And now, Menswear!

[pastperfect2]

You thought I was done, didn't you?

Au contraire.

Now it's Menswear. Lots of Menswear. 1930s - 60. Plus a couple goodies at the end. All up and running.

Hollis

PLUS!!

 

[Hattysattic]

Hollis, you are too good!
I'll have to show my husband the pinstripes.. he has a weakness :D

 

[vintageclothesline]

Now I need to guess on the dates before I go look.

Fabulous..

 

[pastperfect2]

A lot of these came from the Whitaker sale and several are one mans bespoke English suits. They don't look that dapper, but are very well done.

Sadly, 2 of the otherwise great condition 50s suits have had extra buttnoholes set in the lapels to pass for earlier suits. Sigh. I could take the stitching out, but it's an ugly place to try to reweave a 1" slice. And it would be cost prohibitive.

Hollis

 

[MyVintageCocktail]

I love the blue 50's dress, but I see Deborah has laid claim to it! And I don't blame her one single bit!

 

[themerchantsofvintage]

:spin:

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

Wow! You go girl....you have been one busy bee!
The summer isn't putting any slowdown on you.

The Edwardian Coat is lovely and the Knights of Templar Frock coat certainly is interesting...tiny man was that!

Good luck with them all!

 

[Patentleathershoes]

I don't know about a tiny man, but I know a petite gal who is looking at that coat

;)

 

[pastperfect2]

I knew Chris would get in on a thread that mentioned Menswear.

Wait till I get the uniforms ready.

Hollis

 

[Patentleathershoes]

Hollis...I am always on the look out for a teens/20s era suit that would fit DH. He hates wearing suits and ties, but whenever we find pictures of dapper gents of that era, he says that the suits are so great looking that he would wear one every day. But that is a needle in a haystack!

 

[pastperfect2]

what size does he wear?

Hollis

 

[Patentleathershoes]

I think the last suit he bought was either a 44 or 46 short. (that's a tough one) But of course would have to measure to see what he would wear in that era because suits were obviously more conforming then. Even if he lost a lot of weight he would never be those tiny sizes 36, 38, etc, because he's broader across the shoulders and I seem to only see those suits in size 40 or smaller which would never ever fit.

 

[pastperfect2]

Only this one is a 44:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...40005862544&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MESE:IT&rd=1

And the sportcoat is a 46.

But the lengths may be wrong.

It was explained to me by Ray Cantrell of Rick's Fashion Amercain that the larger sizes 44 - 46 - 48 were pretty rare even in their day. And 48 was the largest suit commercially made. Anything bigger was custom tailor made, probably in the fella's city. And since a custom suit cost a fortune, he probably wore it out.

Heck, it's hard to find a 42!

Ray was great guy. One of the people who gave me great advice when I got into the business. He just passed away a year ago. I swear he must have had 1000s of suits. He rented to film and TV and costumed loads of sucessful films.


Hollis