Show off the sports coats.

[Giftmacher]

Great! We'll see how it will be when it arrives.

 

[Chasseur]

Trying on and clearing out some blazers, check out classifieds soon.

1953 Saks Fifth Avenue Mr. T blazer:

Oxxford by Bullock and Jones:

 

[MikeBravo]

Trying on and clearing out some blazers, check out classifieds soon.

1953 Saks Fifth Avenue Mr. T blazer:

I pity the fool who doesn't like that blazer

 

[Chasseur]

 

[Gin&Tonics]

My first real summer jacket, thrift store find last night.

 

[MikeBravo]

Is that seersucker, or just striped fabric?

 

[Gin&Tonics]

Is that seersucker, or just striped fabric?

It's a kind of seersucker, I'd say; it has a definite ridged texture to it as opposed to merely a woven stripe.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I posted a (very poor quality) picture of this one at the end of 2011. Now that i'm again in proximity to the jacket, I thought I'd get some images to show it off to its full glory.

Very rare, probably from right around 1940 (thanks thunderw21 for the Ward's catalogue scans), pleated front sports coat. Lovely shade of baby blue with pinstripes. Wonderful green buttons.

Original contrasting green buttons: green and Blue - who'd'a thunk it? (Well, me, but it's generally frowned upon by "style" books.)

Catalogue scan re-posted for reference:

 

[herringbonekid]

another rare one ! (you're killing all of us, not just Mario)

i think this jacket would have been part of a suit rather than a lone sports jacket... not that it makes it less amazing.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I agree, it would almost certainly have been part of a suit, originally. More to come!

Brown Herringbone British jacket. Not sure of era. Could be 50s, could be early 30s. The label makes me think early, but who knows? At some point this one made its way into the BBC wardrobe dept.

There's one of these labels inside the inner breast pocket, and one inside the right hip pocket. Both are identical.

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[Two Types]

Brown Herringbone British jacket. Not sure of era. Could be 50s, could be early 30s. The label makes me think early, but who knows? At some point this one made its way into the BBC wardrobe dept.

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Lovely jacket. Not that I'm very good on dating jackets, but I'd say it was earlier than the 50s. The breast pocket seems quite high. I think that by the 50s pockets tended to be lower. (if I'm wrong on that, please correct me. I remain eager to learn)

 

[herringbonekid]

love that type of rugged yet smart pinstripe tweed !

 

[Baron Kurtz]

It seems very much like something that might have come out of the Houndsditch Warehouse Co. catalogue. As you say, rugged, yet smart "The material is a fine quality woolly tweed that most obstinately resists hard wear."

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[Baron Kurtz]

Better pictures of one I posted before. made by J Solomon in the East End. I think the label says 1934. Lovely light-ish weight tweed fabric.

 

[Mario]

another rare one ! (you're killing all of us, not just Mario)

I'm not even going to say anything. I've got killed too many times and am now thoroughly dead.

 

[herringbonekid]

he's a cruel man that Baron.

 

[thunderw21]

I posted a (very poor quality) picture of this one at the end of 2011. Now that i'm again in proximity to the jacket, I thought I'd get some images to show it off to its full glory.

Very rare, probably from right around 1940 (thanks thunderw21 for the Ward's catalogue scans), pleated front sports coat. Lovely shade of baby blue with pinstripes. Wonderful green buttons.

Original contrasting green buttons: green and Blue - who'd'a thunk it? (Well, me, but it's generally frowned upon by "style" books.)

Catalogue scan re-posted for reference:

Geez, that's wonderful. What size is it?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

That one is a 35 Regular, give or take. Could do with it being a Short, but I ain't complainin' too much …

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[Gin&Tonics]

Better pictures of one I posted before. made by J Solomon in the East End. I think the label says 1934. Lovely light-ish weight tweed fabric.

Baron, where do you find the time to wear all these superb jackets and suits you own??

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Well I wear them every day, pretty much, and I don't own any modern stuff other than a few pair repro jeans and underwear/shoes. So, with decent rotation (necessary to live in a vintage wardrobe) I get to wear most of it quite frequently. I'll wear everything maybe once every 2-3 weeks. There is, of course, some stuff in there that's rather more difficult to get into rotation (the white suits, for example), and some stuff that doesn't fit and I'll sell in the end.

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