Notch lapel

[Big Joe]

How wide were the notch lapels on men's suits in the 40's?

Any pictures? Did they vary?

Big Joe

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Just measured 3 of mine. The widest point on 2 of them at 3.5", 1 at 3.75". They're all late 30s/early 40s, though. Maybe they got wider later in the decade?

Also, a 1954 dated german jacket at 3.5"

bk

 

[Big Joe]

Any that were narrow?

Big Joe

 

[scotrace]

Lookee

Excellent resource for this:

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=451426&word=

 

[adamgottschalk]

I love it

Excellent resource for this:

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=451426&word=

I just love these kinds of images. Where does a person go for vintage suit as old as that, 60 years or older? Can you find them still in good condition? I guess that goes without saying...

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Any that were narrow?

Big Joe

Nope.

 

[Wild Root]

Sure you can find original vintage! To me, that's vintage and what they're saying is vintage today (1970's-80's) isn't really vintage. It's making me feel old.

I only wear 50+ year old clothes and I'm a tall guy!

Lapels of the 20's were a little on the narrow side and so were some early 30's lapels that I've seen on a few custom made late 30's suits that were dated that had a narrow lapel. I guess it really depended on the person's taste.

The wide notched lapel was around in the 30's to the early 50's. The narrow lapel of the late 50's and 60's look was very trendy and mainstream and there were those who held to the wider look because that's what they liked in the 40's and still held on to it into later years.

I'm not a fan of narrow skimpy lapels; give me a nice full bodied cut and style! It looks more masculine in my opinion.

=WR=

 

[scotrace]

I just love these kinds of images. Where does a person go for vintage suit as old as that, 60 years or older? Can you find them still in good condition? I guess that goes without saying...

Good luck, Chum. I've been looking for a few years. Those suits are better'n sex, in my book.
WildRoot you are extremely lucky and blessed in many ways, not the least of which is getting dibs on incoming vintage wear. And you're in a good state for finding such things.
I'm tall also, and here in Ohio I even tried stopping tall men of a certain age to ask if they still had their old clothes. They're just extremely hard to find. And I haven't seen any posts of truly successful copies here, though some of our members are working on it. I tried myself, but... you gotta have the goods to copy.

So, adamgottschalk, to quote Marc:

Nope.

Scott