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    Let's see your 2021 Halloween costume

    This year’s costumes!
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    Let's see your 2021 Halloween costume

    Best day of the year.
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    Golden Age Mini-Series

    Thanks, these were great.
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    Golden Age Mini-Series

    Yes, thanks Flanderian, another fantastic series.
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Thanks again for doing this, what a great resource. I’m happy to see that your final post included a black tie illustration!
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Sorry, I wasn’t clear - it was the combination, a pique shirt with pleats, that I had not encountered before.
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    A pleated pique shirt? I’ve learned something yet again.
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Believe it or not, that’s the “Believe It Or Not” guy!
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Surprised to see those late ‘40s references to the lower side flared/“bold knight” bow tie. I had thought that the teardrop style tie originated the 1970s. I much prefer the proportions from the ‘40s! You keep teaching me new things Flanderian. Thanks again.
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Something interesting I caught in one of the 1934 images - at the top next to the velvet dinner jacket is a pinkish pleated shirt "for town wear." Could that have been intended for black tie?? I guess morning dress is more likely (though I've only ever seen white pleated shirts with a morning...
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    These days all the forum guys insist that it’s lame/tacky for groomsmen to match so it’s really interesting to see all of this advice from back then about coordinating the attire. A surprising thing to learn!
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Best post of the entire thread! :):)
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    What ia grosgrain lapel made from

    Ideally yes, you would wear a grosgrain bow tie(or faille or a similar ribbed fabric). (If the jacket had satin-faced lapels, a satin bow tie would be called for.)
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    One more favorite that didn’t attach yesterday. :)
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    It was really fun to look through all of the images again and I thank you for collecting them all here in one place. I picked these out as some of my personal favorites. Honorable mention goes to these two gents because I coincidentally managed to dress very similarly to them in the recent...
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Thanks again, I really enjoyed this. I’m tempted to go through the entire thread and try to choose a favorite illustration.
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    We go out - we’re in NYC so we’ve done The Plaza and The Baccarat Hotel so far. The Russian Tea Room is next!
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Great stuff, thanks. I have love for all formal wear, my wife and I can’t wait to don our formal daywear for afternoon tea once Covid is no longer rearing its ugly head. ❤️ And, of course, few wear it better than Mr. Menjou.
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    “As evening clothes once again return to the social scene...” Very good, very good, hope that they get back to featuring frequent formal wear illustrations.
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    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    I have a jacket like this one and I have a running joke with my friends where we keep an eye out for this style in old tv shows, etc. It’s nice to see it in Esquire during the Golden Age - most of the time it turns up in, like, old episodes of Murder, She Wrote.

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