Show us your suits

[cookie]

I found these three two piece single breasted suits while on a road trip this summer. A store was closing down and the store owner cleared out the entire stock. A rack of vintage suits up front had only weird sizes but in the corner of my eye I spotted some similar garments. There, in the far corner of the store, was another rack filled with suits. At $40 a piece I couldn´t resist buying all suits my size.

The suits are all the same model but for some reason the jacket of the brown suit to the left doesn´t fit as well as the other two. There is a bulge below the neck which I guess can be altered by a tailor.

I´ve started wearing the grey suit to the right with the risk of being tagged as a Mad Men wannabe.

I´d say they´re probably from the 60:s but await the expertise. Here are some closeups of the labels:

The font on those tags is pure groovy baby.....that was a nice score...terylene...how 60s!

 

[Mr Vim]

I cannot wait to get out of Juneau and have roads to go on a road trip for, then I'm driving across the country for some serious vintage bargain hunting.

Where was the store that closed down, Trenter?

 

[habberdasher]

The low gorge lapel style and polyester fiber material seem 1980's to me.

It's definitely 60s to me - the gorge is not low at all, the lapels are 60s thin, and there was a whole lot more polyester styles in the 60s-70s than the 80s.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Thrifted this Oleg Cassini western suit today. Very well made. What do you think, folks? '70s?...

 

[Tomasso]

Yep,'70s. It actually looks kinda cool. I could see wearing it for shits and giggles.


BTW Gene, the jacket is way too big for you.

 

[cookie]

It looks sophisticated in that Donegal tweed look and beautifully made by Jackie O's old bestie. Trouble is the very unsophisticated dude what's wearing it and all....lol

 

[Cane Rod Maker]

G, that is a very nice suit. I dig the highlights and buttons; as well as the back shoulder area of the jacket. Very nice indeed. I wear a 52L Jacket. 38W-32or34IS Pant. Put that in your note pad my friend.

Thrifted this Oleg Cassini western suit today. Very well made. What do you think, folks? '70s?...

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Yep,'70s. It actually looks kinda cool. I could see wearing it for shits and giggles.

Exactly! Really the only reason I wear ANY of the stuff I've got.

BTW Gene, the jacket is way too big for you.

I suppose. Except for the fact that it fits so well.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

It looks sophisticated in that Donegal tweed look and beautifully made by Jackie O's old bestie. Trouble is the very unsophisticated dude what's wearing it and all....lol

Hardeehar. I think it will do well with my Converse high-tops.

I've studied quite a few vintage western suits down here but yeah, this one is classier than the rest I've seen.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Inside label (Spaghetti Western anyone?) :

 

[Tomasso]

Some people laugh at Cassini ,the designer, but I give him his props: He bedded every starlet from Grace Kelly to Marilyn Monroe...before marrying the magnificent Gene Tierney. Plus he was the first designer to figure out and capitalize on the licensing game.

 

[Trenter]

Where was the store that closed down, Trenter?

A small town in Sweden called Hjo. In a thrift shop nearby I also scored a vintage tie rack and the New York World´s Fair guide book mentioned in this thread: http://thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=1464 I guess sometimes you´ll find yourself in the right place at the right time ...

 

[Derek Cavin]

Congrats

Wonderful suits all (I haven't yet gone through all the pages, but at least the last 20 or so).

 

[Bugsy]

My attire for the annual Gatsby Sunday Afternoon.

 

[Nice Boots]

Love the spectators.

 

[Nice Boots]

and skimmer, too!!

 

[Vintage lover]

My attire for the annual Gatsby Sunday Afternoon.

I love it. What car were you next to?

 

[Mr Vim]

Please tell me that's your car Bugs.

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"My 1975 Glam Rock David Bowie incarnation, Tommy Nutter suit, and platform Boots! , we were facebook before facebook, backstage at Elton John"

 

[Miss Tuppence]

^Wow that’s certainly a suit and a half!

Hullo there,
I don’t have a clue where to put this question across so I will just dump it here hoping in the off chance that someone will be able to help or at least redirect me… I’m in new territory here; my usual stomping ground is the powder room so please do excuse me…
I’m just wondering on your views and views from the 30’s/40’s in regards to wearing a deep navy pinstripe suit with London tan coloured shoes… was this acceptable?
I’m just not sure myself!
Any help will be greatly received…
Thank you in advanced