Show us their suits

[Rudie]

Gianni Agnelli (later the head of Fiat), late 30s -early 40s:

Interesting shirt cuffs.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yes, he had a thing for shirt cuffs. Famous for wearing his watch on the outside of his cuffs.

 

[herringbonekid]

Rudie, i'm sure you know; Agnelli is often cited as one of the most influential stylish men of the 20th century, especially among the Italian bespoke crowd. he had numerous personal quirks another of which was wearing his wristwatch over the shirt cuff (although i've seen that done in other 30s photos too).


edit... oops, bit of synchro posting there.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

great minds, etc.

 

[herringbonekid]

Much less flashy than Gianni.

i don't think of either of those two looks as flashy. to me they look sophisticated, and i'm impressed by how relaxed and casual he makes the DB look (as you know i have a bit of a thing about the DB's inherent stuffy formality). his personality shines through rather than the suits 'wearing' him.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I particularly like this one. He seems very young indeed, here.

 

[Fastuni]

Great photos.

Do you think the buttons were that close to the pockets from the beginning?
I think they may have been moved apart to fit his very slim physique.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

he's also well known I think for having access to an ancestor's wardrobe? Maybe this is one of those suits?

 

[Tomasso]

The unbuttoned toggle button on the DB jacket would seem to indicate that Agnelli was an ardent practitioner of sprezzatura from a very young age.

 

[Two Types]

I don't have a date for this photo but I believe it is from the early 1950s:

Not really suits, but these show the general look in the late forties and early fifties for working class British blokes (in their early twenties):

not sure about these sunglasses!

(apologies if I've posted any of these before)

 

[Tomasso]

That's a swell looking proletariat you had there in Old Blighty!

 

[Two Types]

Cheers, AC. Those the days when a working man (my Dad - the one with the thick black hair - was a shoe repairer in the 40s and 50s) would still make an effort to look good.

How things have changed!

 

[Fastuni]

Wonderful photos TT!

The fellow in the middle... shirt&tie, light sweater with zipper and suit. Great combination of "smart" and "casual". Very much the look I'm going for in my everyday wardrobe.

 

[Two Types]

Fastuni, the one in the zip-up sweater is my dad!

 

[Rudie]

His hair would make Jerry Lee Lewis in his prime go green with envy.

 

[Fastuni]

Fastuni, the one in the zip-up sweater is my dad!

Well it's official now - your father is one of my role models of style.

 

[Two Types]

His hair would make Jerry Lee Lewis in his prime go green with envy.

Dad still had a good head of hair when he died (aged 81). There was a story about a student girl walking up behind him in a pub and ruffling his hair (the girls wanted to attract attention because they were collecting for charity). Everyone in the pub fell about laughing because, rather than fall back down again, his hair stood up on end and stayed standing up.

My hair was thick and strong, but never as thick as his:

 

[herringbonekid]

not sure about these sunglasses!

i like them, and i've just bought a similar pair, although the frames look thinner than your dad's:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?4246-Vintage-Sunglasses&p=1659232#post1659232

 

[Metatron]

My first thought was that the glasses belonged to one of his friends.

 

[Two Types]

I would guess this is from the mid to late 1930s.

I love his suit. It looks to be a light coloured (light grey maybe?) summer weight suit with patch packets. The son's tie is rather nice as well. The soft, pointed collar shirt is also rather nice.

Oh, to find a suit like that!