Show us their suits

[Two Types]

More from 'Tiger Bay':

This is a rather bold suit:

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

The waist/shoulder proportions are exactly like in french 30s illustrations = perfection

 

[Two Types]

Here is Paul Dupuis in 'Passport to Pimlico'

We've seen this jacket before:

 

[Two Types]

So Bogarde's jacket also appears in 'Pool of London' and 'Passport to Pimlico':

And then the tie reappears in 'Dance Hall' (1950) worn by Bonar Colleano:

It doesn't end there: This tie appears in 'Dance Hall':

But was also in 'Pool of London', (worn by Earl Cameron who was playing Bonar Colleano's shipmate):

 

[Effingham]

Here's something a little recherchez that I thought would spark some interest here on the lounge. Found this whilst looking for something entirely different on oldpictures.net (fantastic resource). As far as I'm concerned, that frock suit is the bee's knees.

I *love* that coat. Dang. Great look.

 

[herringbonekid]

Robert Armstrong (and Fay Wray) in King Kong, 1933.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

1979 era suit store window. Not golden era, but good reference.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/northcotehystericalsociety/6912888705/sizes/z/in/pool-80989165@N00/

 

[Gin&Tonics]

Robert Armstrong (and Fay Wray) in King Kong, 1933.

Man oh man was she ever a knockout!

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

This is taken from the 1935 movie "tit for tat". My question would be if the jackert is from the 1920s to give them an outdated (comical) look just like the collars?

big pic

Of course I ask because of the long vent. Would strike me quite odd for 1935.

 

[herringbonekid]

it does have more of a 20s look. the strange thing is that Laurel and Hardy nearly always look outdated (fashion wise) so that jacket actually makes him look a bit more fashionable than usual.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Thanks. I thought so too.

 

[herringbonekid]

does it have a back belt ? i can't tell from the moving clip.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

It's on youtube but low quality. I think the jackets does have a beltback and an inverted pleat in the middle but I could be mistaken.

[video=youtube_share;neUhJZV0DRc]http://youtu.be/neUhJZV0DRc[/video]

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

From Scarface...quite a fabric. As usual the gangster boss wears the flashy stuff and doesn't show a refined taste. George Raft as his sidekick is dressed in a neater and more subtle way.

 

[Fastuni]

The German Historical Museum online collection has a 1936 suit of German actor Hans Albers, made by "Knize" (this tailor atelier also gave the name to the "Knizer lapel", which was a semi-peak, semi-notched lapel).

Jacket: http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/dhm.php?seite=5&fld_0=ZD020283
Trousers: http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/dhm.php?seite=5&fld_0=ZD020284

 

[herringbonekid]

(this tailor atelier also gave the name to the "Knizer lapel", which was a semi-peak, semi-notched lapel).

do you mean a lapel that is horizontal rather than upward sloping ?

 

[Fastuni]

The "Knize lapel" is rather a "broken" notch lapel. I figure that this kind of lapel existed already in the tens and twenties and may have gotten the name after the fact.

Qirrel's Swedish stroller has such a lapel.

 

[herringbonekid]

it looks like what i call a 'baby peak' where the edges have closed about half way towards a peak and stopped.

 

[Fastuni]

Yes, one could also describe it as a "peak that hasn't grown up". To me something between a notch and a peak somehow, since they slope slightly downwards.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Carlos Gardel