53 CLASSIC TWEED JACKETS & BLAZERS! Sz36 - 50. Harris Tweed, Hilton, Half-Norfolk, Cashmere, Vintage

44) GRAIL! 1954 Southwick Tweed, made for The Andover Shop, Mass.!

This is a wonderful jacket, with a wonderful provenance!

The Andover Shop was founded in 1948 in Andover, Mass., with an eye to selling traditional American clothing to the clientele of nearby Philips Academy. (A second shop was opened in 1953, by Harvard--for obvious reasons.) They also make bespoke and offer MTM clothing--like this wonderful jacket, which was made by Southwick and completed on 21st October, 1954.

Despite being over 60 years old this jacket could easily pass as being one made in the 1990s, and carefully looked after. (Note that from my perspective a jacket made in the 1990s is something that's fairly recent!) It's in absolutely excellent condition--as you'd expect, since someone who buys bespoke at The Andover Shop is likely to be someone who cares about clothes, and looks after them; and well-made tweeds repay care with considerable longevity!

And this jacket is wonderful. The tweed is absolutely beautiful. At first sight, it appears to be a dark brown herringbone with vertical striping in rich dark chestnut. However, closer examination reveals that the tweed consists of herringbone striping with the differing diagonals both different lengths and separated by the vertical striping--a lovely, classic, yet rare tweed.

Cut as a sack--undarted--as you'd expect from The Andover Shop, this is not a 3/2 jacket. Instead, it has a three button front with just the HINT of a lapel roll at the top button. It has two button cuffs, period-correct narrow lapels, a lapped central seam down the back and a single hook vent. It has very natural shoulders. It is half-canvassed and fully lined in a beautiful yellow lining with red and Royal blue neats. It was, of course, Made in the USA.

Asking just $49, or offer--a steal for a jacket of this beauty, quality, and with this provenance!

Measurements:

Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 26 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 32 1/2











45) MADE IN ITALY wool and cashmere jacket.

Cut from a lovely golden-wheat barleycorn cloth, this jacket is a blend of 80% wool and 20% cashmere. It is half-canvassed and fully lined. It has a three button front with subtle darts, and is unvented, in Flusser approved style. Made in Italy, and in excellent condition.

Just $24, or offer.

Tagged 40S. Measurements:

Chest: 21
Sleeve: 23 1/2 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19 1/8
Length: 29

46) VINTAGE Autumnal Jacket by Fred. Donnelly, of Trenton--when Trenton was good!

This jacket was originally sold by Fred. Donnelly, of Trenton--back when Trenton was FAR wealthier and WASP than its neighbour, Princeton. F.W. Donnelly was THE exclusive men's haberdashers, and considered itself to cater to a far more sophisticated and worldly clientele that their Princeton rivals, such as Langrock or The English Shop, with their reliance on undergraduates and academics. Donnelly's catered to the political elite of New Jersey--indeed, Frederick Donnelly, the owner of Donnelly's, was mayor of Trenton for 20 years, from 1911 to 1931.

This jacket is a lovely example of the wares purveyed to Trenton's political elite. Dating from the 1960s this is cut as a two button jacket with subtle darts from lovely autumnal cloth with overchecking. This has two button cuffs and a single center vents; it also features lovely narrow lapels. It is half-canvassed and half-lined, and was, of course, Union Made in the USA. It is in excellent condition, and a steal at

just $25, or offer.

Measurements:

Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 26 1/4 (+2)
Shoulder: 17 3/4
Length: 33 1/2








47) GORGEOUS Turnbull & Asser Hacking Jacket in CASHMERE and wool.

This is absolutely wonderful! Made by Turnbull & Asser, one of the premier Jermyn Street clothiers in London, the cloth of this beautiful jacket is 95% wool and 5% cashmere, giving it a lovely soft hand and a wonderful drape. The colourway does full justice to the cloth, being a wonderful puppytooth in a medley of autumnal browns. The jacket is cut as a traditional English sporting jacket, with a fully functional ticket pocket, twin vents, and working surgeons' cuffs. It is fully canvassed, and fully lined.

This beautiful jacket is in absolutely excellent condition; the top breast pocket is still uncut, as it the lower buttonhole on each cuff. The quality of jacket is absolutely superb, as befits its Turnbull and Asser origins, and so this is an absolutely steal at

just $45, or offer.

Tagged 42L. Measurements:

Chest: 21
Sleeve: 26 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 32









48) BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE Lighter-weight Shepherd's Check Jacket--Two Button Sack!

