Does anyone have information on the "Hollywood" jackets. I keep seeing these on ebay and want to know what the deal is.
Does anyone have information on the "Hollywood" jackets. I keep seeing these on ebay and want to know what the deal is.
That's not true, he never came anywhere near my tabloids!
oh boiled peanuts!
Mr. C., that link is Gobbledigook...
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hows that I've been having picture post probs.
That's not true, he never came anywhere near my tabloids!
oh boiled peanuts!
In glorious technicolour!
bk
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Some may disagree with me, but that isn't a Hollywood jacket. It's a Pendleton, and while it may have the same shape and patch pocket style as a Hollywood, it's not. Ebay sellers are using it as a "buzz word"!
My 2cents,
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Yeah, isn't the "hollywood" jacket a two tone gabardine number? I have no idea. I'm also interested. The one's i've seen on the lounge tend to be two tone.
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Yup, two-tone, gabardine (more buzz words!). I have several. Not cheap at all, and something you really won't find in a thrift shop. The real ones on Ebay go for lots of $$ usually.
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I agree- these Pendletons, which have been made for decades are not the vintage exotica that 'Hollywood' jackets are. I think of plaid and plain wools combined in the garment as panels, fronts, sleeves, collars, pockets and backs or perhaps 2-tone or mixed fabrics- although there are 'plain' Hollywood jackets too but they usually have some detailing to them that make them special- there were plain and 2-tone rayon versions too.
I have the Howard Hughes impression of a Hollywood jacket firmly implanted in my understanding of the word- but not necessesarily so.
A Hollywood is a more casual Sport Coat but perhaps a tad longer and perhaps less fitted and often with more of a shirt-style collar and 3 or even 4 button front.
The Pendleton jackets are more 'Country' than 'Town' and I guess a Hollywood should definitely be more Town than Country-
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Hollywood Jackets
The typical "Hollywood" jacket is a gabardinne affair either one color or contrasting gabardine body with wool sleeves/back second color/pattern. They tended to have large spread collars to almost be worn like a shirt jacket. They also tended to feature well paded shoulders & often came either belted or unbelted. They were also known as "Loafer" jackets & were very popular in the late 1940's into the very early 1950's. Peter
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