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What's a quarter top pocket?
MisterGrey said:Think of the lesiure suit of the 70s as the direct descendant of the zoot suit of the 1940s and you'll get my gist.
thunderw21 said:Preach it! I despise the boxy, top heavy look of the late '40s, especially in double breasted. I guess it'd be the Bold Look:
From Esquire magazine, 1950:
“Mr. T, introduced in Esquire last month, has been booming across the country. In every major store in every community, he’s right on target – and will stay there throughout 1951. This man has everything the American male has been wanting in his wardrobe- from tapered hat to trim shoes, a strictly new and masculine closetful of clothes. Around the clock, twelve months a year, the Mr. T idea is to make a man look taller, trimmer, and always in perfect taste. Mr. T has that comfortable, custom look that you’ve been waiting for in your apparel: straight-hanging lines; restrained colors; fresh, new designs. Examine our man at the left; he’s Mr. T personified. Everything he wears is right in the T-formula: Tremont hat ( snap brim, tapered pinch crown ), pinpoint collar shirt (fastened with a pin), tartan checked tie, Tower model suit (three button notched lapel jacket), and trim, straight-tipped shoes.”
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This is what I know as a 40's bold look DB. (Hope Anon doesn't mind me stealing this from his Etsy modeling.) I'm not quite seeing the exaggerated top-heavy profile in it, or is that silhouette more typical to the later 40's?
This is what I know as a 40's bold look DB. (Hope Anon doesn't mind me stealing this from his Etsy modeling.) I'm not quite seeing the exaggerated top-heavy profile in it, or is that silhouette more typical to the later 40's?
AIUI, sport coats were almost never double-breasted during the 40s and early 50s. The blazer look was out of style except where it was required, such as at club functions.I does look like it was part of a suit, and not a sport coat.
AIUI, sport coats were almost never double-breasted during the 40s and early 50s. The blazer look was out of style except where it was required, such as at club functions.
Woo! I'm almost internet-famous! Didn't realise that anyone else here knew that was meThis is what I know as a 40's bold look DB. (Hope Anon doesn't mind me stealing this from his Etsy modeling.) I'm not quite seeing the exaggerated top-heavy profile in it, or is that silhouette more typical to the later 40's?
Woo! I'm almost internet-famous! Didn't realise that anyone else here knew that was me