HOLY GRAIL Suit -- Summer Edition

[Marc Chevalier]

US $146,48? I doid expect much more and didn't even bother to bid on it.

The German version of this suit went for much more: www.ebay.com/itm/1930s-early-40s-German-Double-Breasted-Cream-Suit-/190604103012

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-Vinta...pt=Vintage_Men_s_Clothing&hash=item1c21af61a1


Holy Toledo! A suit made of cream gabardine -- rarer than Palm Beach cloth! And look at that outstanding silhouette! Lounger Reetpleat has one that is nearly identical.

This auction is now over. Did a Fedora Lounger win it? Please let us know!

 

[Rudie]

Wow, this one went for peanuts!

 

[Gene]

Way to small for me, but I love the high neck on the jacket.

 

[J.J. Gittes]

The German version of this suit went for much more: www.ebay.com/itm/1930s-early-40s-German-Double-Breasted-Cream-Suit-/190604103012

I'm guilty of that one... It's currently at the tailor.

 

[J.J. Gittes]

It also isn't wool flannel or a gabardine, its a very tightly woven linen/silk blend fabric, similar to a worsted. The whole suit is like nothing I've ever seen before.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It also isn't wool flannel or a gabardine, its a very tightly woven linen/silk blend fabric, similar to a worsted. The whole suit is like nothing I've ever seen before.

And Art Fawcett was the seller!

 

[J.J. Gittes]

Yup! I sent Janene a message after I won the suit and she said that Art has had it for years but never wore it.

 

[kallupke]

How come that somthing like that has survived all those years??!!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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It's back on eBay -- and it has magically become a larger size!


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-Vinta...pt=Vintage_Men_s_Clothing&hash=item1c222b32be

 

[Rudie]

Too bad the sleeves have shrunken in the process.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Too bad the sleeves have shrunken in the process.

It sold well anyway.

 

[resortes805]

It sold well anyway.

The seller had two different, but similar suits, the first had a single button closure, the second (larger size) had a dual button closure.