Show us your suits

[roadierfl]

Just found this on that auction site - not mine and don't know the seller but it's a good looking 1945/6 suit

http://www.ebay.com/itm/STUNNING-GEN...ht_12317wt_989

[Matt Crunk]

Here's a photo of one of my recent eBay suit acquisitions. It's a brown three-piece with fine pinstriping (though you can't tell in the photo). Not as vintage as I'd like, probably early 80s (?), but I really like the way it fits.

[Swing Motorman]

Fact: Goodwill stores are like fishing. If you're patient and keep coming back, you'll land something grand sooner or later!

I won the thrifting lottery today with a University Seal '50s suit, very similar to this one. Mine is a gorgeous tan with green pinstripes, which jives well with my new woodland home. Here's a photo of the suit and new surroundings.




-Steven

[Gin&Tonics]

Fact: Goodwill stores are like fishing. If you're patient and keep coming back, you'll land something grand sooner or later!

I won the thrifting lottery today with a University Seal '50s suit, very similar to this one. Mine is a gorgeous tan with green pinstripes, which jives well with my new woodland home. Here's a photo of the suit and new surroundings. -Steven

Ahh, Goodwill. It can be great, but there are times when it's so horribly frustrating, like when you find a treasure of a vintage suit in pristine condition, but the sleeves are too short or some other minor but ultimately unfix-able problem emerges.

You did indeed win the thrifting lottery! What a fantastic suit! I love the green tie and brown fedora combo with it; very earthy tones that strike the right note for summery weather. Bravo!

[Swing Motorman]

What a fantastic suit! I love the green tie and brown fedora combo with it; very earthy tones that strike the right note for summery weather. Bravo!

Thank you very much, sir! Your reply means more to me than meets the eye at first, as your interpretation of the earthy tones was exactly what I hoped the outfit would "say." I'm a resident of the rural woods now, so I can't think of a better combination.

And yes, sleeve lengths... I'd love to know why so many shirts are too long and so many suits too short. At least we all make a lucky find at least once in a blue moon!


-Steven

[Dinerman]

Despite what MonsterVintage says, I'm leaning more towards a late '60s date on that suit, Swing Motorman.
Looks good, though.

[Swing Motorman]

Hi Dinerman,

I concluded it was '50s from the union tag, not the website. It has the tag without the (R) on it, which I usually associate with the '50s. I guess it was actually used from 1949-1962 or so.

You may be right, of course. It does have some 60's-ish features, like the trouser pockets shown in the link. Funny you should mention it, there's a late '60s University Seal suit in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Apparently they hold it up as an icon of fashion experimentation, and the trousers sure look "experimental" compared to those on my new suit. Hm, maybe my suit is late '50s/early '60s and was just experimental or progressive for the time?

Either way, thanks for the input!


-Steven

[Dinerman]

I base the date on the style of lapels, lack of a buttonhole, 4 button front, scalloped jacket pockets, square bottom, style of the trouser pockets, cut of the trousers, all things which you see on late '60s or early '70s suits and not on earlier ones. Union tags are pretty unreliable- I've seen those 1949 tags on suits going into the '80s.

[Wolfen]

One of my recent ebay acquisitions.



Sorry for the bad cell phone pic. Here is a close up of the colour and pattern.



I have a question for you chaps in the know. What colour and pattern of vest would go well with this?

[herringbonekid]

Hm, maybe my suit is late '50s/early '60s and was just experimental or progressive for the time?

i agree with Dinerman; it's late 60s.