Catalog Suit Scans 35-42

Lady Day · 10-13-2009, 04:17 AM

Enjoy Gentlemen

Wards Fall Winter 35/36

LD

Lady Day · 10-13-2009, 04:19 AM

Sears fall winter 40/41

LD

Lady Day · 10-13-2009, 04:20 AM

Sears fall winter 42/43

LD

Lady Day · 10-13-2009, 04:22 AM

Last one.

Sears summer 43

I like the above one. That guy is totally saying, "Dude, let go of my suit!"

LD

thunderw21 · 10-13-2009, 07:05 AM

Excellent, thank you very much!

Those leisure coats are awesome.

Anthony K · 10-13-2009, 09:20 AM

Fantastic scans!

Marc Chevalier · 10-13-2009, 09:27 AM

Lady Day, thanks again so much!

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Orgetorix · 10-13-2009, 03:26 PM

Maybe it's just me, but I'm finding it more and more difficult to understand how people ever thought those shoulders looked good. They're even more ridiculous than the stuff Tom Ford is selling today.

habberdasher · 10-17-2009, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Lady Day

Enjoy Gentlemen

Wards Fall Winter 35/36

LD

Does anyone know where you could buy a suit like in the second picture, bottom left with the double-breasted waistcoat and tighter suit waist with wide-legged trousers? (very similar)

Marc Chevalier · 10-17-2009, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by habberdasher

Does anyone know where you could buy a suit like in the second picture, bottom left with the double-breasted waistcoat and tighter suit waist with wide-legged trousers? (very similar)

Pretty much all of the remaining vintage originals had been exported to Europe and Japan by the '90s. As far as I know, only one company is making repros (which don't look all that much like the originals): http://www.revampvintage.com/mm5/mer...gory_Code=M30s

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habberdasher · 10-18-2009, 06:04 AM

Thanks! Too bad those look a bit tacky and exaggerated, but thanks for the help! Are those considered a costume or real clothing?

habberdasher · 10-18-2009, 06:11 AM

Could I ask a tailor to create a pattern like in the picture, or would that be unacceptable or cost extra?

fishmeok · 10-18-2009, 07:55 AM

interesting how the looks seem to have softened and "relaxed" a bit by '43- not as severe in the tailoring and that vertical stabilizer on the shoulder seam in '36 is gone.

REALLY like the sportswear from the '40's- great stuff, thanks for posting!
Cheers
Mark

Lamplight · 10-18-2009, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Orgetorix

Maybe it's just me, but I'm finding it more and more difficult to understand how people ever thought those shoulders looked good. They're even more ridiculous than the stuff Tom Ford is selling today.

I agree. Surely those pictures are slightly exaggerated, but even still. I also notice some massive lapels on a few of these, which I love, but unfortunately the 70s ruined that look as far as the general public is concerned.

Regardless, these are great images. Thanks for posting them, Lady Day!

Benny Holiday · 10-18-2009, 02:36 PM

Thank you so much Lady day! These are superlative!

habberdasher · 11-02-2009, 12:17 PM

The advertisement for Magnoli here on the FL is the only source for suits like these I've found.

Tailor Tom · 11-03-2009, 12:12 PM

Now many of you liked the suiting featured, I did too, but I have a question.

What would you pay for such items?

I ask this because if you take into consideration inflation, material costs, etc, those garments would be $1000 or more. I know that my grand parents modest suburban home built in the 1930's had a mortgage payment of $21/month.

Would you buy a suit for the same as your current mortgage payment?

i bring this up, so you can understand the true investment people made in their clothing.

Badluck Brody · 08-19-2010, 08:16 PM

thank you so much for posting these. For us folks trying to "do it right", this is an excellent source to start with.

I wonder when vests started falling out favor....probably the war, with all the shortages

Widebrim · 08-19-2010, 08:35 PM

Never saw these before. Thanks, Lady Day! Amazing how back then Sears, Roebuck, and Co. was in the groove when it came to men's fashion. Will vintage enthusiasts 70 years from now be drooling over pictures of 2010 Sears suits? I really doubt it...

Marc Chevalier · 08-19-2010, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Badluck Brody

I wonder when vests started falling out favor....

They started falling out of favor when central heating became prevalent in offices, though they've had periodic revivals (in early '60s with Ivy suits, and in the '70s-early '80s, just because.)

