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Chowderhouse

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Don't know who this bloke is, or whether this is his own suit. The photo was taken recently. No, it's not Denzel Washington.



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Rudie

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I don't like the low button stance. He should have dropped the bottom button. It would be a very nice 2-button coat then.
 

herringbonekid

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then the opposite extreme happened around 1910 to the mid teens; jackets that were very long with flared skirts.

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you can see this style on its way to becoming the 'jazz suit' of the late teens-early 20s.
i find these jackets to be something of a fashion disaster and wonder how men were ever persuaded they looked good in them.





(streaky looking) scans are from this book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Menswear-Vi...=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351432222&sr=1-2
 
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Two Types

I'll Lock Up
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Here is Leslie Philipps in 'The Pool of London' (1950). He is wearing a jacket with three flapped pockets, all of which have a large rounded button to close them.
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The same year Dirk Bogarde appeared to wear the same jacket in 'The Blue Lamp' (the films were released six weeks apart and were both made by Ealing Studios):
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And here is Bogarde again wearing that jacket, in 'The Woman in Question' with the wonderful Jean Kent:

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