Does the name Jack Feit ring a bell?

[pastperfect2]

I found a neat Jacke Feit coat. I know nothing about this label.

Is this one someone has heard of? any info?

Hollis

<img src=http://pastperfectvintage.com/1960sfeitjacket1.jpg>

 

[lkranieri]

I am still checking, but I found a 1965 article about a clothing buyer and within the article it said:

"On her last day in New York, she dropped in on Jack Feit, a suit producer at 530 Seventh Ave., who makes garments which retail for $70 to $200."

 

[lkranieri]

Here is a 1967 Feit ad for the closest thing I could find to your lovely coat:

 

[pastperfect2]

ooh - that is very close!

hollis

 

[lkranieri]

From a 1969 legal document found through Google:

"Respondent Jack Feit, Inc. , is a corporation
organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York.


Respondents Jack Feit and Elaine Feit are offcers of the corporate respondent. They formulate, direct and control the acts, practices and policies of the said corporate respondent including those hereinafter set forth.


Respondents are manufacturers of fur trimmed ladies' garments with their offce and principal place of business located 530 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York."

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

Lynne, you're the BEST detective!!

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

oh, and Hollis, looks like a beauty of a jacket!!

 

[lkranieri]

Mary,
Thank you very much for the kind words, but it is the Internet that brings us the results. Almost literally every day I find myself wondering how in the world we found *anything* before the Internet. It is the most incredble tool, isn't it?

 

[pastperfect2]

wow, I am impressed. So he is a real person and fur trimmed was the specialty!

excellent work there. Lynne, you are right that there's a ton out there , but being able to search through and find it is a real talent

Hollis

 

[lkranieri]

Jack may have been a real person, but I gather he was not an honest one. I onlyskimmed the legal document, but he was apparently found guilty of mislabeling (and dyeing?) and other misdeeds re his furs. You can find it by Googling "Jack Feit."

 

[thespectrum]

We had the estate of a Miss Oklahoma once & she had some lovely Feit suits.

Jack & Elaine specialized in coats, suits & dress/coat ensembles. Fancy/striking fabrics & fur trims were their specialities. They apparently were in business through the 60s, that fur thing may have put them under.

I have the same price info as Lynne found, they retailed from about $70-200 & were sold at stores like Bonwit Teller, Marshall Field & Lord & Taylor.

 

[cmpollack]

I've got a couple of Jack Feit things, a 60s summer suit and this camel hair jacket , up on RL now.

Both are very nice quality but very subdued/conservative styling. Who woulda thunk the guy behind the label was a scoundrel?