Vintage German trousers

[Two Types]

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/yestertex/Other-/_i.html?_fsub=1&_sid=1088912928&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

'Yestertex' - who are (if I remember correctly) the German collectors and film costume suppliers who've been selling off loads of old suits over the last couple of years) have a nice selection of trousers on their website. But they aren't cheap.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yes, £170 for a pair of troos is a wee bitty steep!

 

[Rudie]

The cream ones are £250. Even for such a tall size this is way over the top.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

You're not wrong.

 

[Fastuni]

The cream ones are rare.
These are first German cream flannels I have ever seen. Also wide and straigt.

 

[herringbonekid]

i sense a palpable air of 'damn there are some great trousers here, but can i stretch to those prices ?'

i feel it too.

Cinetex will be on in a minute to tell us off for being such tight wads.

 

[Two Types]

You can't blame them for trying!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Their prices just seem all over the place. Some of the most desirable, very old Harris Tweed jackets in larger sizes a few weeks ago at €69-€99 (I bought one, smaller size so €69) and now a bunch of orphaned trousers - admittedly with a few rare pairs of sports slacks - at €175 and up. It's just odd.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Moderators, EDIT function, please!

edit: Harris tweed having a strong showing in the trends for men in winter 2013, one would imagine it would demand better prices. Yestertex are pricing their tweed strangely low, and their odd trousers strangely high. I just don't understand.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Moderators, EDIT function, please!

that is: I just don't understand the logic.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Moderators, EDIT function, please!

This time I'm just whining about the absurdity of the lack of edit function in this section. For **** sake!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

it's good at editing me, though! ****er.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Let's find words it can't auto-edit, until they turn on the edit function!

 

[Broccoli]

Not all of these trousers are sure to be german. I bought an early 30s suit from them which sadly was american. Should be noted!

 

[Fastuni]

These trousers are all German.

All trousers have some tailoring details that are typical of German tailoring:

"bunny ears" suspender straps, piped side pockets, little fob pocket (some with flap), inverted pleats, bowled buttons, the scalloped rear pocket, the type of side adjusters

 

[Fastuni]

These trousers are all German.

All trousers have some tailoring details that are typical of German tailoring:

"bunny ears" suspender straps, piped side pockets, little fob pocket (some with flap), inverted pleats, bowled buttons, the scalloped rear pocket, the type of side adjusters

Of course a single detail like "inverted pleats" is also found elsewhere... but it is the combination of these characteristics that confirm these trousers as 100% German.

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(P.S.: @Bartenders: PLEASE enable the Edit-Function in this section. What could be the reason for disabling it here? It is very frustrating.)

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I would have thought that an American suit would have been readily identifiable via the photos? They're really quite different from European ones.

 

[herringbonekid]

as well as German, many seem to be from the same manufacturer.

 

[Two Types]

These trousers are all German.

All trousers have some tailoring details that are typical of German tailoring:

"bunny ears" suspender straps, piped side pockets, little fob pocket (some with flap), inverted pleats, bowled buttons, the scalloped rear pocket, the type of side adjusters

The distinctive nature of German trousers is quite interesting: I recently saw a website with German 'vintage clothing' that mostly dated from the 1960s through to the 1980s. There were plenty of trousers that looked interesting (including all the features noted by Fastuni) yet on closer inspection were relatively modern, being made of all manner of man-made fabrics. I was surprised to see the features so closely mirroring the old styles.

 

[Two Types]

I would have thought that an American suit would have been readily identifiable via the photos? They're really quite different from European ones.

Unless it was American made but made by a tailor from Germany? In fact, I recall seeing one such suit here on the FL.