Show us your waistcoats/Vests?

[Anthony Jordan]

I thought this might be worth doing, prompted by consideration of my latest purchase (first photograph), so here you go:

Morning Waistcoats:

I like this one - London tailored.

Savile row - black herringbone, and note the detail below - an extra button set into the lapel to keep it closed:

Another grey one:

Sand/cream/light buff this time - possibly some sort of washed silk? It feels a little too slippery for linen:

This is an interesting one; I suspect that it is technically an evening waistcoat, but I am thinking of trying it during the day, as part of a morning coat/frock coat ensemble:

A single-breasted morning waistcoat with notched lapels:

A braided and slipped waistcoat, also see the detail below:

A simple waistcoat in "Jersey weave" - would work as part of a half morning dress/stroller ensemble or in a more countrified setting:

Some country ones next.

Anthony.

 

[Dinerman]

I love the look of all those double breasted ones.

 

[Josephine]

Very nice If I may make a request? I'd love to see these worn, I adore a man in a well fitted vest and shirt sleeves; the vest is form fitting and the sleeves are full and he looks like a well dressed pirate!

 

[DOUGLAS]

Great photos Anthony Jordan. I am a big fan of wearing vests.

 

[WildCelt]

today is national talk like a pirate day, after all.

International, me hearty. Yarrr!!

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Thanks for the comments, and here are some more:

Notched lapel (I like this style):

A versatile green:

Wine/maroon with horse head buttons:

A fairly busy check on an unusual light ground:

Irish linen check, notched lapel:

Anthony.

 

[Lionheart]

Big fan of vests here!

The vests/waistcoats in this thread are *extremely stylish*. I gotta get my hands on some of these!

 

[GwenLake]

Thanks for the comments, and here are some more:


Wine/maroon with horse head buttons:

Oh, I really, really like that color.

 

[Alan Eardley]

Very nice If I may make a request? I'd love to see these worn, I adore a man in a well fitted vest and shirt sleeves; the vest is form fitting and the sleeves are full and he looks like a well dressed pirate!

I'm afraid you are in the minority, Josephine. I like my waistcoats (vests) to be paint-like in fit and people always say that they are too form fitting in a man my age. You can't win! Needless to say, I ignore them.

Alan

 

[Orgetorix]

This is a vintage British backless DB morning waiscoat that I wore in my wedding:

I have since sold it to another FL member, because I got this one:

A fully backed vintage Brooks Brothers grey wool morning vest. This one motivates me to not gain weight. Or breathe deeply when I'm wearing it, for that matter.

This is also Brooks, but modern. Tan linen.

Cream linen, from Alan Flusser's Stein Mart line. The fit on this one is pretty poor, IMO.

Brown suede, from Land's End. I wear this one primarily with tweeds and such.

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Very nice!; the grey one is may favourite but they are all very handsome. I used to have a reluctance about wearing double-breasted waistcoats but now I am falling in love with them again, although there will always be room in my wardrobe for the simple single-breasted notch, like your middle two.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The ones below are some of my former and current waistcoats. I have more, but haven't gotten around to photographing them yet.



Mid 19th century. Cool detail -- the body is satin, but the big flowers are velvet:

Late 19th century:

Late 19th century:

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[Marc Chevalier]

Turn of the 20th century:

Turn of the 20th century:

An evening (tuxedo) silk waistcoat, dated 1915. The pattern reminds me of William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite movement:

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Another silk tuxedo waistcoat, this one from the 1920s. The tone-on-tone design is pure ‘20s Art Deco:

A cotton pique evening waistcoat from the late ‘20s with unusual peaked lapels:

Another evening waistcoat from the late ‘20s. Unusual T-back. Needs a good soaking in Biz:

 

[6StringShooter]

niiiice!!!!

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Amazing! I had a version of the t-back white waistcoat (alas no longer), but also this interesting example (which also needs work, but has a certain charm) which appears to combine the function of braces and waistcoat:

http://uk.geocities.com/anthony_hugh_jordan/Combination_waistcoat.html

 

[Josephine]

I'm afraid you are in the minority, Josephine. I like my waistcoats (vests) to be paint-like in fit and people always say that they are too form fitting in a man my age. You can't win! Needless to say, I ignore them.

Alan

Thffft to them and good on you.

 

[Josephine]

This is a vintage British backless DB morning waiscoat that I wore in my wedding...

Oooo, thanks!

 

[The Wolf]

the fit

I too like a tight fitting vest, with loose trousers. I think it comes from watching 1930s movies.[huh]

Sincerely,
the Wolf

 

[carter]

Gentlemen, AMAZING PICTURES! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Thank you. I have been searching for the better part of a year for waistcoats on ebay US & UK, in retail, etc. with little success. It's about as easy as buying a three-piece suit these days.

I did recently purchase a two-piece Harris Tweed from the UK but that's about it.

If you have better sources for waistcoats for big guys, please post them.

Thanks for starting this thread!