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10-02-2007, 12:42 PM
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Distinguished Service Award
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Location: Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California
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Show Us Your OVERCOATS
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I've got this sneaking hunch that the Lounge's "Jackets" section is mostly seen by the WWII leather coat crowd. Therefore, if it's o.k. with the bartenders, may I start a non-WWII, non-leather coat thread here? Below is my favorite overcoat. It's British, no label, and the construction and quality point toward the 1930s. A Donegal herringbone tweed -- dig those colorful flecks! Plain back.  ----------  And here's one from a local Goodwill. From the later 1930s, I reckon. The wool has heathery variations of Fall colors, hard to pick up in the photos. It has the weight, density and slightly fuzzy texture of a horse blanket. Plain back, no half-belt.  -----------  To be continued ... . Last edited by Marc Chevalier : 10-02-2007 at 01:26 PM. |
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10-02-2007, 12:46 PM
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Practically Family
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I just picked up four of them the other day. One is dated 1950. I'll get some pics.
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10-02-2007, 12:47 PM
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Yes!
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10-02-2007, 12:51 PM
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One of the Regulars
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Nice coats. I have a couple to post and also some other stuff. I need to get the time to take some pictures.
By the way, what's the difference between an overcoat, a topcoat and a greatcoat? Are they just different names for the same thing? |
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10-02-2007, 12:55 PM
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Bartender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Heart of America
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My Oxxford, dated 1956 on the label:
  Eldridge/Rothman's camel hair polo (don't know how old)  More to come... |
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10-02-2007, 12:58 PM
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Interesting ... your polo coat has a collar that's more typically found on an Ulster coat. Like it!
. Last edited by Marc Chevalier : 10-02-2007 at 01:03 PM. |
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10-02-2007, 01:20 PM
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Bartender
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This mean I have to pull out my camera again?
I have several vintage though always tend to wear my moderns... hmm. Fine.
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10-02-2007, 01:23 PM
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Repeat post from the Powder Room thread
Look what I found!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- I rarely go into this thrift shop, because it's picked over so much. But look what I found on my visit last week! The wool coat is in perfect condition and was $5!! The only thing I love more than the coat, is me wearing it! <snipped non-overcoat comments> Happy happy me. Vintage Betty   Last edited by Vintage Betty : 10-02-2007 at 01:26 PM. |
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10-02-2007, 01:24 PM
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I LOVE THIS OVERCOAT!!!
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I LOVE THIS OVERCOAT!!! VB |
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10-02-2007, 01:31 PM
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Bartender
Join Date: Jun 2006
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I have a couple. Nothing fabulous like the other ones on here. None of them are very good pictures of them, either.
 (me goofing around. Disregard the cane and tennis shoes)    Last edited by Dinerman : 10-02-2007 at 07:33 PM. |
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10-02-2007, 01:33 PM
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Bartender
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Gieves & Hawkes Chesterfield:
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10-02-2007, 01:43 PM
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Overcoats
Some great stuff here!!!
Here is my trusty stand-by for the cold.  Wool (gray) and of unknown vintage.
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10-02-2007, 03:58 PM
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Donegals
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Where can one purchase those 1930s style Donegals???  You never see those patterns at Magee of Donegal's site. |
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10-02-2007, 07:30 PM
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Wow - this is great. I have a modern woman's version of this overcoat. Can we see a full-length photo? VB |
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10-02-2007, 07:44 PM
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Practically Family
Join Date: Dec 2005
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from OFAS...
I won this overcoat some time ago. It has a half belt. It also has a pocket with a small Talon zipper on the inside. There are no labels though. It's not super heavy but feels as though it will be very warm.
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10-02-2007, 08:20 PM
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Beautiful!
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10-02-2007, 08:51 PM
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Call Me a Cab
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No labels on this one.
 
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10-02-2007, 08:53 PM
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Wow-that's an incredible cut for a man's coat. Did you move the buttons or did it come like that? Vintage Betty |
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10-02-2007, 09:05 PM
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Bartender
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Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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These are all such beautiful coats. You all are so lucky to have them.
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10-02-2007, 09:06 PM
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Call Me a Cab
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Thank you. They came like that.
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