Show off the sports coats.

[Tomasso]

I think the low lapel notches hint it's from the 1980's.

Yep, the 80's were all about the low gorge.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Yep, the 80's were all about the low gorge.

I'll never understand why they were designed that way. Was it a new approach? Was it to look modern or different? The only time I saw a jacket with a low gorge made before the 1980's was in the 1934 Laurel and Hardy film "The Live Ghost" in which Oliver Hardy is wearing a jacket with a low gorge.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I'll never understand why they were designed that way. ... Was it to look modern or different?

Yes ... though some 'fashion forward' suit jackets and sportcoats from the early to mid-1950s were also VERY low gorge.


Blame designers Willi Smith (anyone here remember "Williwear"?) and Georgio Armani. They're the main culprits behind the '80s low gorge.



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[GoldenEraFan]

Yes ... though some 'fashion forward' suit jackets and sportcoats from the early to mid-1950s were also VERY low gorge.


Blame designers Willi Smith (anyone here remember "Williwear"?) and Georgio Armani. They're the main culprits behind the '80s low gorge.



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I don't like the low gorge look, and '80s suits in general for that matter. I can't explain it but when I see '80s suits in movies or TV shows I think they look terrible. I heard the quality of suits went down around the mid-1970's.

 

[Feraud]

Looking forward to wearing this when the weather gets cool.

with a vest too..

 

[Dan D]

Wait whilst I search for the emoticon for 'wildly envious' to insert here, Feraud: that's a fantastic garment...

 

[Matt Deckard]

I want it!

 

[Feraud]

Thanks for the compliments.
Here are a few scans to showcase the style.

I will be wearing it at the late September Governors Island event.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It's a great jacket and vest from that very small window in the later 1960s --around '67-- when some fine interpretations of 'teens/'20s/'30s suits and sportcoats came out in the wake of Thoroughly Modern Millie and Bonnie & Clyde.

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[Feraud]

This jacket and vest is probably younger than that. If I remember correctly the only tag in the jacket is from a costumer. Considering I purchased it from the now closed Odd's in NYC, I suspect it was made for some B'way production.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

That is really something to behold! What pants are you going to put with it?

 

[Feraud]

[huh] I am open to suggestions! lol
Actually I have wool and linen pants in shades of brown and beige that should go with it.

Edit-
I came across this image in Marc's 30s images thread. The guy on the left has a color scheme I will aim for.
Instead of the saddle shoes I will try brown suede wingtips.

 

[DOUGLAS]

Beautiful Feraud. That will look great with many of your hats.

 

[Tomasso]

Great jacket!!

I'd match it with flannels, tweeds and cords in various shades of brown, blue, gray and green. Wear it over to Paul Stuart in the next month or so and you'll get some ideas. Oh, and Winter white flannel might look good too.

 

[BellyTank]

Oh, and Winter white flannel might look good too.

Yes, indeed. Nice to have a contrast when you can't match.


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[Tomasso]

Nice to have a contrast when you can't match.

Yep, it will never be a suit again. In this instance when choosing from the browns I would go either a few shades lighter or darker.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Yes ... though some 'fashion forward' suit jackets and sportcoats from the early to mid-1950s were also VERY low gorge.


Blame designers Willi Smith (anyone here remember "Williwear"?) and Georgio Armani. They're the main culprits behind the '80s low gorge.



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I noticed another hint for identifying '80s jackets are low lapels. That's what I meant to say on my previous comment. I've only seen a jacket with low lapels worn before the 1980's by Oliver Hardy in "The Live Ghost" made in 1934. I also noticed double breasted suits with notch lapels were a style in the '80s.

 

[MBreinin]

Ok, here are a couple of mine:

 

[Tomasso]

I noticed another hint for identifying '80s jackets are low lapels.

Just to be clear, the gorge is the point where the lapel meets the collar.

 

[BellyTank]

And how does one term the closure at the lapels- when discussing the height and the shape and angle created by the closing of the top button?

The "V".


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