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One of my recent ebay acquisitions.

I have a question for you chaps in the know. What colour and pattern of vest would go well with this?

Good shirt/tie colour combination with that suit.

Grey (mid to light) or tan waistcoat would work well in my opinion.

 

[Wolfen]

Good shirt/tie colour combination with that suit.

Grey (mid to light) or tan waistcoat would work well in my opinion.

Thank you sir!

Here is another of my suits, also acquired from the bay. Had this one for quite some time. Label in the jacket pocket shows "Individually tailored for Mario de Cute." Dated 10/74. The pants were enormously flared when I got it but I had a tailor change that to a straighter leg.

 

[Gin&Tonics]

Thank you sir!

Here is another of my suits, also acquired from the bay. Had this one for quite some time. Label in the jacket pocket shows "Individually tailored for Mario de Cute." Dated 10/74. The pants were enormously flared when I got it but I had a tailor change that to a straighter leg.

Wolfen, I really like this suit; I recently made inquiries about that particular waistcoat/jacket lapel combination, the shawl lapel waistcoat with the peaked lapel jacket, because I felt it was absolutely awesome and wanted to be sure I wasn't out to lunch in liking it. I ordered a made-to-measure suit in navy wool gabardine from a tailor in Hong Kong with exactly that style, the only difference being that the vest is to be a single breasted rather than double. Seeing your excellent suit makes me even more excited for mine to arrive!

My only suggestion is that your tailor should shorten up your jacket cuffs slightly, as it appears from the photo that your shirtsleeves are the correct length, but you aren't showing any linen under them. You should aim to see about 1/2 inch of your shirt cuff poking out beyond the jacket sleeve. I note that you're wearing french cuffs, and you want everyone to notice your cufflinks!

 

[William Stratford]

I have a question for you chaps in the know. What colour and pattern of vest would go well with this?

Darker beiges would probably go well...also, that tie clashes a tad against the blue - perhaps a terracotta straight tie, with blue highlights to match the jacket?

That is a first rate suit that blends wonderfully together! Although I agree with G&T on the need to lose about an inch on the sleeves, which should be a very straightforward job for your tailor. Very nice suit though!

 

[Shangas]

Hi Wolfen,

That suit with the yellow bowtie...Those jacket-cuffs are a titch long, as Tonics has pointed out. Otherwise I think it's rather becoming. I'd suggest a dark cobalt, or possibly navy blue waistcoat to go with that.

 

[Wolfen]

G&T, William Stratford and Shangas, thank you for your feedback gentlemen. I will be taking your advice on the sleeves as soon as I have the necessary funds.

I do love the grey one, quite possibly my favourite suit. In the colder months I usually wear it with my Blue Label Lee fedora.

 

[Gin&Tonics]

Currently one of only two suits I own. The second one is at the tailor being altered. I actually got this suit for free from a thrift store. It was marked as 10 bucks, but when I went to buy it the cashier said green tags were on sale for 50c. As I didn't have 50c in my pocket, the lady beside me in line just gave me two quarters and said it was her good deed for the day; I thought that was very kind of her.

The suit features sham button holes on the sleeves and a 3 roll to 2 button configuration. The trousers are pleated and have a cuff at the bottom.

 

[resortes805]

Thank you sir!

Here is another of my suits, also acquired from the bay. Had this one for quite some time. Label in the jacket pocket shows "Individually tailored for Mario de Cute." Dated 10/74. The pants were enormously flared when I got it but I had a tailor change that to a straighter leg.

You should have kept the pants flared, would make it look more 1930s.

 

[Wolfen]

You should have kept the pants flared, would make it look more 1930s.

They were enormously flared, they practically screamed "Take me to the Disco!!!"

 

[Matt Deckard]

I like how we have gone all 60s.

 

[Shangas]

A closeup of me wearing my one and only suit. The waistcoat isn't part of it, obviously...

 

[Tomasso]

Two words: Collar Stays........

 

[Gin&Tonics]

Hmm does my suit look 60's? I figured with the wider lapels it couldn't possibly be. I thought the 60's was all body-hugging with ultra skinny lapels and such.

I got a haircut today and wore that same suit with a white shirt, but same tie, and the wife said, "You look kinda 1920's...is that what you're going for?" I said, "I'd prefer 1890's, but 1920 is a lot closer than 2012, so I'll take it as a compliment!"

 

[alsendk]

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Having had 3 chinese suits for years, I felt like having something special this time, so I ordered a Giorgio Armany tailored suit.
Not exactly cheep, but sitting much more comfortably than any of my chinese taylored suits.
In a small indian silk tie shop in Copenhagen I asked the sweet young owner if she could draw me a doubble bass on a black silk tie. She didn`t knew what this was looking like, so I made a hasty draw on a piece of paper, and she ended up making my draw on my tie freehanded to my pleasant surprise, more precise than I made it.
The Picture is taken in some playing hall in Las Vegas around 07, attending the big car exibition that year, waiting for some italian MOMO salesmen to pick me and my friend up for having a wonderful dinner on their account.
The next day it was some germans to invite us out. All in all a lovely week,in a very lively town.

Going to a fotoshop with my Sema badge, showing my name in english - Alan Iverson -almost killed the foto staff in she shop. They were all laughing seing a small european pale man, with the height of 173cm - 68,1 inches.
Much later I found out about my name brother :O)

You can just about see one of the legs from the Eifel tower behind me....any idea about the name of the hotel where we were dining outside ?

 

[Shangas]

Two words: Collar Stays........

Trust me, I wish I had them! Or better yet, a collar-bar! But I'm not so lucky...

 

[Nick D]

Trust me, I wish I had them! Or better yet, a collar-bar! But I'm not so lucky...

Starch, and not the spray-on stuff!

 

[Vampyre Master]

Trust me, I wish I had them! Or better yet, a collar-bar! But I'm not so lucky...

they really are cheap or make your own out of plastic as for the collar bar 3mm nut and long bolt?
vm

 

[Gin&Tonics]

Trust me, I wish I had them! Or better yet, a collar-bar! But I'm not so lucky...

The cheap plastic ones work fairly well considering their price. I bought a package of something like 50 of them of various sizes for about $3.50. Even the really fancy brass ones are only about 8-10 bucks for a box of 20 or something.

 

[Swing Motorman]

I like how we have gone all 60s.

Not intentionally in my case! It turns out with some careful looking into the inner pocket seams, the union tag on my recent tan-&-green number was the post-'62 tag with the (R) on it. :eusa_doh: Shoulda looked closer before I let myself believe it was an unusual '50s jacket, rather than a getup from a time period I'm not too fond of. Sorry if you like the '60s, but it's not my cup of tea.

 

[thunderw21]

I like how we have gone all 60s.

I'll break the trend.

Picked this one up several weeks ago for $40. Fits like a glove, though the arms and trousers need to be let down. Previous owner was married in it in 1947. Love the fabric pattern and its silhouette; the pre-Bold Look 1940s suits just had great proportions.

They were right: the fabric really is the soul of the suit.
April 28, 1945