Show us your vintage French tailored garments.

[Baron Kurtz]

Next in the "show us your" line, I ask for French vintage suits. I'll start it off with a stonker!

This is made of the heaviest fabric I've ever encountered. Very much an overcoat weight fabric. And a very basic, but lovely pattern in a nice colourway. The trousers feature a buckle back. Typical french hook fastening to the top of the fly closure. I think this one is quite early. Early 30s? Difficult to tell without labels, but the original tailor's box looks old. From a small-ish town in the Pyrénées. From the days of single-digit telephone numbers …

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Still there …

http://www.souviron-palas.com/contact.aspx

 

[scotrace]

That is fantastic - and rather like a more modern suit I have, produced in a New York tailoring shop.
Love this.

 

[herringbonekid]

great suit Baron. owing to an unfortunate deficiency in the French suit area i'm unable to add any items to this thread.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I hope BenStephens sees the thread. He has a wonderful 1920s French belt back suit. Made for some kind of aristocrat, I think. I know he's also had quite a bit of luck in France and Belgium. I never seem to find anything on trips to the Continent, though.

I have another couple bits and pieces hanging around - there were quite a few sellers in London markets had a flood of french gear a couple years ago - still pretty scarce stuff, though, to find in decent condition. An awful lot of wrecked French gear on the market.

[EDIT] Let's not restrict it to suits. Anything tailored is good for this thread (i.e. to keep it separate from workwear).

bk

 

[Dinerman]

Is Belgium close enough or do you want to keep this pure?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Wallonie or Flanders? … Just kidding.

Yes, I think Belgium's close enough. Certainly far too small a country for it's own thread. Just like I imagine it would be fine to put Austrian or Swiss suits (for example) in the German thread.

 

[Dinerman]

I've had lighter-weight overcoats than this. I wish it still had its trousers.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Nice!

 

[Mario]

For some reason I'm not usually a huge fan of checked patterns but this one somehow does the trick. Very nice.

Pete - did I tell you that you're killing me?

 

[Ben Stephens]

This suit was made in 1926 for a Baron, It is the most amazing tweed with a pink hue!

Ben

 

[Rudie]

Interesting. With a long vent and the lowest button not above but level with the pockets.

 

[Rudie]

I love the long rise on this one.

 

[Salieri]

Blue velvet waistcoat made for the Marquis de Morra, 1907, by Charvet

 

[herringbonekid]

Interesting. With a long vent and the lowest button not above but level with the pockets.

most 3 button SBs have the lowest button roughly level with the pockets.

(apologies for going off French tailoring topic)

 

[dhermann1]

Don't ya think maybe our old buddy Marc C has a few French suits he could show off??? When ya comin' back, Marc???

 

[Rudie]

most 3 button SBs have the lowest button roughly level with the pockets.

(apologies for going off French tailoring topic)

My perception was that in the 30s, especially the early 30s, and the 20s the tendency is towards at least a slightly higher button stance. Your pics support this view. Lowest button level with the top of the pockets seems to be the norm for 40s, no?

 

[herringbonekid]

My perception was that in the 30s, especially the early 30s, and the 20s the tendency is towards at least a slightly higher button stance.

only during the early 20s 'jazz suit' phase did the buttons get well above the pockets, but those suits are very rare.
other than that they're usually level with the pockets (or an inch above or below).

 

[Rudie]

Even below? Wow. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[herringbonekid]

i've only ever seen this type of waistband tape in French trousers:

anyone ever seen it in trousers from other countries ?