INSANE 1937 Sears suit options

[Marc Chevalier]

I'm speechless. From the Spring/Summer 1937 Sears "custom-made suits" catalogue:

A cap made in the same fabric as your suit:

A belt made in the same fabric as your suit:

 

[herringbonekid]

somehow i'm glad the initials on the waistband idea didn't catch on.
but the hat and belt i approve of.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The initials on the waistband just say "1930s rapper" to me.

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

I would say all of them are pretty suspect. I would say that these sort of things were marketed at the time towards the more working-class customers.

The hat in the same material as the suit has sort of a pedigree though. In the teens there was a fashion for having a tweed hat made out of the same material as a tweed overcoat or chesterfield. Sort of the same idea I guess.

 

[Mycroft]

The initials on the waistband just say "1930s rapper" to me.

It says to me either my wife made wear this since I acually match now, or I am super (insert your name here).

 

[3PieceSuitGuy]

Yes the initials are ....

The initials are a bit suspect aren't they, the hat is a great idea, not so sure about the belt but they were all obviously for the dandy's of the 30's. At least they are better options than the hooded sweat sewed into a suit jacket that was mentioned in a previous post!

Cheers

Peter

 

[herringbonekid]

i have a pair of trousers with a matching fabric belt, and trust me, it looks cool, and not gimmicky or cheap at all.
it's kind of sporty and quirky.

 

[Mr. Rover]

A cap made in the same fabric as your suit:

I remember Gene Kelly having something like this in Singin' In the Rain.

 

[geo]

Pakeman can make a cap in the same fabric as the suit. They have on their website a pair of black and white houndstooth trousers that I really like:

http://www.pakeman.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=1702

I asked them, and they can make a jacket, a waistcoat and a cap in the same material. They have 2 kinds of caps, this one with a thirties' look:
http://www.pakeman.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=5716

 

[Baron Kurtz]

There's a famous pic of the PoW with a hat made from the same fabric as his suit (plus fours!!). he looks great ... as usual.

Initials on the waistband, eh? Rust proff and nickel plated, eh? Must get me some. Pimp up my strides ...

bk