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Show off the sports coats.

carldelo

One Too Many
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1,568
Location
Astoria, NYC
A beautiful brown sportscoat! I spent a large part of Saturday looking in vain for such a three-button tweed sportscoat in NYC, with no luck.
Brooks Bros had only one three-button to offer, and it was not a good color. No place else I tried even had a three-button coat on offer, tweed or not (Century 21, Syms, Lord & Taylor, Orvis). Orvis has a couple of good ones online, but nothing on display in Manhattan. I should try Jos. A. Banks, I guess, or just get myself to the vintage shops to try to find a nice one like the Baron....
 
This one need(s)(ed) a lot of work. I've re-attached the breast pocket and fixed up the vent/re-attached the vent lining so that it's wearable without the vent splaying open in vulgar ways. It still needs some arm linings, and a bit of work to re-attach the front panel liners. But all in all a very fine jacket; that grand old rough 30s tweed. Quite heavy and very warm in this cold-ish spell we're having in the UK.

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carldelo

One Too Many
Messages
1,568
Location
Astoria, NYC
I wonder if I have committed a fashion faux pas by replacing the brass buttons on my single breasted navy blazer with scrimshawed ivory.

Given that the roots of the blazer are nautical, the use of scrimshaw seems perfectly cromulent. I too would be interested in seeing photos.
 

Widebrim

I'll Lock Up
I couldn't resist this one even afer telling myself that I don't need another vintage sportcoat. It was that great windowpane pattern in the fabric. Photos of the overall outfit will follow once I receive the darn thing and have it dry cleaned but here is the teaser. It's supposed to date to the late 1940s-early 1950s?

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I probably wouldn't have resisted, either. Love the windowpane pattern. Yeah, looks late-'40s/early-'50s; I've got a similarly-styled one in black and red (was my father's).
 

Lexybeast

A-List Customer
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353
Location
Ireland
My better half was doing some goodwill browsing and brought this home for me. Unfortunately it's a bit too large in the chest. Check out those wide lapels and deep deep vents though. Feels like it's fully canvassed too.

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Label:
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Sleeve lining:
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39R label inside pocket:
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Also in same pocket:
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Inside opposite inner pocket:
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Bugsy

One Too Many
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1,126
Location
Sacramento/San Francisco Bay Area
My better half was doing some goodwill browsing and brought this home for me. Unfortunately it's a bit too large in the chest. Check out those wide lapels and deep deep vents though. Feels like it's fully canvassed too.

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Label:
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Sleeve lining:
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39R label inside pocket:
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Also in same pocket:
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Inside opposite inner pocket:
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What a beautiful jacket!! And Carroll & Company is still one of the most exclusive shops on Rodeo Drive. Congrats.
 

Tomasso

Incurably Addicted
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13,719
Location
USA
That's one of the best looking 70's jackets I've seen; absolutely love the cloth. I'd wear it, though not before dropping the vents a few inches.
 

Tomasso

Incurably Addicted
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13,719
Location
USA
And Lexy, please find a proper contoured wooden suit hanger (or just fold the jacket)....that plastic monstrosity (and the damage it's causing) is killing me. :cry:
 

Lexybeast

A-List Customer
Messages
353
Location
Ireland
And Lexy, please find a proper contoured wooden suit hanger (or just fold the jacket)....that plastic monstrosity (and the damage it's causing) is killing me. :cry:

Don't worry, the plastic hangar was for expedient photography purposes only. :)
 

Carnage

One of the Regulars
Messages
112
Location
London
One of my favourites, apologies for the shockingly bad photographs.

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In the flesh, so to speak, the orange and dark red in the check is much brighter.
 

GoldenEraFan

One Too Many
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1,164
Location
Brooklyn, New York
Picked this sportcoat up recently. Has the 1949 union tag and the style looks 1949-1955ish. An added plus for me is that the label says it was origionally sold in Brooklyn, my hometown.
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thunderw21

I'll Lock Up
Messages
4,044
Location
Iowa
Found this today in the women's section at Goodwill (employees always mix up men's and women's suits/jackets!). Has a second version 1949 union tag, I'm thinking it dates from the late 1960s. Fits great, I need to lengthen the arms. I'm not usually a fan of double vents but this works. Made of worsted wool, also has a deep red lining.

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kools

Practically Family
Messages
680
Location
Milwaukee
I am VERY partial to a nice sport coat, particularly the late '40s/early '50s no-vent, patch pocket, generous lapel variety. I'll start with this one:

A nicely-textured rust colored jacket with a nice herringbone weave.

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kools

Practically Family
Messages
680
Location
Milwaukee
The brown one I just bought from our resortes805. Joe the Tailor really did a nice job with this one; lengthened the sleeves fixed some moth action.

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kools

Practically Family
Messages
680
Location
Milwaukee
I'm having a tough time photographing the color of this one; it's one of my favorites. Gorgeous maroon gab dated 1949. Not as pink/purple as it looks in photos.

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