Lounge shirt, yea or nay?

[thunderw21]

This is a modern uniform shirt of some kind but has some vintage features. But I can't seem to decide whether it's more 1930s or 1970s looking.

I'm trying for something like the 'Hollywood' look in the same spirit as these guys:


So, what say you? Will it look good paired with contrasting trousers, an ascot, black/white spectators or white bucks and a Panama? Or should I pass on it?

It's a much darker blue than the photos show, almost black.


Has pockets and zipper placement similar to this jacket:




Belted and pleated back (yoke is dark because I wetted it):



Opinions wanted.

[Tomasso]

I'm gettin' a barber vibe. Consider a guayabera.

[LocktownDog]

A bit too "polyester-ish" to me.

And you'd have to shoot me before anyone ties an ascot around this neck.

[J.J. Gittes]

I have a question about the beige jacket you have. I have a very similar version in green. Do you have any pictures of the back. Is it a half-belt by chance?

The red striped shirt reminded me of this. http://www.mybabyjo.com/mens/2tonet.htm
Personally, I'm not a fan of this type of 30's style. It wouldn't work for my, but hey, try it out.

[thunderw21]

I have a question about the beige jacket you have. I have a very similar version in green. Do you have any pictures of the back. Is it a half-belt by chance?

Unfortunately it's not mine but I do have a pic of the back:


Really wish I had bid on it.

[Carlisle Blues]

Kinda reminds me of this puppy

[pretty faythe]

Hmmm, well the picture of the guy on the left in the powder blue, he screams retiree to me. His out fit reminds me of one particular semi retired man I work with (I have no idea why he is not retired all the way, but he is such a firecracker). This is the sort of outfit he wears to work everyday that he works. This might have been the standard type of uniform for electricians when he was younger, I believe he is in his 80s.

[Mike in Seattle]

It's looking more 70s and not 30s/40s to me. Sort of like the jumpsuit/coveralls our next-door neighbor wore in the late 60s/early 70s while working on his various muscle cars. They were from the 50s...he was in his 70s....so something of a lounge-lizard look, in the scary way.

But ThunderW21, you do vintage so well in so many areas...IMHO, this may be the foul ball in your string of homeruns.

[BellyTank]

It does have a "uniform" look to it.


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[Edward]

"Uniform" is what it suggest to my eye too.... maybe a workshirt uniform of some sort?

Is the zip-fastening a later affectation, or is that something that would have been common in loungewear of the 30s / 40s?