Does anyone know where to get a top coat like the gentleman on the right has?
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...are/1564_3.jpg
Does anyone know where to get a top coat like the gentleman on the right has?
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...are/1564_3.jpg
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Originally Posted by TCMfan25
Nobody, not even Ralph Lauren, is offering chesterfield coats with that silhouette, and those dimensions, off-the-rack these days. Your best bet is to have one custom made, or to look on eBay and Etsy. http://mattdeckard.com/ could probably create one for you.
This vintage 1930s or '40s coat by "Rogers Peet" (see photo) sold a few months ago on Etsy for over $500, I believe. How much are you willing to spend?
I think they're properly called overcoats. Keep in mind that your pic is an artist's rendition photographed at an angle to boot. The proportions are far from reality. Off the top of my head you could possibly tailor something like this
DDR coats, while rough wool, are well made but yes, it would need a bit of modification. $45 at Gowen Militaria
Last edited by Jack Burton; 08-19-2011 at 01:16 PM.
They're called chesterfield coats or chesterfield overcoats. (The velvet collar is what makes them "chesterfields".)
'Topcoats' tend to be of lighter weight wool or gabardine, as well as being single-breasted.
Last edited by Marc Chevalier; 08-19-2011 at 01:23 PM.
Another example of a vintage DB chesterfield coat: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showt...l=1#post412770
Here are several non-vintage ones from 2007 or before. Alas, styles have changed, and chesterfields made in 2011 don't have these 'fuller' dimensions: http://www.styleforum.net/t/50928/an...ts#post_789100
Wow! That is beautiful! I hope for something like that, perhaps custom is in order...Nobody, not even Ralph Lauren, is offering chesterfield coats with that silhouette, and those dimensions, off-the-rack these days. Your best bet is to have one custom made, or to look on eBay and Etsy. http://mattdeckard.com/ could probably create one for you.
This vintage 1930s or '40s coat by "Rogers Peet" (see photo) sold a few months ago on Etsy for over $500, I believe. How much are you willing to spend?
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It really is. IMO, a perfect-looking double-breasted overcoat.
The lapels are off.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
That's because the person who put the coat on the display form neglected to button the coat's inside button -- if there is one. And if there isn't, a careful steaming to 'roll' the lapel higher would solve that problem.
Last edited by Marc Chevalier; 08-19-2011 at 06:24 PM.
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