Well Fitted - 1940

[clevispin]

http://www.shorpy.com/node/7233?size=_original

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[Orgetorix]

Really? Looks tight in the coat skirt and too long in the back rise of the trousers to me. Nice drape overall, though. [huh]

 

[filfoster]

A fit fit

Really? Looks tight in the coat skirt and too long in the back rise of the trousers to me. Nice drape overall, though. [huh]

Exactly. Definitely 1940. This is not the more comfortably drapey, attractive Bold Look, I think of as late '40's. Imagine seeing this guy today and not thinking 'Hey, that guy's outgrown that suit'.

 

[Alex Oviatt]

Perhaps a uniform would have fitted him better.......

 

[filfoster]

"Greetings.."

Perhaps a uniform would have fitted him better.......

I wonder if he got one soon after. He probably had about a year at most of civilian life to enjoy. Unless he was 4-F.
Many guys, my father included, joined in early '41 before we were at war.

 

[Forgotten Man]

We weren't at war in untill 1942

I feel that the suit fits him correctly, most didn't have much fabric at the shoe, and the coat fits just right, it's just a little high in the skirt because of his pose. Also, coats from the early 30s were much shorter in the skirt, by 1939-40 it was just over the rear but not nearly as long as it would be by '48-51.

Looks like a typical business suit of 1940.

 

[Mr. 'H']

Why, that's exactly the fit that Forgotten Man would almost kill for...

... me too, come to think of it....

 

[CliffG]

I like the french great coat on the cover of the life magazine

 

[filfoster]

Drafty

We weren't at wore in untill 1942

I feel that the suit fits him correctly, most didn't have much fabric at the shoe, and the coat fits just right, it's just a little high in the skirt because of his pose. Also, coats from the early 30s were much shorter in the skirt, by 1939-40 it was just over the rear but not nearly as long as it would be by '48-51.

Looks like a typical business suit of 1940.

US draft commenced in late 1940, before Pearl Harbor.

 

[Forgotten Man]

September 16th I believe it was.

Well, you'd even see men or boys wearing their uniforms a little short... especially if they were drafted or enlisted men.

Mostly officers had near perfect fitting uniforms.

Question: Why did I spell war; wore?lol

 

[Forgotten Man]

Why, that's exactly the fit that Forgotten Man would almost kill for...

... me too, come to think of it....

Well, I've always been a huge fan of little to no break in the trousers. I feel too much break looks sloppy. Now, if the hem rides more than just at or a hair above the shoe, then you'll look like a goofus! lol

 

[Mr. 'H']

Well, I've always been a huge fan of little to no break in the trousers. I feel too much break looks sloppy. Now, if the hem rides more than just at or a hair above the shoe, then you'll look like a goofus! lol

Yes!

It's a delicate balancing act.

 

[Forgotten Man]

True, true!

I've seen some photos of jitterbugs wearing their pants rolled up so they can show off their stripped socks... that isn't so bad because it's intentional. But, when someone wears a pair of pants that are an inch or more over the shoe...:eusa_doh: time to lower the cuff or run to the tailor.

 

[Justdog]

Nice hat as well

Awesome photograph

 

[Forgotten Man]

I sometimes wear my brim up... it's a more "spirited" type of look isn't it? Like your more carefree and haven't anything to hide.

 

[filfoster]

Brimming with enthusiasm

I sometimes wear my brim up... it's a more "spirited" type of look isn't it? Like your more carefree and haven't anything to hide.

I often wear mine up as well. I imagine many people think it's unintentional or that I don't know better. I'm aping FDR's casual, upbrim look when I do this. Or Slip Mahoney of the Bowery Boys.

 

[Forgotten Man]

I'm aping FDR's casual, upbrim look when I do this. Or Slip Mahoney of the Bowery Boys.

:eusa_clap Yeah, it's all about attitued!