What about this one?
Which period is this one from?
BT.
What about this one?
Which period is this one from?
BT.
Looking with my good ear peeled.
Looks modern to me.
OK- what is it that makes it look modern to you, as opposed to a fashionable European jacket from 50+ years ago?
BT.
Looking with my good ear peeled.
The sleaves.
Can you not be a little more descriptive or specific?
If you're talking about the sleeve head/armhole, they're actually quite high/close but the angle is showing through to the back of the sleeves.
The shoulders are actually quite stiff and padded not so wide. The later, '40s styles had the wider shoulders- modern shoulders would look different to this.
This classic style has remained quite true in more modern English Classic Country/Sportswear. This is actually a European one, not American, in case you didn't already guess.
What do you say?
BT.
Looking with my good ear peeled.
Very european, and modern European to my eye specifically because the sleaves bell out. Modern European jackets do have higher cut armholes and their sleaves are made to cover the hand a bit more than Amercan made jackets.
Then again I could be wrong.
Lets see what Root says.
Nope, the sleeves are straight, it's just the picture and the way they're hanging and the perspective- the transition from the sleeve at the head, where it's 'open' to where it's turned and lying almost flat at the cuff. Just the way it's hanging-
BT.
Looking with my good ear peeled.
...what about lapel breadth/notch height and it's bearing on vintage style?
BT.
Looking with my good ear peeled.
Lapels for high roll three button suits are narrow nowadays in the US and on many suits I see from britain, though the high end Brit shops are still going with that wider lapel with a curved edge.
They had some pretty curved lapels in the 30's, mainly on the 2 button suits. The one pictured looks modern to me.
Well boys, to me it doesn't shout 20's, 30's or 40's. It has a very modern English cut with the high cut lapels I'm all most sure it's not a vintage suit coat. I don't know the English style very well as Matt does and well, I don't really care for it my self. When it comes to vintage, I love the American styles of the time. I see it has high arm holes and that's a good thing. But, it would be safe to say that coat was made with in the last 10 years.
Hope that helps ya BT.
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