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*** SOLD ***
Many thanks to the lucky buyer!
For sale is a handsome vintage single-breasted, peak lapel pinstripe suit (very 1930s looking) in beautiful condition, a great shade of rust brown, and a LARGE SIZE: 44-45 Regular! It is made of 100% tropical weight wool (lighter and cooler than Palm Beach Cloth). Some history about the suit:
The first, brief revival of 1930s fashions occurred in 1967. That year, Warren Beatty’s film, “Bonnie & Clyde,� was a surprise success. For one short season, suit makers offered designs based on the ‘30s. Seven years later, the remake of “The Great Gatsby� would also influence suit styles; by then, however, Carnaby Street and polyester had firmly taken hold, and the results were more monstrous than elegant. 1967, however, was another story. The “Bonnie & Clyde�-esque suits were made of wool; the jacket lapels were not outlandishly wide, and the trousers were appropriately high waisted. (High? Wasted? Bad pun, I know.) True, they often had chunky (or worse, “golden�) buttons, center vents, and the trouser legs were usually cuffless. Still, the overall appearance was credibly ‘30s-looking.
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SUIT SIZE: 44 - 45 Regular
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FLAT MEASUREMENTS (COAT):
Chest (measured from underarm to underarm, and doubled): 48 inches
Back length (from top of collar to bottom of back): 33 ½�
Full sleeve length (from center of collar to sleeve cuff): 33 ½�
Outer arm sleeve length (from shoulder seam down to sleeve cuff): 25 ½� (+ 1 ½� to let out at cuff)
Underarm sleeve length (from underarm down to sleeve cuff): 16 ½�
Back width (from shoulder seam to shoulder seam): 19 ¾�
Waist: 45 ½�
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FLAT MEASUREMENTS (TROUSERS):
Waist: 38 (+ 3 ¾� to let out)
Outer seam length (from top of waistband to bottom of cuff): 42 1/3�
Inseam length (from crotch to bottom of cuff): 30�
Width of trouser leg bottoms: 9�
Height of trouser cuffs: No cuffs
Trouser hem: 3 ¼� to let out
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CONDITION:
Excellent. I’ve found no stains, fading, odors, rips, fraying, holes or moth bites.
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Price: $100, payable via PayPal, personal check, money order or cashier's check.
Please do not offer to buy the suit via a post on this thread. Please PM me instead. Thanks!
Many thanks to the lucky buyer!
For sale is a handsome vintage single-breasted, peak lapel pinstripe suit (very 1930s looking) in beautiful condition, a great shade of rust brown, and a LARGE SIZE: 44-45 Regular! It is made of 100% tropical weight wool (lighter and cooler than Palm Beach Cloth). Some history about the suit:
The first, brief revival of 1930s fashions occurred in 1967. That year, Warren Beatty’s film, “Bonnie & Clyde,� was a surprise success. For one short season, suit makers offered designs based on the ‘30s. Seven years later, the remake of “The Great Gatsby� would also influence suit styles; by then, however, Carnaby Street and polyester had firmly taken hold, and the results were more monstrous than elegant. 1967, however, was another story. The “Bonnie & Clyde�-esque suits were made of wool; the jacket lapels were not outlandishly wide, and the trousers were appropriately high waisted. (High? Wasted? Bad pun, I know.) True, they often had chunky (or worse, “golden�) buttons, center vents, and the trouser legs were usually cuffless. Still, the overall appearance was credibly ‘30s-looking.
____________________________________________________
SUIT SIZE: 44 - 45 Regular
____________________________________________________
FLAT MEASUREMENTS (COAT):
Chest (measured from underarm to underarm, and doubled): 48 inches
Back length (from top of collar to bottom of back): 33 ½�
Full sleeve length (from center of collar to sleeve cuff): 33 ½�
Outer arm sleeve length (from shoulder seam down to sleeve cuff): 25 ½� (+ 1 ½� to let out at cuff)
Underarm sleeve length (from underarm down to sleeve cuff): 16 ½�
Back width (from shoulder seam to shoulder seam): 19 ¾�
Waist: 45 ½�
_____________________________________________________
FLAT MEASUREMENTS (TROUSERS):
Waist: 38 (+ 3 ¾� to let out)
Outer seam length (from top of waistband to bottom of cuff): 42 1/3�
Inseam length (from crotch to bottom of cuff): 30�
Width of trouser leg bottoms: 9�
Height of trouser cuffs: No cuffs
Trouser hem: 3 ¼� to let out
_________________________________________________
CONDITION:
Excellent. I’ve found no stains, fading, odors, rips, fraying, holes or moth bites.
_________________________________________________
Price: $100, payable via PayPal, personal check, money order or cashier's check.
Please do not offer to buy the suit via a post on this thread. Please PM me instead. Thanks!
