Baron Kurtz
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Another nice one. That lapel width is perfect (to my tastes).
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Another nice one. That lapel width is perfect (to my tastes).
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These two 1940s 'Summer-Weight' suits arrived today. They are very light. some mothing on each, but I am not bothered by it. I need to invest in a pair of brown shoes so I can wear the brown one out and about! The brown one does not have a company label.
On the hat thread I frequent, I said that my wife was acting strangely and I though she may have purchased me something like a hat.
Well, well. I was right about the behavior--wrong about the hommy. But It will go well with any of my brown fedoras.
She set up a trail of clues throughout the house to find...dah, dah, dah...a VINTAGE, CRICKETEER, PRINCE OF WALES CHECK SUIT (I hope that's right).
Light brown with light blue accent color. 2 button, single vent. The vest has a belt in the back. Gotta be '70s I'm thinking because the bottom of the pant legs are quite large.
The only thing I need to do is take in the length of pant legs a bit. Very pleased w the fit overall. It just seems like new, by the way. Hope you dig it. I'll post it again when I wear it sometime soon.
If you remember this from ebay and it was a different age than I guessed, let me know.
You don't.
I wear a size 46/48 and i can vouch for how difficult it is to find stuff in that size. Last year I picked up a late forties double breasted suit that was actually too big and had to be altered. But it is out there. So don't despair - just be prepared to be patient.
I suppose the advice might be: don't be too fussy, buy what you find and make the most of it until you find exactly what you are looking for.
Good luck.