The seller mis-read the tag as 1906. $625 would be a high price for any other suit but not for this sleek and beautiful suit purchased and worn by William C. Bullitt, American ambassador to the U.S.S.R. and France in the 1930s.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/10278791...-summer-weight
'Hollywood' waist, he was ahead of his time. Suit was made in England.
William C. Bullitt in France, roughly 1936. Is this the same suit? It looks like it could be.
Where the past comes to life...so we can promptly beat it to death again.
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Beautiful suit, almost my size (arms too short) ... but can't afford it.
This seems to have been his Tailor of choice
http://www.contentmentfarm.com/Items...el_FAA2302.php
I am very very tempted...... It seems to be a little big, but, I can get it tailored.
'You must know, outfitter, that the well-dressed man's tie always harmonizes with the colour of his car'
I was thinking of a different Bullitt.........
Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden - what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear. ~ Herman Melville
What a very lovely suit! Super rare for such a British suit to appear.
bk
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What a beauty.
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I've seen that suit posted elsewhere. It's got the most elegant waistcoat points I've ever seen.
Monocle: This may be worn by (1) good dukes, (2) all Englishmen. No bad man may wear a monocle. ~P. G. Wodehouse
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