1935 suit illustrations: Sample Book

[GateXC]

Fantastic!

 

[Wild Root]

Ooooooh so coooooool! That Norfolk is really cool! The sport coats are so sweet and the belted stuff, all of it! Just fantastic!

Thanks Marc for posting these! I'd also enjoy seeing some of the swatches some time!

It's all about the crazy rare obscure stuff in those catalogs! The belted back overcoats are so cool! I wish they were easy to find but, they're not.

=WR=

 

[geo]

Great illustrations, thank you for posting them.

 

[The Wingnut]

Second image, far right, blue suit...I've got one in tan. From the liner material, it's probably late '40s, but the design isn't a stitch different.

Wool gabardine, paid all of $10 for it. Didn't have to have it tailored at all.
I'll have to find the other photo when I get home.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It's probably late '40s, but the design isn't a stitch different.

Wingnut, you raise an interesting point that deserves a whole thread of its own. We sometimes run across vintage suits (and ties) that hark to past -- or future -- decades. I've found '70s suits, custom made by Italian-American tailors, in a '30s cut with '30s-type wool. I've had some '40s ties that you'd swear were designed by Peter Maxx or Andy Warhol. "Progress" does not move in a straight line: it zigzags, darting forward and sometimes back.

 

[Marty M.]

Speachless in Minneapolis.

Marc Chevalier,
Thanks for sharing. No need to reinvent the style wheel. These look great in any decade. Thanks again.

Marty