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12 CLASSIC SPORTS JACKETS! c.34-44. Vintage, Harris Tweed, "Feathertweed", Corneliani, Gunchecks, ++

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TWEEDFEST 2017!

I have DOZENS of wonderful classic jackets to pass along, in all sizes from 34 to 54, including several GRAIL items.... This is just the start!​

As always, I OFFER FREE SHIPPING ON EVERYTHING IN THE USA; international inquiries are welcome, with shipping at reduced cost!

Also as always, ALL OFFERS ARE VERY WELCOME!

Please PM with interest and offers!

1) GORGEOUS Faconnable 3/2 sack Guncheck. Made in Italy!

The most immediately noticeable aspect of this jacket is the cloth that it is cut from--an absolutely beautiful guncheck pattern with an autumnal brown base accented with subtle vertical striping in dark forest green and bark brown, overlaid with a complementary overcheck in bracken and chestnut. The quality of the wool cloth does full justice to the perfectly autumnal patterning and colourway, having a lovely soft hand and a wonderful drape.

The cut of the jacket is also excellent--as you'd expect from an Italian-made Faconnable! Cut as a 3/2 sack with a liquid lapel roll, this jacket features a fully functional throat latch and twin vents. It also boasts light leather elbow patches in olive green. The sleeves are accented with four cuff buttons. The jacket is fully lined and half-canvassed and is sin absolutely excellent condition.

Asking just $49, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Tagged "ML" ("Medium Long") this measures:

Chest: 21
Sleeve:25 7/8 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder:;19
Length: 32 3/4

2) BEAUTIFUL Broken Bone Herringbone Harris Tweed Jacket With Autumnal Windowpane Overchecking!

This is absolutely wonderful! Windowpane Harris Tweeds are very rare, and this one is a beauty. Made in the USA, this is cut from a wonderful "broken bone" herringbone Harris Tweed (a pattern where the vertical stripes alternate between bands of herringbone and bands of birdseye weave) in a very pleasing light green and tan, overlaid with a gorgeously autumnal windowpane overcheck in russet bracken, sky-blue, and berry red.

This is cut as a contemporary two button jacket with a single center vent with four button cuffs. It is fully lined.

It's in excellent condition, with two minor flaws; one of the cuff buttons is missing, and there is a very small rub on the leading edge of the interior pocket. (The cuff button could be fixed easily by converting the cuffs to three button cuffs, and I can have this done before shipping, if requested.) Given this, it's a bargain at just $45, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Tagged 43, this measures:

Chest: 22
Sleeve: 26
Shoulder: 20 1/2
Length: 31 1/2
 
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3) RARE SMALLER SIZE! BEAUTIFUL Misty-heather Harris Tweed jacket. MADE IN ENGLAND

This jacket is wonderful! Cut from a subtle and beautiful Harris Tweed in a heathery misty-grey with fleckings of cream and peat this lovely jacket is cut is cut as a classic two-button jacket with a single centre vent. It is subtly darted, and has two button cuffs--all of the buttons are traditional leather-covered, metal-shanked buttons in burnished chestnut. The jacket is fully lined, half-canvassed, and Made in England.

It is in excellent condition, and given both the beauty of the cloth and the rareness of Harris tweeds in this size it's a bargain at just $49, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Measurements:

Chest: 18 1/2
Sleeve: 23 1/2 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 17 1/8
Length: 28

4) GORGEOUS Polo Blue Label Lambswool Tweed by Corneliani!

MADE IN ITALY

This is absolutely gorgeous! Made for Polo's Blue Label by Corneliani this British-inspired jacket is cut as a traditional three-button hacking jacket with a lovely fluid lapel roll. It features two lower flapped patch pockets on the front, with lapped seams surrounding both the patches and the pocket flaps. It also features two dark chestnut leather elbow patches which are the perfect complement to the golden-brown broken-bone herringbone and barleycorn tweed, which is accented with a subtle windowpane overcheck in forest green and bracken.

The cloth is lambswool, giving the jacket an extraordinarily soft hand and a wonderful drape. It has four button cuffs, is fully lined and half-canvassed, and is in excellent condition.

Asking just $85, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Tagged L, this measures:

Chest: 21
Sleeve: 26 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 31 1/4
 
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5) VINTAGE Harris Tweed 3/2 sack Jacket in RARE smaller size!

This jacket is wonderful! The cloth that it is cut from is a classic 1960s-style Harris Tweed; a "broken bone" pattern in traditional grey and cream herringbone interspersed with vertical stripes in birdseye in the same colouring, this features bold vertical overlay striping in bracken and Royal blue. This is a wonderful Harris patterning and colourway that is now very rarely seen.

The jacket is cut as a traditional 3/2 sack with a very high lapel roll. The buttons are also lovely, and original to the jacket, being dark cream with black marbling. It has very natural shoulders. The jacket is half-lined, half-canvassed, and features a single center vent. It was, of course, Union-made in the USA.

It does have some wear to the leading edge of the interior pocket, and so this is in Very Good condition. It's thus a bargain at just $39, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Measurements:

Chest: 19 1/2
Sleeve: 24 (+2)
Shoulder: 16 1/8
Length: 29 1/4

6) CLASSIC GREY HERRINGBONE HARRIS TWEED.

A grey and white herringbone Harris tweed jacket is a classic wardrobe staple--so if this is your size, grab it! Cut as a contemporary two button jacket with a single vent, this is fully lined and features metal-shanked chestnut buttons. The wteed is beautiful; a classic grey herringbone flecked through with forest green and berry red.

This jacket is in excellent condition, and is a bargain at just $39, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Tagged 40R. Measurements:

Chest: 21 1/4
Sleeve: 24 3/4 (+ 1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19 1/4
Length: 30 1/2
 
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7) Britches of Georgetown Chocolate Brown Cord Jacket.

Founded in Georgetown in 1967, Britches quickly established itself as a store that offered extremely well-made traditional clothing... but often with a slight twist, to appeal to a younger crowd who, while steeped in the Ivy clothing tradition, wanted something slightly different. Britches expanded quickly and, unlike Banana Republic, never lost its way to become just another mall brand. Unfortunately, this might have been its undoing, and in 1998 it sold off its stores, to be declared bankrupt in 2002.

This chocolate brown cord jacket is a lovely example of Britches' wares! Cut as a 3/2 sack jacket, this features the rare and ever-desirable three patch pockets on the front, two button cuffs with faux-buttonholes, and military cuffs (a decorative back parallel to the hem). It is fully lined, and unvented. It is in absolutely excellent condition--and would be perfect with a tattersall shirt or a thin cashmere sweater in neutral tones!

Asking just $40, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Size S. Measurements:

Chest: 21
Sleeve: 24
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 31 1/2

8) DARK CHARCOAL GREY HERRINGBONE Harris Tweed

Marking a change from the classic grey and cream herringbone, this is a considerably rarer dark charcoal herringbone Harris tweed, whose possible severity is quickly offset by the playful flecking of forest green, pumpkin, and berry red that occur throughout.

This is cut as a standard two button jacket with subtle darts and a single center vent. It has four button cuffs; all the buttons are blonde-brown to offset the dark tweed, and are the traditional metal-shanked football buttons that are perfect for Harris.

This is in Very Good/Excellent condition, and is a bargain at just $35, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Tagged 42L. Measurements:

Chest: 23
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 7/8
Length: 31




 
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9) CLASSICALLY IVY! A Harris Tweed 3/2 Jacket

In 1964, Cliff Allen, of Cliff Allen menswear located in the bucolic college town of Amherst, Mass. (formerly home to Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson) demanded that he received back the $50 that he had paid for an advert in a local magazine as a typo. proudly announced that he sold "shits" rather than shirts. The publisher eventually convinced him that the $50 he had paid was a bargain, as the "improved" ad was far more of an attention-grabber than the original!

That was likely the only time that Cliff Allen deviated from convention... and for the lucky new owner of this jacket that's a good thing, for it meant that all of his wares--including this jacket--were wonderfully trad..

Cut as a 3/2 jacket--although not a 3/2 sack as this has subtle darts--this has a lovely high and fluid lapel roll. Cut from a classic brown and cream herringbone Harris tweed, this is half-lined, has a single center vent, is half-canvassed, and was, of course, Union made in the USA. It has wonderfully natural shoulders.

It is in Very Good/Excellent condition (it has small rub on the leading edge of one inside pocket) and is a bargain at just $39, or offer.

Tagged (vintage) 42L, this measures closer to a modern 38/(slim)40:

Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 26 1/8 (+1)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 31





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10) WONDERFUL Harris Tweed jacket in Shepard's Check.

Shephard's check is one of my favourite tweed patterns, and this is a lovely example, with the Harris Tweed base checks being olive drab and forest green, with a lovely russet bracken overcheck.

This jacket is cut as a contemporary two button model with subtle darts. It is half-canvassed and fully lined in Bemberg. It has a single vent and four button cuffs. It is in excellent condition.

It was made in the USA. Asking just $39, or offer.

Tagged 42R. Measurements:

Chest: 21 1/4
Sleeve: 24 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 30 1/2
 
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11) Wolfhound of Nantucket Island Autumnal Glen Plaid Tweed jacket, with functional throat latch and elbow patches!

Purveyors of classic Trad clothing, Wolfhound clothing tends towards the expensive and classic--and this jacket originally exemplified both! Cut from a lovely mid-weight tweed in a wonderfully autumnal Glen Plaid in shades of dark greens, blacks, and browns, with a deep russet overcheck, this lovely jacket is cut as a contemporary two button jacket with subtle darts. It features a fully functional throat latch and matching elbow patches, as well as four button cuffs. It is half-canvassed and fully lined. It was Made in the USA.

It's in excellent condition, and a bargain at just $45, or offer, boxed and shipped in the USA.

Measurements:

Chest: 22
Sleeve: 25 3/4 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 3/4
Length: 32 1/4

12) ABSOLUTELY CLASSIC!

Vintage Brooks Brothers "346" "Feathertweed" 3/2 sack jacket in shepherd's check.

“Feathertweed is for the man who wants to enjoy the rich texture and good looks of a tweed sport coat most months of the year. Exclusively woven in Scotland, this unique wool was developed by us to be comfortable in Fall and Winter…yet lightweight enough to wear into Spring."

--Brooks Brothers catalog, Fall 1986.

Of course, "Feathertweed" was offered by Brooks Brothers prior to 1986... But even in 1986 it was, as here, a staple of their (old, good) "346" line. The tweed that this jacket is cut from is lovely! A beautiful subdued shepheard's check in slate and twilight greys with blue-green overchecking, this is cut as a classic 3/2 sack. It is half-canvassed and half-lined, and features two lower patch flapped pockets. It has very natural shoulders. It is single vented, and Made in the USA. It is in very Good/Excellent condition--and this is only because I am cautious in rating older pieces!

Asking just $60, or offer.

Tagged 44L, this measures:

Chest: 22
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 31 1/2
 
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