Warm Weather/Beach Attire (Vintage)

[FedoraGent]

Fedora Loungers,

I was just wondering if anyone (hopefully the gallant Marc Chevalier and resident Sartorial Consultant Matt Deckard are listening too...) would happen to know what warm weather/beach attire could be considered when thinking primarily from a vintage standpoint. I am leaving for the Bahamas on Thursday and have no warm weather clothes and am thinking that since I'm working on putting together a casual look, perhaps I could kill two birds with one stone. Does anyone have any suggestions for what this type of attire would entail?

Thank you ahead of time.

Yours,

FedoraGent

P.S. A Dobbs Optimo has already been purchased and is sitting along with my Puerto Fino Felt Hats in our Vintage Samsonite Hat Box...

 

[dr greg]

the usual

Straw hat, VINTAGE hawaiian or tropical shirt, white shorts and espadrilles should cover most situations, a three-day growth and gin-soaked eyeballs will complete the picture if you find the right watering hole........

 

[FedoraGent]

Alright but what about dinner wear?

Perhaps Chinos and a tropical shirt wi some saddle shoes? Does anyone else have any suggestions as well?

FG.

 

[Orgetorix]

Dinner wear for summer/resort

 

[Rooster]

I'd go with a linen jacket and trousers, natural colored linen.

 

[FedoraGent]

Great minds think alike...

I'd go with a linen jacket and trousers, natural colored linen.

My friend, see that's what I figured. I however do not have a linen coat, but I know where to get one.

FG.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

From the mid 1930s.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

 

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[Son_of_Atropos]

obviously some vintage styles should stay buried in the past. some of that stuff is awful.

 

[Undertow]

Please forgive me if I sound a little forward, but did some of you find those vintage ads a little...oh...emasculate? Heh, I thought they were a bit suggestive at times. I suppose that's what I get for possessing an overly active imagination.

So while we're on the topic of these summer clothes, what is honestly the best shot for cool, comfortable fabric? Should I be looking for a pair of linen pants or cotton shorts? And what role would silk pants play?

If you respond (please do!) keep in mind I'm living in Iowa where our typical summers are around 95F with avg humidity of 85-100%. It gets rather hot here.

 

[Mr. Rover]

Silk actually wears very warm, so it's not really a summer fabric. It just feels nice with evening wear, I suppose.

My favorite is linen for anything summer-related...when a cool breeze comes along, it feels like you're wearing nothing. Some people can't cope with the wrinkling, though, so it may not work for you. A pair of linen slacks and a few linen shirts in solids and stripes would come in handy.

Alot of people recommend wool flannel for the summer/yachting wear, but I find that it is a little hot. I wear it anyway, as one of my favorite orphaned DB navy jackets is wool flannel. It just means more work for my hanky.

If you feel tempted to wear just a t-shirt, I've always wanted to just get one of these J. Peterman's Father of All T-Shirts

 

[Quigley Brown]

Some of those outfits looked a bit effeminate. At first glance I thought one guy was wearing a skirt.

 

[John in Covina]

Goldfinger

The photos of the "Beach Suit" makes me of Bond. I think it is in the beginning of Goldfinger where he is staying at that famous Floridian Hotel the Fountainbleau (?) and disrupts Goldfinger's Gin game. Or is it Dr. No or Thunderball? Anyway, the Beach suit which is like a gussied up festive flightsuit or coveralls takes a set of brass ones to pull off these days.

 

[Quigley Brown]

fftopic: somewhat racist:

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