The BEST 1930s Suit Ever?

[Marc Chevalier]

The trousers are sooooo long. Wonderfully so.

This man is a tailor's dream: he's slim and compact, with long legs. Adolphe Menjou had the same physique. Suits look best on men like this.



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[Marc Chevalier]

... however, he needs to ditch that lousy spread collar!:eusa_doh:

Now that's where I have to disagree. The moderate spread collar suits his thin face very well and is in harmony with the suit. And we all know that spread collars were worn in the '30s, thanks to their popularization by the Duke of Windsor.

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[Feraud]

This man is a tailor's dream: he's slim and compact, with long legs. Adolphe Menjou had the same physique. Suits look best on men like this.



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Menjou had long legs? I never noticed that and will have to pay closer attention to his films.

 

[dhermann1]

All I've ever noticed about Adolphe Menjou was his mustache, one of the all time great 'staches.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Menjou had long legs?

Yes. He was a short man, but his legs were long in proportion to his torso. Menjou delves into this in his autobiography, It Took Nine Tailors.


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[Forgotten Man]

Now that's where I have to disagree. The moderate spread collar suits his thin face very well and is in harmony with the suit. And we all know that spread collars were worn in the '30s, thanks to their popularization by the Duke of Windsor.

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Oh yeah, that's what you say see... Fred Astaire had a thin face and looked better in longer pointed collars... I think it would be more appealing my self with a double breasted of that era.

I have never liked spread collars... makes me mad that most of the shirts that are French cuffed I find have that collar... Me no likey. Looks as if the collar is disapproving of the tie and is trying not to associate it's self with it. As if it's runing away if you will.