Pre-1950s British/European sportswear and leisurewear

[nightandthecity]

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nice soft leather or suede jacket on M. Trenet here...in fact a very nice outfit all round! Plus the great gypsy guitarist saranne ferret as an
extra!

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

I think I posted this picture before but it really needs more attention. Go to the original page and see the large version. It's france in 1938 (!) and we have crazy knitwear, crazy sport shoes and a printed T-Shirt.

 

[Two Types]

I'm surprised you didn't also post this photo:

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Haha, yes. It's great too. looks like a knitted version of a "college jacket" doesn't it? I posted it on my tumblr. But the group picture shows more different outfits.

 

[herringbonekid]

great photo Flo. there's a unique sort of French quirkiness that i really like.

question is though: who's man enough to try the plus fours ?

 

[Two Types]

I tuck my trousers into my socks when I'm on a bike - and my family all laugh at me. Think what they'd do if i wore plus fours!

 

[Fastuni]

Floey the French 1938 photo is just great. Most interesting is the plaid short-sleeve blouson to the left. It first seems like a shirt, but is really a jacket!

Here an interesting example of 30's casual wear also from 1938. Group photo with Dadaist Hans Richter in Ankara (a hub of German-speaking artists and architects during the 30's.)

Source: http://www.deutschefotothek.de/documents/obj/87506800/df_pos-2009-a_0004230

 

[Metatron]

Cool jacket, classic but also dynamic and modern looking with those angled pockets.

 

[Two Types]

The chap on the right wears a rather close fitting, stretchy sports shirt, with a tie. It's an interesting combination.

 

[Fastuni]

Metatron, yes this jacket looks very youthful and dynamic... quite a contrast to the goatee!
Two Types, I think this is a jersey shirt.

More knickerbockers+knitwear: 1931 German pilot students.

http://www.deutschefotothek.de/documents/obj/80309260/df_e_0006658
Photo by Fritz Eschen

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Great pictures, Fastuni. Vintage sports and casualwear is my favourite thing right now.

Another great source for inspiration are the bystanders at cycling events. Unlike the rather blasé crowd at some polo and horse racing events we see an amazing mix of rumpled suits and sports shirts, plus fours, knitwear and so on...

 

[Fastuni]

Great! Hm... polo shirt with beret. I need to wear that combination more often.

Is this his rib-cage sticking out? (Probably he is taking deep breaths...)

 

[Rudie]

The guy on the right wears gorgeous socks! Is he sporting a large creole ear ring?

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Cycling jerseys had buttoned front pockets. Not the ripcage. Just some stuff.


I think I've linked this in the french catalog scan thread but there is a cycling catalog from 1938, the same years as the boule-picture and there is shirt with "unis sport" print (and front pocket). It's great to have a comparsion between catalog pictures and the same garments worn in real life.
http://archivalclothing.com/shopping-from-1938-unis-sport-catalog/

 

[herringbonekid]

 

[Fastuni]

Do you know where this was taken? The eagle looks rather German.

 

[herringbonekid]

no caption, sorry !

 

[Fastuni]

My guess was right... it is German tennis and rugby player Oscar Kreuzer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Kreuzer

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Something rather peculiar:

Corduroy jacket without lapels... late 40's or early 50's.

Sculptor Prof. Bernhard Heiliger:

Large version: http://fotothek.slub-dresden.de/fotos/df/e/0054000/df_e_0054740.jpg

A rather shaky take of the front... one can see the buttoning and flapped pockets

 

[Sloan1874]

Great! Hm... polo shirt with beret. I need to wear that combination more often.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1813482
Is this his rib-cage sticking out? (Probably he is taking deep breaths...)

There is a book published recently about the 1914 Giro D'Italia is renowned as the toughest cycling race in history. It's an account by the author of his attempt to experience it as the original cyclists would, including the clothes they wore, which included a woollen jumper and underwear(!). Here's what he looked like:

 

[herringbonekid]

My guess was right... it is German tennis and rugby player Oscar Kreuzer

well found ! 1912... i was thinking it was a bit later.