Raglan sleeves!

[Jovan]

You don't see them a whole lot today on overcoats besides raincoats. Would you say this is a pretty old school feature?

I'm not usually the biggest fan of them, but this one makes it work. The casual look of it is quite beautiful, complete with the button tab (adjustable?) sleeves, side entry pockets, and turn down collar. <fanboy> Generally most everything Magnoli produces is pretty cool to me, though. </fanboy>

The basic raglan sleeve coat.

Interesting women's (?) coat, looks like it's from the '60s rather than '70s like the website suggests.

I won't directly link to Magnoli's site out of courtesy, though it would be nice if there was a bigger picture of that coat available.

 

[Jovan]

Nevermind...

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

I always associate raglan sleeves with the 50s-60s American trad/university look on overcoats, which is not necessarily a bad thing considering I often go for that look.

 

[Jovan]

Trad? I am not at all familiar with this term.

 

[Alan Eardley]

Old school?

It depends what you mean by 'old school'. The name comes from Fitzroy Somerset, Baron Raglan, who adopted the style after having his right arm amputated (without anaesthetic, naturally) at Waterloo (the battle, not the train station) in 1815. He apparently found the design easier to put on than the very fitted uniform sleeves then in use. That doesn't mean he invented the style, just that he popularised it.

It is, of course, similar to the dolman and Magyar sleeve, which have been in use in Eastern Europe for as long as anyone bothered to record details of clothing. These sleeves are still in use for textile motorcycle clothing, as the sleeve and yoke are combined, meaning that the seams are less prone to let in water.

I have a 1920s horsehide overcoat that has Raglan sleeves - just like the one in a famous photograph of Charles Lindbergh being congratulated by the Mayor of New York.

'Trad' is short for traditional.

Alan

 

[Indy Magnoli]

I remember seeing Rock Hudson wearing a very similar coat to the one shown on my site in "Pillow Talk". It looked pretty darn cool on him! I could definitely see Cary Grant wearing the same thing.

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1309/Mptv/1309/5360_0001.jpg.html?path=gallery&path_key=0053172

Kind regards,
Indy

 

[Jovan]

I know, Alan. I was joking. But its use for clothes originated three years ago on AAAC from what I understand, and what they and SF members call "trad" seems to just be watered down Ivy League. [huh]

 

[HDRnR]

I prefer raglan sleeves when wearing over a suit jacket...seems more comfortable.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Raglan sleeves were used on black horsehide and steer coats made for Italian motorcycle cops in the '40s and '50s. Usually these coats were double-breasted. While practical for motorcycle riding, the coats' shoulders are too curved and sloping for my taste. Raglan shoulders don't like mine.

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