Show off the sports coats.

[Tomasso]

Really? Shoot

Well, that's just my perception. Others may see it as something else.........

 

[thunderw21]

I'm not much of a fan of that button stance but it definintely could work. It's all up to personal preference.






Got this lounge jacket off ebay for $4.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160455200593&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Perfect fit (other than the arms ), no damage, lightweight wool material.

 

[Mr Vim]

Tomasso, I appreciate the opinion, I'm still new to buying suits and sport coats over ebay, I'm not giving up on it until I wear the coat, but in the future perhaps I'll post a pic before purchase.

For whatever reason, I saw the coat as looking a bit fifties-ish.

Kind of like the ones Kevin Spacey wore as Jack Vincennes on LA Confidential, although I don't think he wore double breasted.

Oh and 200 posts, yee ha!

 

[Benny Holiday]

My brother-in-law has the same problem with the arms, Thunder. That's a great loafer jacket, the two chest pockets are just the icing on the cake with that one.

 

[thunderw21]

My brother-in-law has the same problem with the arms, Thunder. That's a great loafer jacket, the two chest pockets are just the icing on the cake with that one.

Thanks.

Though the fabric pattern burns the eyes a bit.

 

[Mr Vim]

I was going to comment on that, it reminds of those optical illusions, in a good way of course. What's that pattern called?

 

[Jay]

As most of you would be able to tell from the front, it is a belted back.

I feel like I should know this but what on the front gives away the belted back?

 

[Mr Vim]

Well, that's just my perception. Others may see it as something else.........

When was that photo taken?

I'm going for fifties here... what about it said 80's to you, to me its the button placement, the shoulders are very natural, but still have good form.

Any advice, opinions are always welcome

 

[Benny Holiday]

I feel like I should know this but what on the front gives away the belted back?

For me, it's the sporty look of the jacket - the patch pockets and the fabric pattern suggest a sporty back to go with the front.

 

[Dinerman]

A dollar at the thrift shop.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

A dollar at the thrift shop.

The cut and style looks late '50s early '60s but it's hard to tell without a union tag.

 

[Dinerman]

It has a '49 union tag-there's a pic of in the second to last photo.

The skeleton lining, union tag, cut, short vent, labels and flecked fabric all say '50s to me.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

It has a '49 union tag-there's a pic of in the second to last photo.

The skeleton lining, union tag, cut, short vent, labels and flecked fabric all say '50s to me.

Thanks for pointing that out! I had a feeling it was pre-1962. I agree 1950's.

 

[Derek WC]

Two here, first a Double Breasted Peak lapel not quite black with white pinstripes, that I have dated to be 50's

I'm not sure what this means, probably something about the tailoring of this suit.

Sorry for the bad picture quality. :eusa_doh:

And now a single breasted notch lapel off white with an kind of atomic speck/plaid off white pattern.

I am not quite sure if it is THE Palm Beach fabric though.

Any help dating this last one?

 

[thunderw21]

The second jacket is most likely from the '70s.

 

[Derek WC]

Shucks, I figured it was early 50's, but now that I look at it, the lapels are pretty high up. So that means it isn't the original Palm Beach fabric though, but it does seem pretty rough.

 

[Feraud]

A gorgeous jacket! I have a near identical one.

A dollar at the thrift shop.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Two here, first a Double Breasted Peak lapel not quite black with white pinstripes, that I have dated to be 50's

And now a single breasted notch lapel off white with an kind of atomic speck/plaid off white pattern.

I am not quite sure if it is THE Palm Beach fabric though.

Any help dating this last one?

The first jacket has a 1939 Union tag, which means it was made no later than 1949. The second one has the 1962 union tag, and the lapel style along with the way the bottom blouses wider than the shoulders says '70s.

 

[thunderw21]

Shucks, I figured it was early 50's, but now that I look at it, the lapels are pretty high up. So that means it isn't the original Palm Beach fabric though, but it does seem pretty rough.

The union tag is more important than the lapel shape. That union tag came about in the mid-1960s.

And it's not the original 1930s/1940s Palm Beach material, by then the Palm Beach name was just used for its reputation.

 

[Feraud]

This sticky has threads on Union Labels and Palm Beach.
A quick read will make anyone expert on both.
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=46995