and see if it can't be altered to fit you in a way that it might have been made to measure for you.

 

[Mathematicus]

There may be enough spare fabric in the side seams or back seam of the jacket to give it a bit more width.

Opening the lining at the bottom of the jacket and accessing the seams should be no problem.

Bespoke tailored garments back then were usually made with enough "excess" fabric at the seams to make such alterations possible.

It is unlikely that such an alteration - if ever possible - would get rid of the massive collar gap.