This is absolutely lovely--a wonderful vintage 1960s jacket in lighter-weight wool, originally sold by "Cruise Casuals" of Miami, FL (founded in 1962). The cut of this jacket is beautifully 1960s, being a rare two-button sack with a lovely roll to its elegantly narrow lapels. It is half-canvassed and half-lined, and has the shallow twin vent that was becoming popular in the 1960s with the British Invasion of Beatles-inspired style. The colourway and patterning are also wonderful--a classic black and white shepherd's check with a bold berry red overcheck.

This jacket is cut from a lighter-weight wool--it was, after all, designed to be worn casually (when that word meant something different than it does today!) in Florida, or on cruises when the breeze became brick at night. It was Union made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.

Asking just $25, or offer--which really is a bargain for this vintage beauty!

Measurements:

Chest: 21
Sleeve: 24 3/4 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 28 3/4

49) LARGE Zegna Jacket--Made in Switzerland

This is lovely! Cut from beautifully soft dove grey wool with overchecking in cream and grey, this is fully canvassed and fully lined. It has lovely pick-stitching on the lapels. Cut as a contemporary two button jacket with darting, this is unvented, in Flusser-approved fashion. It is in absolutely excellent condition. Made in Switzerland.

Asking just $39, or offer.

Tagged 60EU (50US), this measures:

Chest: 23 3/4
Sleeve: 27 3/4 (+ 1 1/2)
Shoulder: 20 1/2
Length: 34 1/4








50) Winter Plaid Jacket, designed by Hardy Amies of London.

Originally sold by Briggs of Providence--the upscale clothier for all of Rhode Island--this lovely heavy winter plaid jacket is a medly of slate-blue, browns, and creams. It is a current two button jacket with darting and twin vents. The buttons are all leather-clad metal-shanked football buttons. It features two hacking pockets--true to its British heritage, like the twin vent--and is half-canvassed and half-lined. It has some minor loose stitching in the lining, and so is in Very Good/Excellent condition. It was Union made in the USA.

Asking just $22, or offer.

Measurements:

Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 24 3/4

51) STUNNING Black Stewart Tartan Jacket from Dunn & Co. MADE IN BRITAIN

It really doesn't get much nicer than this! Cut from beautiful woolen cloth in the authentic Scottish tartan of Black Stewart, this jacket is absolutely perfect for holiday events, not the least because Black Stewart is traditionally a more formal tartan, and one that is becoming increasingly hard to find.

This could be worn casually or formally, with tuxedo trousers, formal dress, shirt, and a bow.

This jacket was made in Great Britain by Dunn & Co., the highly respected tailoring firm that are best known or their extremely well cut, extremely sturdy, and extremely traditional Harris Tweeds. (Indeed, in the 1950s and 1960s part of the rite of passage of becoming a successful American academic was to secure a visiting position at Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, or St Andrews, and while there acquire a Dunn & Co. tweed!) The tailoring of this jacket is impeccable, living up to their excellent reputation. It is a traditional two button closure with subtle darts; fully canvassed, and fully lined. It has twin vents, as befits its British heritage. All of the buttons are brass, featuring a thistle motif--appropriately enough given the tartan from which this is cut! This jacket is in absolutely excellent condition--indeed, it was freshly dry cleaned and then stored in a cedar closet, so it's ready to wear.

Asking just $39, or offer.

Tagged 100XL, which translates to 39L. Measurements:

Chest: 20 3/4
Sleeve: 26 1/8 (+2 1/4)
Shoulder: 17 3/4
Length: 32










52) BEAUTIFUL Barleycorn-esque tweed with vertical striping!

At first, I thought that this was clearly a Harris tweed--the colourway, patterning, heft and slight hariness as indicated Harris! But, it's not marked as such, as so it seems that it's not--although the quality of the cloth certainly rivals (and even exceeds) that of most Harris being produced today.

Despite not being Harris this tweed is wonderful! It's a lovely complex weave that's similar to barleycorn, although considerably more heathery. It features very subtle vertical striping in chestnut and sky blue, which are also heathered into the base tones of the jacket. There is also flecking of light pale lichen green.

