Romanian Fashions in the mid-20th Century

[matei]

I'll see if I can dig some pictures up. I used to post more frequently on this wonderful site, but real life has become rather hectic! ;-)

All the tailors that I ever spoke to or even dealt with in Romania were all products of the trade schools established under Communism, I never got to meet any of the "old school" tailors.

Our tailor, a gruff and imposing man, was super, however getting what you wanted was a bit of hard work. Lots of back and forth, in Romania the axiom "the customer is always right" doesn't exist. ;-)

I know that at least in the capital, every neighbourhood had several tailors (their shops simply said TAILOR or TAILORING), some of these are still around - here and here.

 

[Metatron]

Some more great photographs have been uploaded:
















I think this one is just amazing. They look like comic book characters. They might as well have had a stylist.

 

[Fastuni]

Great. The sun glasses photo is very cool.

 

[Two Types]

The overcoat in the centre reminds me of Red Army officers greatcoats of the post war period (If my brain is working properly ...)

 

[Nick D]

 

[Two Types]

Bloody hell. Love it. This is still the best archive of vintage clothes I've ever seen.

 

[esteban68]

Is the last one a woman dressed in male clothing?

 

[Nick D]

Is the last one a woman dressed in male clothing?

Yes, they posted it on their Facebook page yesterday.

 

[esteban68]

Thought so Nick and yes TT I'd go with that!

 

[Mitchell]

I am horrified by the width of their trousers. All of their suits seem to use an enormous amount of fabric.

 

[herringbonekid]

I am horrified by the width of their trousers. All of their suits seem to use an enormous amount of fabric.

you're on the wrong forum if you don't like wide trousers.

 

[The Good]

I am horrified by the width of their trousers. All of their suits seem to use an enormous amount of fabric.

I think your preferences would be the late 1910s/first half of the 1920s, or the late 1950s/1960s, then. Stylistically, I happen to follow the later category most. Wide-legged trousers were fashionable between the mid 1920s up to the mid 1950s, if I'm correct. Personally, I do without wide trousers, preferring the pegged/tapered appearance, but there are so many other fantastic details to vintage suits from those periods. Not all trousers were as wide as the pictures, either, although in every era, there are prevailing fashions.

I find these pictures of Romanian suits to be very interesting, though. I wonder if Yugoslavian 1930s-1940s fashions were similar to those of Romania?

 

[Nick D]

We've seen a lot of the men and their outfits, but here are some of the guys who made the clothes:

 

[fiftyforfifty]

I like the overcoats in these classic pics.

 

[Fastuni]

 

[Two Types]

This is great: the traditional alpine styling of the jacket - with contrasting details and oak leaves - combined with peak lapels and pleated pockets. Love it!

 

[Fastuni]

Yes! I guess that the man was a member of the German minority (mostly in Transsylvania).
In Eastern Europe Alpine-style clothing was often (of course not exclusively) worn by Germans.

I try to figure out the short jacket on the last photograph worn with Breeches.
It is made of a soft, fluffy cloth with silk facings. Of course some sort of leisure jacket... but could it be for riding?

 

[Metatron]

Could be, considering he is wearing it with breeches.

 

[Two Types]

Yes! I guess that the man was a member of the German minority (mostly in Transsylvania).

That would have been my first guess. However, the women appears more Romanian.

 

[Popescu Mario-Cezar]

These ladies were working in a tailor-shop from Slobozia too: