What is a cutaway Peak

[chloe]

I have a 1944 suit...inside label dates, name, etc. then has cutaway peak.
Thanks! Chloe

 

[jml90]

A cutaway jacket of some type with peaked lapels perhaps

 

[Marc Chevalier]

A cutaway is a coat (usually dark grey or black) with long, curving tails in the back. (It's also called a swallowtail coat.) Diplomats used to wear them on formal day occasions; men also wore them at day weddings. Cutaways do not have silk facings on the lapels; they are in no way tuxedos.

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[chloe]

Thanks Marc. You are right. I pulled out the suit and your description was
dead on...I love it!!

 

[chloe]

Marc:

So what you are saying is that this is a jacket/coat...not part of a suit? Would there be pants with it? In a different post someone made mention of cutaway coat would have striped pants...UGGHHH I'm so confused. I do have a bunch of pinstrip pants with no coats. I also have some sort of linen trousers that I have no idea what they go to. Little by little it's making sense
(I think lol).

 

[Marc Chevalier]

This 1944 cutaway coat would almost certainly have been worn with grey pants (could be light or medium grey) with big (usually 1/8 inch) stripes. Not pinstripes: we're talking about fat stripes, usually in contrasting shades of grey, black and white.

In short: grey background with fat grey/black/white stripes.


Also, these pants never had cuffs on them.

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[chloe]

WoW WoW Wow...I love your knowledge...you are the man!! Thank you Marc!