The jacket itself is a contemporary two button model with subtle darts; it has three button cuffs. All of the buttons are leather-covered and metal shanked. The jacket appears to be half-canvassed, and is half-lined; it has a single centre vent. It's in excellent condition, except for a tiny weave fault in the crease where the sleeve joins the shoulder. This is very close to the seam, and so cannot be seen when worn; indeed,it can only really be seen when the sleeve is placed vertically above the jacket--a stance you'll never be in unless you're an acrobat and intend to wear this jacket while performing. (I found it when measuring, which is when the sleeves are moved upwards in this unnatural way.) You'll likely have never found this flaw, but it is there, and so this is in very Good/Excellent condition--and a steal at just $25, or offer.

This is a bargain for a jacket like this!

Measurements:

Chest: 20
Sleeve: 25 1/2
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 30








53) PURE CASHMERE Tweed Jacket in RARE LARGER SIZE! Made in Italy.

Cut from pure cashmere in light brown broken bone herringbone--and so exceptionally soft and luxurious--this lovely jacket is a contemporary three button front model with darting. It has twin vents, is half-canvassed and fully lined, and was Made in Italy. It features kissing buttons on the sleeves. It has some loose stitching in the lining at one vent, but this will be repaired before shipping. Otherwise, it is in excellent condition--the two front pockets are still basted shut!

Asking just $25, or offer.

Measurements:

Chest: 25 1/4
Sleeve: 24 1/4 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 21 1/4
Length: 32

Nowww I have to get my measurements taken! NICE items! Ok...so I'm doing this right, or figuring, when you give the chest size, that's just the front? Usually chest is the distance around the person at the chest. so, I wear a 44 because that the circumference of my chest. would we double the given measurement you give to find it? or? (That seems about right as the one you mentioned as being a US50, was a 23 3/4 chest in your listing)

Thanks,
M

Magus said:

Nowww I have to get my measurements taken! NICE items! Ok...so I'm doing this right, or figuring, when you give the chest size, that's just the front? Usually chest is the distance around the person at the chest. so, I wear a 44 because that the circumference of my chest. would we double the given measurement you give to find it? or? (That seems about right as the one you mentioned as being a US50, was a 23 3/4 chest in your listing)

Thanks,
M

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Thanks for your interest! For measuring, I use the technique outlined here:

https://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/clothing/style-tips/how-to-measure-a-jacket/

I don't think that simply doubling the chest measurement works to give a "suit size" measurement, as that would lead to the jacket being skin tight! Instead, you'll need some leeway; so a 40" chest will have a measurement of around 21" to 21.5" inches depending on the cut of the jacket. I suggest measuring a well-fitting jacket using the guide above and then comparing your measurements to those listed. (Especially helpful as not every jacket will actually be the size on its tag, as is the case with the US50 jacket you mention!)

I hope this helps!

Cheers,

james

tweedydon said:

Thanks for your interest! For measuring, I use the technique outlined here:

https://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/clothing/style-tips/how-to-measure-a-jacket/

james

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It does! I'll take some measurements latter today.

M

1 is sold, 6 is AVAILABLE!!

20 is sold

16 is sold

tweedydon said:

16 is sold

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It's miiiinnnne alll mine!

The coat arrived in fine shape and looks stunning on me...if I do say so myself. Keep me in mind if you get anything in that size again. ;-) Oh, and thanks for the tie!

Cheers,
M

Magus said:

The coat arrived in fine shape and looks stunning on me...if I do say so myself. Keep me in mind if you get anything in that size again. ;-) Oh, and thanks for the tie!

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OUTSTANDING!!

Hi New to the forum, and interested in a few of the jackets here, but unable to PM. Can you PM me?

Magus said:

The coat arrived in fine shape and looks stunning on me...if I do say so myself. Keep me in mind if you get anything in that size again. ;-) Oh, and thanks for the tie!

Cheers,
M

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Looks like it was made for you!

9, 27, 34, 53 and 38 are now SOLD

My orders just arrived in Tokyo. Fantastic! These are some high quality items and your measuring guidelines really helped. I'm well chuffed!

Hi Don,

Here are a couple of pictures of one of the Jackets you sent. I'll get you some Japan themed ones later.

Your measuring guidelines are great. This fits me fairly well I think!

Cheers,

Steve

Tokyo_Steve said:

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• Tokyo_Steve
• Mar 23, 2017

J1

• Tokyo_Steve
• Mar 23, 2017

Hi Don,

Here are a couple of pictures of one of the Jackets you sent. I'll get you some Japan themed ones later.

Your measuring guidelines are great. This fits me fairly well I think!

Cheers,

Steve

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Great pictures--my apologies for only just spotting this post! I'm very much looking forward to the Japanese themed pictures!

Please take $5 off each jacket--and OFFERS ARE VERY WELCOME!