The Fedora Lounge Guide to Palm Beach Cloth

[DamianM]

found these articles online
it seems like the right place

http://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/1930S_SUMMER_CLOTHES_FOR_MEN_pdf

http://oldmagazinearticles.com/1941_Summer_Suits_pdf


here is another article on what color suits would be favorable. white and off white was at an all time high in 1935-36
by the war years it was tan
http://oldmagazinearticles.com/draw_pdf.php?filename=Color-Trends.pdf

 

[Fletch]

Those were the days when all a man in a white suit had to worry about was looking like a street cleaner, and not some decadent feudalist grandee.

 

[1930artdeco]

My new jacket

Hi All,

Here are the promised pics. From the earlier posts about the tag mine was made in 44-49 range. I have no plans to actually wear it as it is NOS and I want it to stay that way.

 

[cookie]

Just a trophy jacket? You are kidding? Clothes like shoes are meant to be worn.

 

[Chasseur]

Great thread, thank you for posting it!

So it seems my dinner jacket is 1944-49 which makes sense given the style and cut.

 

[1930artdeco]

Cookie, besides the fact that it is NOS, I would have to take the whole jacket apart to have it expanded as I wear a 38-40. That is why I decided to keep it as is. Trust me, I would love to clean it up and wear it.

Mike

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Found this of a grey version of your jacket Chasseur

 

[Fletch]

Sharp look! The grey jacket was favored by a lot of musical groups because it was easier to care for than whites. (I don't think they wore PB Cloth tho. Gabardines kept their shape better.)

 

[jamespowers]

Gabardines kept their shape better.)

MUCH better.

 

[Fletch]

The Bob Crosby band in 1940.

 

[Fletch]

Not strictly relevant to the Genuine Cloth...but what is the closest suiting in hand and weight available today?

I would think a heavy linen, but they are getting really hard to find.

(I actually thought PB was linen until the innertoobz came along.)

 

[Feraud]

Great question Fletch!
I've often fantasized about getting together a group of Loungers for a run of a few hundred yards of modern Palm Beach material to be made into garments.

 

[scotrace]

Great question Fletch!
I've often fantasized about getting together a group of Loungers for a run of a few hundred yards of modern Palm Beach material to be made into garments.

hmmmmm

 

[jamespowers]

Well, we know the material percentages by what was posted earlier from the unfinished jacket. This should be quite easily doable but the $$$$ would be the factor. Let me know how much 9-12 yards would be.

 

[jamespowers]

And for those who want to determine how many yards they might need:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...-make-a-suit&highlight=yards+fabric+make+suit

 

[Fletch]

Put me down for a couple suits worth.

 

[Chasseur]

Put me down for a couple suits worth.

Me too! Man to have enough clothes for 2-3 three piece belted back suits... sigh...

 

[dhermann1]

Feraud, you're a genius.

 

[dhermann1]

Why am I remembering something about the mohair yarn being difficult or impossible to come by?

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Not strictly relevant to the Genuine Cloth...but what is the closest suiting in hand and weight available today?

I would think a heavy linen, but they are getting really hard to find.

(I actually thought PB was linen until the innertoobz came along.)

That is always been my interest as most Palm Beach jackets don't come in size 48R.
I bet we could have some fabric made for $1000 dollars a yard.