Show us their suits

[Matt Deckard]

Been seeing alot of other guys... famous guys... not us guys posted in the Show us your suits thread... time for a thread of their own...

Show us their suits.

 

[Nonchalant]

Fred Astaire...

Because you can't have a thread like this without him.

 

[Sefton]

Young Sir John Gielgud

Young Mr.Gable

 

[herringbonekid]

 

[Nonchalant]

The King of Swing

Benny Goodman...

 

[Matt Deckard]

You know I love that movie... every single stitch of that movie!

 

[Tomasso]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The inimitable Fairbanks men, father and son:

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[Baron Kurtz]

Anthony Eden, promulgator of V-shaped chest manliness: The single breasted peak lapel and DB waistcoat. Suits you Sir!:

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[ArrowCollarMan]

Where do you get a suit with a db waistcoat? They're virtually non-existant off the rack. ARRRRRRRRG

By the way, these are some fine suits!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

DB waistcoats are quite rare. I've only ever come across one non-morning suit with a DB waistcoat - a British wartime number. See "show us yer suits III"

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[Marc Chevalier]

This link is for ArrowCollarMan, who hasn't seen it before. (Most of you already have.) http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showpost.php?p=61061&postcount=1


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[WEEGEE]

BOGART

 

[Marc Chevalier]

... without a handkerchief in his breast pocket. (Maybe he used it to polish the falcon.)

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[herringbonekid]

 

[Tomasso]

... without a handkerchief in his breast pocket. (Maybe he used it to polish the falcon.)

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fftopic: There's a scene in "Straight Is The Way" where Franchot Tone motions to shake hands with Nat Pendleton but right before their hands meet he pulls out Nat's pocket square and drops it to the floor. After they shake hands Nat laughs while he bends to retrieve the pocket square. I'd never seen that before.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Sounds sort of, um, fey.

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[Wild Root]

Hello, Hello... Oh... Yes, a Leopard! A tame Leopard...

=WR=

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Fats Waller (1938) in his shiny black rayon satin double-breasted suit:

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[Mr. Rover]

Does anybody have that picture of Orson Welles from the Citizen Kane promotions with that square bottomed SB jacket?