Romanian Fashions in the mid-20th Century

[simonc]

Beauty always sparkles through, dirt or no dirt. It's a state of being.

 

[Fastuni]

TT, the photos of the casual zipper-jackets are just fantastic.

I also find these everyday styles (particularly from relatively lesser known places) much more interesting than some impeccably dressed Hollywood actors or British royal.

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Here some more:

Dark solid suit with DB waistcoat:

Modest fishmouth lapels:

Some larger sizes:

Dapper gents and lovely ladies:

Hunting in pinstripe:

The local grandee or landlord with his hunting posse:

Interestingly patterned sportcoats:

Another suit coat + sweater + tie combo:

DB waistcoat and DB sweater under SB jacket:

Great DB buttoned sweater:

 

[Fastuni]

These young gentlemen appear to be Romanis. Notice the fake smoke the photographer put in?:

A style that Two Types certainly will approve of:

Zipped sweater:

Finally a reminder that this archive also has interesting aspects other than suits.
(Also again some fake smoke for the cigarette.)

 

[Two Types]

My favourite thread on the entire FL?

 

[herringbonekid]

Great DB buttoned sweater

someone needs to reproduce those.

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i love a 1930s lady in a simple satin blouse.

Mr. contrasty and tieless:

 

[Two Types]

A style that Two Types certainly will approve of:

Absolutely! I will have to wear my astrakhan hats next winter. I actually have an old astrakhan coat that is falling apart. I am planning to take it to pieces and create a collar (and maybe some cuffs) for an overcoat.

 

[Fastuni]

@TT

I look forward to the results. Some time ago I also made caps from a black astrakhan coat.
But it is a very hairy matter to put the scissors to these things. Tiny black hairs will stick everywhere. Best work outside and give the final pieces a careful beating.

@HBK

Mr. Contrasty has some very high waisted trousers - and I bet it has no belt loops.
I also approve of wearing pens in the chest pocket. Jewelry for the literate men (or who want to appear so)!

This photo reminds me of the shirt with similar collar I found recently... now I´m tempted to wear it with no tie.

 

[Two Types]

I have posted about 30 pictures of the women over in 'The Front Parlour'.

 

[herringbonekid]

My favourite thread on the entire FL?

perhaps you've got Romanian roots ? ... dark hair, a natural fondness for deep-bellied lapels ?

 

[Two Types]

I'm taking a break from watching endless football matches - so here are some more photos from Romania:

Another example of a big tie knot:

This is almost morning suit stripes:

Notice that the top of the trousers is actually a separate panel of fabric:

A rather unusual jacket with the breast pocket on the right:

I think the pockets need to be bigger:

Knitwear under waistcoat (again):

big tie knot:

Another pocket on the right breast:

 

[Two Types]

nice buttons:

Very fancy!

 

[herringbonekid]

i'd like to know what was going on with the tie knots. lined ties, loose knots, or both ?

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these lapels are something else !

 

[Rudie]

A lot of these guys wear very crude work shoes. I wonder if some of them have wooden soles?

I think most of them wear their best clothes, even if they are wrinkled and/or mismatched. Romania is a very poor country even today and I think in the 1930s people were probably even poorer.

 

[Fastuni]

TT, Regarding the chest pocket (and lapel buttonhole) on the ¨wrong¨ side (except for flipped photos... but the buttoning here is correct) - this was the result of turning the suit fabric.
A common practice in wartime Europe. Those who could afford it sometimes had the slit rewoven. Sometimes it was hidden under double patch pockets.
Around 1943 (starting in Denmark I think) they left out the chest pockets on new suits entirely to make turning easier and save ressources.
The German tailoring periodicals approved of this measure.
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Two pens in the pocket - the sign of an intellectual!

HBK, some ties appear to be knotted rather loosely. I suspect however that some of them are rather wide cut, without the narrowing that makes for a tiny knot.

Or an alternative explanation: Perhaps these were heavily used (or second-hand) ties that were damaged on the original knot-spot. By knotting them further down (thus making them thicker),
the damage was hidden. That´s what I do with damaged ties sometimes.

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A well fitting coat with velour hat. I also like the split caps on the shoes!

 

[Two Types]

these lapels have an interesting curve to them:

Here's one for Fastuni:

The hair! The lapels! I don't know which are 'widest':

Double breast pockets:

I can't quite tell whether that is a collar pin or a mark on the photo. If it's a collar pin it is very high:

And I thought I should throw her in just because she looks great:

 

[Two Types]

The local grandee or landlord with his hunting posse:

I think it's the local 'Haiduc' and his gang.

 

[Two Types]

perhaps you've got Romanian roots ? ... dark hair, a natural fondness for deep-bellied lapels ?

I have been there a few times. I even tried to learn the language when I was at college. I spent my honeymoon there and came home with a suitcase full of folk music LPs.

 

[herringbonekid]

TT, have you looked into your family tree ? there's clearly some connection going on here.

 

[Two Types]

It's the Romany blood, not Romanian!

 

[Two Types]

Two pens in the pocket - the sign of an intellectual!

When I first went to eastern Europe back in the early 1980s I was told that wearing pens in the breast pocket was a sign of wealth and western standards. Men would old biros that didn't work anymore just to show how important they were.