VINTAGE SUMMER SUITS--from $29! Sz. c.36 - 44. Paul Stuart, Haspel, Corbin, Ralph Lauren, 1960s.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT, AS ALWAYS, ALL PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING IN THE USA!

PLEASE NOTE THAT--ALSO AS ALWAYS!--MY AIM IS TO FIND THESE NEW HOMES ASAP, SO ALL OFFERS ARE VERY WELCOME!

1) TRAD HASPEL PINCORD Wash-and-Wear Suit



Size c. 36, 38​

Joseph Haspel founded Haspel in New Orleans in 1909 with the express aim of creating clothing that could be worn comfortably in the sub-tropical humidity of the Deep South. Owing to the connections between New Orleans and Princeton, Haspel's seersuckers--and then pincords, and wash-and-wear--worked their way into being a staple of summer Ivy Style.

This is a lovely example of a vintage Haspel Wash-and-Wear pincord suit. Cut with a contemporary two-button front and darting, this is half-lined in traditional cream and has a single center vent. It features four button cuffs, and was Union Made in the USA. The trousers are flat-front and cuffed.

This does have one very small flaw--a small mark on one shoulder, as shown--and so this is in Very Good/Excellent condition.

Asking just $35, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Measurements:

Chest: 19 1/4
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+1)
Shoulder: 17 3/8
Length: 30

Waist: 16
Inseam: 29 1/2, with 1 1/2" cuff.

 

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A BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC LINEN SUIT!​

From Paul Stuart; Double-Breasted with Peak Lapels!

Size: c. 38, 40​

This is absolutely lovely! As classic and elegant as you'd expect from Paul Stuart, this beautiful suit is cut from mid-weight linen, which, unlike its cheaper and flimsier cousins, won't quickly devolve into a topographical map of wrinkles!

The jacket is cut as a loosely formal double-breasted jacket with a 6/1 configuration and lovely peal lapels. It is very subtly darted, and has four button cuffs. Naturally, it is fully canvassed and fully lined, and features pick stitching on the lapels and placket. It has a single hook vent.

The trousers are pleated front, and cuffed.

This suit was Made in the USA. I have a note to myself in the pocket which reads "small mark on trousers near hem", but despite looking I can't find this! However, it's likely there somewhere, so this is in Very Good/Excellent condition.

A perfect, classic, summer suit from a classic clothier.... for just $65, OR OFFER, boxed and shipped in the USA!

Measurements:

Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 23 (+ 1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 29 3/4

Waist: 16
Inseam: 29 (+1), with 1 1/2" cuff.

 

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IVY SUMMER GRAIL

J. Press 3/2 sack seersucker suit!


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This is absolutely beautiful--and a true staple of the traditional Ivy summer wardrobe! Moreover, since 3/2 sack seersucker is becoming increasing hard to find, I would advise grabbing this if it's in your size!

Cut as a traditional 3/2 sack from traditional crinkly seersucker in cream and white the jacket is half-lined in complementary and traditional cream. It has a single center vent and three button cuffs. The trousers are flat-front and cuffed (of course!).

This was Made in the USA, and is in absolutely excellent condition.

Asking just $65, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA!

Tagged 44R. measurements:

Chest: 23
Sleeve: 25 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 30 3/4

Waist: 19 1/8
Inseam: 30 1/4, with 1 1/2 cuff (+1 1/2")

 

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VINTAGE Polo Ralph Lauren Summer Suit

"Guaranteed to wrinkle"​

If the 1970s was "the decade that style forgot" the 1980s was the "decade that remembered classic style". Part a reaction to the overblown looks and polyester focus on the '70s, part a natural response to the lavish British "costume dramas" such as *Chariots of Fire* and *Brideshead Revisited* that were set in the inter-war years among the British upper-class, the 1980s saw a resurgence and updating of classic Ivy Style.

Some of this was due to the marketing genius of Ralph Lauren, who made the Ivy version of the WASP look fashionable... largely because he was influenced by Norman Hilton, who was hired by Ralph Lauren to oversee some of his early menswear collections, and who imprinted upon them the Ivy Style that he had pioneered.

This suit is a lovely example of Ralph Lauren's 1980s re-imagining of Ivy Style. Cut from cotton, this suit was guaranteed to wrinkle... A definite selling point in the early 1980s as this would show that this suit was indeed made from natural fibres, and not the wrinkle-free fabrics of the 1970s.

Deliberately intended to be the same shade of linen-beige that Brooks Brothers used in its Wash and Wear suits in the 1960s, this is cut as a contemporary two button suit with subtle darts. Half-canvassed, fully lined, and with four button cuffs, this has a single rear vent with beautifully cut lapels. The trousers are pleated, and cuffed.