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10-13-2009, 04:17 AM	#1
Lady Day Bartender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Crummy town, USA Posts: 7,799	Catalog Suit Scans 35-42 Enjoy Gentlemen Wards Fall Winter 35/36 LD __________________ Sewin' the night away.

10-13-2009, 04:19 AM	#2
Lady Day Bartender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Crummy town, USA Posts: 7,799	Sears fall winter 40/41 LD __________________ Sewin' the night away.

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Lady Day Bartender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Crummy town, USA Posts: 7,799	Sears fall winter 42/43 LD __________________ Sewin' the night away. Last edited by Lady Day : 10-13-2009 at 04:26 AM.

10-13-2009, 04:22 AM	#4
Lady Day Bartender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Crummy town, USA Posts: 7,799	Last one. Sears summer 43 I like the above one. That guy is totally saying, "Dude, let go of my suit!" LD __________________ Sewin' the night away.

10-13-2009, 07:05 AM	#5
thunderw21 My Mail is Forwarded Here Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 3,045	Excellent, thank you very much! Those leisure coats are awesome. __________________ Where the past comes to life...so we can promptly beat it to death again. http://mrlapel.blogspot.com/

10-13-2009, 09:20 AM	#6
Anthony K New in Town Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 23	Fantastic scans!

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10-13-2009, 03:26 PM	#8
Orgetorix One Too Many Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Louisville, KY...and I'm a 42R, 7 1/2 Posts: 1,962	Maybe it's just me, but I'm finding it more and more difficult to understand how people ever thought those shoulders looked good. They're even more ridiculous than the stuff Tom Ford is selling today.

10-18-2009, 06:04 AM	#11
habberdasher "A" List Customer Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mt Pleasant, SC Posts: 361	Thanks! Too bad those look a bit tacky and exaggerated, but thanks for the help! Are those considered a costume or real clothing? __________________ You are the first woman on the first day of creation. You are mother, sister, lover, friend, angel, devil, earth, home.

10-18-2009, 06:11 AM	#12
habberdasher "A" List Customer Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mt Pleasant, SC Posts: 361	Could I ask a tailor to create a pattern like in the picture, or would that be unacceptable or cost extra? __________________ You are the first woman on the first day of creation. You are mother, sister, lover, friend, angel, devil, earth, home.

10-18-2009, 07:55 AM	#13
fishmeok Vendor Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: minneapolis Posts: 591	interesting how the looks seem to have softened and "relaxed" a bit by '43- not as severe in the tailoring and that vertical stabilizer on the shoulder seam in '36 is gone. REALLY like the sportswear from the '40's- great stuff, thanks for posting! Cheers Mark

10-18-2009, 02:36 PM	#15
Benny Holiday One Too Many Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 1,682	Thank you so much Lady day! These are superlative! __________________ Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value - Albert Einstein

11-02-2009, 12:17 PM	#16
habberdasher "A" List Customer Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mt Pleasant, SC Posts: 361	The advertisement for Magnoli here on the FL is the only source for suits like these I've found. __________________ You are the first woman on the first day of creation. You are mother, sister, lover, friend, angel, devil, earth, home.

11-03-2009, 12:12 PM	#17
Tailor Tom Familiar Face Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 99	Now many of you liked the suiting featured, I did too, but I have a question. What would you pay for such items? I ask this because if you take into consideration inflation, material costs, etc, those garments would be $1000 or more. I know that my grand parents modest suburban home built in the 1930's had a mortgage payment of $21/month. Would you buy a suit for the same as your current mortgage payment? i bring this up, so you can understand the true investment people made in their clothing.

08-19-2010, 08:16 PM	#18
Badluck Brody Practically Family Join Date: May 2005 Location: Whitewater WI Posts: 612	thank you so much for posting these. For us folks trying to "do it right", this is an excellent source to start with. I wonder when vests started falling out favor....probably the war, with all the shortages __________________ Don't worry... They always hire bums like me for jobs like this.

08-19-2010, 08:35 PM	#19
Widebrim Call Me a Cab Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: L.A., where your waiter today will be on casting call tomorrow. Posts: 2,170	Never saw these before. Thanks, Lady Day! Amazing how back then Sears, Roebuck, and Co. was in the groove when it came to men's fashion. Will vintage enthusiasts 70 years from now be drooling over pictures of 2010 Sears suits? I really doubt it... __________________ 1. John 3:16, 17 2. Dress to please yourself, but do take others into some consideration.

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