Vintage German trousers

[Baron Kurtz]

Sometimes, but not often. Mostly the tailors "just off the boat" tended to make suits to the taste of the new country.

I think I remember the suit, and there was a lot of speculation and not much solid evidence. I don't remember it having any labels; I think I recall missing out on it on ebay.

 

[Two Types]

I also seem to recall a German styled suit made in the late 1940s(?) in South Africa by a tailor with a very German name.

 

[Phong Van Lee]

At least one pair of trousers could be could very well be from the nederlands:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271316534431&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

Have you seen the lining with the name of the car and truck producer DAF?
Perhaps these were made as working pants for the industry.

 

[Two Types]

But the other label inside the trousers appears to be in German. In this case, I believe DAF refers to Deutsche Arbeitsfront (the DAF, or ‘German Labour Front’), a Nazi-era labour organisation.

 

[herringbonekid]

can any of the Germans tell me what size a '52' trouser waist usually is ?
i'm completely confused by European sizing.

 

[Rudie]

Me too, and I am German.

If it's a jacket 52 means it's a UK 42 (chest size). So I guess the trousers would have the same size trousers of a size 42 suit would have. Whatever that is.

 

[herringbonekid]

there's a pair of deadstock tagged trousers marked 52 which are supposedly 40 cm waist (halved), which is about 31".
then there's a pair tagged 46 which are supposedly 39 cm.

how on earth could there only be 2 cm between those two sizes ?

 

[Rudie]

This doesn't work. I just looked the sizes up and a German 52 converts to a waist size of 36 inches. [huh]

 

[herringbonekid]

i suspect that the 52's have either been measured or tagged incorrectly. maybe the tags should be ignored.

 

[herringbonekid]

This doesn't work. I just looked the sizes up and a German 52 converts to a waist size of 36 inches. [huh]

i sent them a query and turns out there was a mistake in the listing. they're actually a 35.5" so a Euro 52 after all.