Show us your suits

[jamespowers]

Way smaller than size 40: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160386568700


Jamespowers, show us the vintage suits that you wear! :eusa_clap


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Yesterday was a Hickey Freeman from 1952. Blue with an intricate weave pattern. Three button Long.
The day before that was a custom made heavy wool with dual breast pockets---all four pleated. I wore a pocket square in only one but some day I might use two. Same year 1952.
I don't do pictures.
You could send along a nice crisp $50 and maybe I might send you one via post though.

 

[jamespowers]

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Still waiting to see a few of the vintage suits that jamespowers wears...


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I'll wait for the $50.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I don't do pictures.

Why not? [huh]

How about this: can you post photos of just the suits themselves (like in the image below)? You don't have to be wearing them. Thanks!

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[jamespowers]

Ok, I took the time to get pictures of about half my suits. here you go:

This is about 1/3 of my tuxedoes and tails. You can see the last one with its midnight blue pattern from 1929.

These are sport coats and pants. The blue gaberdine is a custom made from 1949 that I picked up from a theatre company years ago.

This the other half of the sportcoats. The tanish one has pleated pockets---two breast pockets as well. 1952. To the left of that is my son's brown pinstripe double breasted from the 1940s.

From left to right a custom made three piece from 1956, a tweed Oviatts from the 50s, the next three are custom three pieces from the 50s, the next is a double breasted from 1946, a double breasted seersucker, a dark blue suit with inverted pleat pants and a windowpane suit.

 

[Dr Doran]

Ummm ... Justin (sorry, "james") how about photographing the suits front-side so we can actually see them?

 

[mike]

Seems like a rather off-the-cuff way of documenting yo'schtuff

 

[sproily]

It wouldn't hurt posting bigger pictures as well

 

[Tomasso]

Ok, I took the time

lol

 

[thunderw21]

A new one for me. My second "Fashion Park" suit.

Bought it with the intention of selling it but the measurements I was provided with were way off. Turns out it fits me perfectly and I, being a lover of Fashion Park, had to keep it.

Faded buttons? All are white on the front, purple on the back.

Original owner must have loved this suit since not only was it perfectly cared for but he also kept a record of it.

The trousers are flat front, which I'm not usually a fan of but these are great.

 

[jamespowers]

Ummm ... Justin (sorry, "james") how about photographing the suits front-side so we can actually see them?

Geez, how much work do you want me to do? There are a lot of suits in there.
Next time you come by you can look at them in person.

 

[jamespowers]

Seems like a rather off-the-cuff way of documenting yo'schtuff

 

[jamespowers]

lol

Hey, last time I emptied that closet it took me an hour to get everything out and half an hour to get it all back in organized as it was before. :eusa_doh: [huh]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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My friend's 1933-'35 belted back suit:

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[Staredge]

This is sort of my first suit. eBay special, $15.......but just for the jacket/vest. REALLY hoping I can find a pair of pants to match. as I can't wait to wear it. Bill Blass Premier Collection. 100% wool, made in the USA.

 

[Bugsy]

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My friend's 1933-'35 belted back suit:

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Your resemblence to the Duke of Windsor in his younger days is amazing.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Your resemblence to the Duke of Windsor in his younger days is amazing.

That's not a photo of me; it's of my friend, the owner of the suit.



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[mike]

That's not a photo of me; it's of my friend, the owner of the suit.



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I was going to say, I hear having children ages a person, but that extreme would have been ridiculous!





P.S. - Amazing suit! Thanks for posting it!

 

[mike]

What is my major malfunction?! I'm too long in the sleeve and I need a tripod to take closer, crisper pictures.

I was in a rush getting out of the house. But next time I take this 1931-dated suit out for a spin around town, I will take many more pictures of all the incredible details on this beauty!

 

[thunderw21]

^Fantastic! Great fabric.

 

[The Good]

It's not a suit per se, and it may not be anything impressive, but this has been my go-to sport coat for several months now (before, I only had an ill-fitting black suit I wore to weddings, funerals, and cruises). It's olive green tweed with a hint of brown to it. It's also wool, and made by Chaps.

This was as bright a picture I could take, sorry:

And a picture of me wearing it:

The fit is definitely not of tailored quality, though, the sleeves are low below the shoulders for instance, and the bottom of the sleeves is drooping towards just below the wrist by an inch or fraction thereof... I am thinking about buying a charcoal or other shade of a dark grey suit next, however. I don't really have the means to purchase a vintage suit just yet. Oh, and sorry for the poor quality photos, I didn't have anyone else to take it, and it was off of my cell phone anyway.