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  1. Salieri

    Show us your British suits

    Surely you've forgotten about 'Islamists'... And that Oxford bags probably either cure or cause cancer.
  2. Salieri

    Show us your vintage French tailored garments.

    That's right! I though at £9.99 it was worth a punt even if it didn't fit, which it sort of does, sort of doesn't. I probably won't keep it but certainly one for the archives.
  3. Salieri

    Show us your vintage French tailored garments.

    I have to apologise for my shoddy picture quality, but I only have a phone to take photographs on at the moment. This jacket doesn't have a label so I believe it to be French only because I acquired it from France. Early C20th braided black lounge jacket:
  4. Salieri

    1935 Holy Grail Suit

    I'm a 36R, 30W/32L (ie on the slim side but not excessively small) and I find that most of the 30s/40s stuff that I come across is too big for me. The very large sizes are, admittedly, very rare, though I suppose people were far more likely to be under-, rather than over-nourished. Back to the...
  5. Salieri

    1935 Holy Grail Suit

    Wow, that is a beautiful suit. But isn't an action back one with a bigger pleat like you see on a shooting coat?
  6. Salieri

    Show us your vintage French tailored garments.

    Blue velvet waistcoat made for the Marquis de Morra, 1907, by Charvet
  7. Salieri

    Show us your British suits

    HBK: I did see a cloth similar to this once before. It was on an Anderson & Sheppard suit that was posted about on here, but the links were only for ebay and have since died. I believe AntonAAK bought it, though. Nick: That possibility did cross my mind. I thought it must either be something...
  8. Salieri

    Show us your British suits

    Not a suit, but used to be one. I got this in quite a shoddy state for £3, but after a little bit of work - Resewing the buttonholes, resetting the buttons (they'd been moved to increase the waist and chest size) and giving it a damn good steaming and pressing and brushing - it's looking in...
  9. Salieri

    Show us your British suits

    It's possible that, like apparently so many things, it's equestrian in origin. It's very difficult to get into a hip pocket on horseback, and jodhpurs seem to be just about the only modern trousers you still find them on.
  10. Salieri

    Show us your British suits

    Etymologically speaking, I believe word 'fob' historically meant the pocket itself - that was not necessarily used for a watch . Hence 'fob watch' a watch you can put in a pocket, 'fob chain' etc. etc. I have always thought for that reason that a fob was a pocket of the kind described above...
  11. Salieri

    Monocles.

    There is also the matter of the full weight of the chain working to pull the thing off your face. I suppose that wouldn't be an issue if you were just holding it up for brief periods to look at something close up. Nice improvisation with the specs!
  12. Salieri

    Show us their suits

    Am I missing something or has it really passed entirely without comment that we're looking at a picture of a man named Kaiser-Titz?
  13. Salieri

    Vintage Eyeglasses

    Fairly early Negretti and Zambra folding pince-nez with case: 30s(?) Tortoiseshell and gold spectacles with original case and cloth:
  14. Salieri

    Show Us Vintage GERMAN Suits

    Hans Weiss Stresemann Jacket, pre 1935, with interesting cuff and lapel details:
  15. Salieri

    Show us your British suits

    I think all these have been posted in the 'show us your suits' thread, but as they're all British, I'll just round them up here for reference: Unknown tailor 3pc, 3 button SB stripe: Hepworths 2pc, 3 button SB plain blue serge: (pictured in first image with similar but not original...
  16. Salieri

    Holy Grail Vintage Suit: Stroller/ Black Lounge Suit

    To make it a bit easier, I've published a blog gallery of it here. I SERIOUSLY love this suit. http://andrewsandpygott.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/the-holy-grail-of-strollers/
  17. Salieri

    Holy Grail Vintage Suit: Stroller/ Black Lounge Suit

    There have been a couple of threads along these lines about amazing suits recently, but I think personally this bespoke 1948, 3-button peaked lapel black lounge with double breasted waistcoat is just about one of the best suits I have ever seen. More pictures to come (when the light improves)
  18. Salieri

    Show us your suits

    Just discovered my waistcoat in the Burton shop employee's style guide from 1934 - 1936: Style no. 25:
  19. Salieri

    My VINTAGE ZOOT SUIT – c. 1940

    Not to be a pedant or anything, but a suit could hardly be called ephemera. Ephemera are items that are intended to be discarded or disposed of - usually written or printed. Honestly, I'm not a fan of zoot suits myself, but as it's such a rare survival I'm sure it'll do well on ebay. I know a...
  20. Salieri

    Formal Wear Primer

    While that does look very neat and crisp and you've obviously made an excellent job of it, quite aside from whatever abstract issues of propriety and acceptability come up, I think it loses something with the lack of placket and studs. The bisection of the shirt by the placket provides a kind of...

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