The 1920 JAZZ SUIT

[Smuterella]

i want to see it worn...

 

[Dayonfire]

The jazz suit or the frock I mentioned?

Smutterella...nice.

 

[Smuterella]

The jazz suit or the frock I mentioned?

Smutterella...nice.

the jazz suit.

nice what? eh?

 

[scotrace]

I have to recreate the link, but I have a photograph of my grandfather in a jazz suit.

 

[Smuterella]

oh, its my moniker all over the place. It suits me. *saucy giggle*

Yes, I'd love to see someone in that suit. its hard to envision otherwise.

 

[Craig Robertson]

That is actually an interesting looking suit, Marc. While it isn't something I would choose for everyday wear...I think it would look pretty great on stage...with the right hat.

 

[Dayonfire]

If someone sends me a jazz suit (38R), I'll put it on and take a pic of myself!

 

[scotrace]

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Marc identified this as a Jazz Suit. My grandfather, Clarence, about 1920.

 

[Craig Robertson]

Very nice, Scotrace. The cut of the suit seems to favor a smaller physique.

Don't know about that boater, though.

 

[Sefton]

I prefer the Jazz suit 1964 myself,but I imagine that the reaction was much the same from the straight/older/squares. The Horror!

Thanks for the picture of your grandfather ,by the way. That photo has attitude to spare.

 

[donCarlos]

I prefer the Jazz suit 1964 myself,but I imagine that the reaction was much the same from the straight/older/squares. The Horror!

Picture needed I don´t know what to imagine...

 

[Sefton]

Well,I didn't mean a direct descendant from the actual "Jazz suit",but more of the type of slim style that many of the well dressed Jazz artists wore:

...but that's another thread entirely.
Best regards,
Sefton

 

[chalkstripe]

i was expecting a matching hat to follow as a jazz suit, but then again maybe it's just due to too much exposure to Spike Lee flicks. I'll take my hat off to anyone who poses with it and posts it up, but please try to have a shot with jazz hands.

 

[Feraud]

While watching a few Harold Lloyd comedies I noticed him wearing a jazz styled suit.
Very interesting to see HL move around in the suit. The flared skirt is perfect for his running, jumping, and cartwheeling antics.

 

[reetpleat]

Two thoughts. The style and cut, while a long way away from what we typically like, is not that out of line for a 20s suit. Just a bit over the top, but the soft shoulders and trimmer pants would not be as dd as in 1940.

Question, where did the look truly come from. Was it an invention from the fashion industry, or was it devised to emulate what maybe some jazz musicians were already wearing.

to be honest, even though it seems kind of odd, I could easily imagine a cool black jazz musician wearing it and looking fantastic.

 

[mike]

Two thoughts. The style and cut, while a long way away from what we typically like, is not that out of line for a 20s suit. Just a bit over the top, but the soft shoulders and trimmer pants would not be as dd as in 1940.

Question, where did the look truly come from. Was it an invention from the fashion industry, or was it devised to emulate what maybe some jazz musicians were already wearing.

to be honest, even though it seems kind of odd, I could easily imagine a cool black jazz musician wearing it and looking fantastic.

I agree! I wonder if someone like say Fletcher Henderson or someone else who was performing in the real beginnings of Jazz visually symbolized the entire new movement.

 

[reetpleat]

Looking at the above photo, I would have to say, it does not seem all that different than what would have been worn in the latter part of the previous century. Perhaps it was an odd throw back to the earlier era of frock coats. Or maybe it was derivitive of what black musicians coming up out of the south were wearing.

 

[Feraud]

Looking at the above photo, I would have to say, it does not seem all that different than what would have been worn in the latter part of the previous century. Perhaps it was an odd throw back to the earlier era of frock coats. Or maybe it was derivitive of what black musicians coming up out of the south were wearing.

The cut of the coats are reminiscent of frock coats.
It makes sense for frock coats in their various cuts to have evolved into these.

 

[Mr. Rover]

Yeah- historically, this wouldn't be so far off from the 1950s/60s revival going on now. People were still wearing frock coats at the turn of the 19th C., and this could've been an attempted, exaggeratedly fashiony revival of that look, like Thom Browne taking the business suits of the 60s and making them foppish now.

 

[Feraud]

In the 1924 Lon Chaney film Tell It to the Marines the character "Skeet" is wearing a jazz suit in the beginning of the film .