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[herringbonekid]

Anton Walbrook.

 

[Two Types]

Walbrook always looked good. There was something quite relaxed about the styles he wore (on screen at least).

 

[herringbonekid]

more Walbrook:

 

[Two Types]

Ralph Richardson in 'The Silver Fleet' (1943)

simple but stylish

rather a small tie knot

John Longden (left) in the same film:

 

[Dostioffsky]

Dutch cyclist Arie van Vliet looking rather modern in 1938.

 

[Fastuni]

Great hair! And a sweater with a DB.

More cool photos of van Vliet.

Small photo from 1948, but note the very wide and baggy trousers (I don't know the English word... in German they are called "Überfallhosen". They are full length "knickerbockers"):

Source: classiclightweights.co.uk

Light zipped windbreaker...

Source: geheugenvannederland.nl

 

[Dostioffsky]

Yes, I love the hair. The collar of his sweater too.

Do you think those trousers might be meant for sports? They remind me a bit of those old skiing trousers. Doesn't seem practical for cycling though.

 

[Nick D]

Yeah, they look like ski or hunting trousers made to tuck into boots. Some very full plus-fours would also look like this if they were unbuckled at the knee.

 

[Metatron]

That look in the first photo is spot on. Classic, but not stuffy.

 

[herringbonekid]

1940.

 

[Fastuni]

What further information do you have on this one?

 

[herringbonekid]

not much... found here:

http://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/archive

 

[Fastuni]

Ah, it's actually from the Metropolitan Museum:

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection...t=*&deptids=8&what=Coats|Dinner+jackets&pos=9

As is this diamond-weave riding jacket:

 

[herringbonekid]

i like the four buttons on the DB. it gives it that calmer feel.

 

[Fastuni]

This type of button stance for a DB became somewhat popular in Germany from the mid-30's onward, but was really widespread ca. 1947-52.

However it appears to originate from South America (or was popular there earlier on).
At least that's what in 1932 the German tailoring periodicals reported - ridiculing the "excessive" padding at a time when German tailoring favored narrower, rounded shoulders.

This illustration was very striking to me... it is almost exactly the style (silhouette, button stance and drapeyness) of what became German fashion during the late 40's.
The South Americans had this years earlier!

Translation:

"Comparison figure:
Jacket with artificially strongly broadened shoulders.
South American model."

Here the earliest illustrations for German fashion I found.
Right 1934 (or 36), left 1939:

 

[Fastuni]

Portrait of wealthy Turkish patriarch Reshat Gokkan (C), 80, posing w. his son Neyer (R), 50, a chemist & grandson Berin, 28, at home.

Location: Kadikoy, Turkey
Date taken: 1940
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

 

[Two Types]

Curious collar combination - dark collar with a white shirt:

 

[Nick D]

 

[Rudie]

This is pretty much the ideal suit IMO.

 

[SteveAS]

Unconventional, but I like the look of the unbuttoned DB jacket on this fellow.