This suit was Union Made in the USA, and is in excellent (and relatively unwrinkled) condition.

Asking just $59, OR OFFER, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Tagged 42L, this measures:

Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 26 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length (BOC): 32 1/4

Waist: 17 3/4 (+ 1 1/2)
Inseam: 33 (+1 1/4) with 1 1/2" cuff.

 

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Classic Summer Suit--by Corbin! JUST $29 shipped in the USA!

Size c. 40, 42.

Natural Horn Buttons!​

Founded in 1947 (and, alas, bankrupt in 2003) Corbin was one of the great American clothiers of the Golden Era of Ivy Style--so much so that they named one of their trouser lines "Natural Shoulder"!

This suit is a lovely example of why Corbin were so admired. Cut from a tropical-weight wool in classic Ivy Summer Tan this is a contemporary two-button suit with subtle darts. half-canvassed and half-lined it has a single rear vent and four button cuffs--all of the buttons are natural horn. It has a very natural shoulder.

The trousers are flat-front and uncuffed.

This was was, of course, Union Made in the USA. It is in excellent condition EXCEPT for a scuff mark on the underside of one cuff (as shown), a small scuff on the front (likely easily removed with dry-cleaning), and a small spot on the waist-band, hidden by the belt. Overall, then, this is in Good/ Very Good condition..... And as such is a bargain at just $29, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Measurements:

Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 24 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 30 1/4

Waist: 18 1/2 (+1 1/2)
Inseam: 27 3/4 (+3)

 

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WONDERFUL Vintage Mid-Century Summer Suit.

c. 38, 40.

Cut from rare "Cambri Cloth", with original Talon zipper!

This is absolutely wonderful-and very rare!​

This lovely summer suit is cut from "Cambri Cloth", a blend of 50% Dacron polyester and 50% cotton. Made by the Gordon-Ford company specifically for use in summer suiting aimed at the Varisty set, this cloth was described in the 1957 adverts as "combining the crease retention or wrinkle resisting properties of dacron with wearability of cotton".

This was no ordinary cloth--the polyester of the 1950s and 1960s was very different from the polyester of today, and was carefully made so that it could come very close to perfect mimicry of the feel and look of the fabric it was being used as a substitute for. Langrock, The English Shop, Hilton--all offered polyester clothing, and it was by no means a cheaper alternative to the natural fibers.

And Cambri Cloth was no ordinary blend, but had been designed so that the fabric wasn't matt, but had a subtle cast to it in a colour that was a few shades away from the colour teh cloth first presented as. And the most popular colour combination was Indian Country Olive.... a lovely classic shade of dark olive green with an tint of petrol blue in the right light.

That's the cloth that this suit is made of!

Most Cambri Cloth suits were sold in North Carolina, to the properly-attired students of UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke, or in Philadelphia, to the students of the U.Penn. Why these were the enclaves is a mystery, but presumably had something to do with the need for warm-weather clothing in those locations, the appeal of the Ivy Style... and the fact that those student groups were likely less staid than their counterparts at Princeton and Harvard, and the cool colour overlays appealed to them.

Because of their fairly limited distribution few Cambri Cloth items have survived, and so I'm pleased to offer this one!

Cut as a classic 3/2 sack from the classic and popular Indian Country Olive, this fabric has a shimmer of blue in certain lights. The lapels are classic 1950s width, and the jacket features two button cuffs and top stitching on the seams. It is half-canvassed and half-lined, and has a lovely horizontal security pocket set into the left-hand seam of the jacket, just like Aero Leathers suggest for their 1950s-style garments. It has a single rear vent.

The trousers are flat-front and cuffed--and the zipper fly is secured with an original Talon zipper that moves beautifully smoothly!

It was Union Made in the USA.

Originally sold by the very Trad. clothing store Morville's of PA this was likely the proud possession of a man in U.; Penn's Class of '58; indeed, this was quite possibly his graduation suit!

It is in overall Good condition. It does need a dry clean to freshen it up (there are a couple of small white spots on one pocket, and minor scuffs, as shown) and the trousers have had a small professional repair on the seat, as shown. This is still very wearable--the repair just adds to the patina and coolness--but it's priced as an odd jacket only..... and so is an absolute steal at just $25, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA!

Measurements:

Chest: 21
Sleeve: 23 (+ 2 1/2)
Shoulder: 17 1/2
Length: 29 3/4

Waist: 17 1/4 (+1 1/2)
Inseam: 28 (+1 1/2) with 1 3/4" cuff.

 

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Paul Stuart line suit is now sold.

J. Press seersucker is sold.

Morville suit is sold.