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Kabel, not sure which scans you're referring to, but i know that small Japanese companies like Django Atour and Adjustable Costume have made early 20s inspired jackets and suits in the recent past, but i don't know what is currently available from either, and they're not easy to order from due...

i disagree; i'm of the "much effort to achieve the appearance of effortlessness" school. think of a painter such as John Singer Sargent who would scrub out a whole face if it looked too laboured and re-do it until it looked as if it had been done quickly and effortlessly. think of classical...

not a mistake. it was a look in the late teens-early 20s to wear trousers off the shoe (with about 1" of sock showing), and it's a look again.

good points Patrick. the long necktie back blade trend irritates me beyond belief. it was probably original once, but ALL the modern bespoke crowd do it, so it's just become a cliché. it makes me want to write to a necktie manufacturer like Drakes and beg them to shorten their tie designs by...

these are from Charles William Stores Inc. catalogue, Fall-Winter 1920-21:

that Sulka's an interesting one with the spots on stripes. i can't work out what is going on with the Mash Tie.... is that the lining visible through a mesh front ???

another Burton's, CC41 labelled suit i sold recently:

Nik, you've been doing some serious vintage suit buying in the last few years ! i particularly like the Krett & Sons one.

and even more casual '40s-ish look for slumming it:

i never look as smart as Nik does in the summer months... i tend to look a bit rumpled. i go for a British early '20s sports look. i have a whole collection of photos of that period of men in cricket / college wear etc that i look at for inspiration. these are from last year but the look hasn't...

Nik (Rabbit), you're an inspiration, you really are.

they're basically fibreboard (i have one which says on a label inside: 'genuine compressed fibre') ... so some type of wood / paper / cellulose mix. the interior is simply printed paper, glued on. i agree with Stanley that the exterior is some sort of oilcloth or fake leather material, probably...

please feel free ! i'm glad you're pleased with it, and i didn't realise you were a FL member (unfortunately some of us old timers don't post much here anymore).

i definitely prefer the slightly neater fitting Brit jackets on you Nik. i think i nearly bid on that green windowpane one, but can't remember the story. it's a beauty, as is the peaked lapel beneath it.

yes. i've just messaged you.