Show us your suits

[Matt Deckard]

I know you're cool Jovan... you don't need to defend being cool.

 

[Jovan]

Ah, I thought you meant as in being relaxed.

 

[BellyTank]

Time for nick-pitting.

If you want nit-picking, it's "nit picking", not "nick-picking"

B
T

 

[Jovan]

That's why it was italicized.

 

[BellyTank]

Aha!

You're just too clever for your own good

Silly me.

B
T

 

[Fletch]

My pearl gray SB peak (custom made in 1950)...

...may be viewed here.
Slightly rumpled from storage, so excuse please.

I promised ages ago I'd photo my Harris Tweed and a few others. Hold on.

 

[Shanghailander]

Nice 'stache!

Time for nick-pitting. The sleeves on that jacket could be shortened a little. I also think a brown hat of some sort (fedora or otherwise) would go better with that pattern and colour of suit. But you look confident, and that's what's most important.

I am lucky I found an OTR suit to fit me at all - two hours after picking it out I was on stage.

As for hats, I only took three on my 'round the world tour - a blue fedora, a visored cap with puggaree, and a straw panama (actually a balibuntal).

It was darn near 100 degrees fahrenheit, so the fedora was out! I did bring along my black and white spectators, which I wore as well.

Greg

 

[Jovan]

Hmm. Perhaps you can get a cotton suit made for the future when you go to warm climates?

 

[J. M. Stovall]

Here I am in my newest vintage suit at the Father Daughter Valentine Day Dance. I'll try to post some photos of me standing later.

 

[WEEGEE]

To remember

J. M. Stovall,


What a moment. You must have had the time to remember. I am sure your daughter was proud to be with the best dressed guy at the dance. The
suit looks great!!!

 

[Jay]

That tie, glasses, suit and shoe combination is Awesome!

 

[slicedbread]

Very nice J.M.!!!

Anyways, here I have a new suit...I'm not sure what to make of it though. I can't tell what era it came from...There's no label other than the maker's label to clue me in...I'll put up some pics and hopefully you guys can weigh in on it...

I just haven't seen a suit like this before. It has a 6x2 closure but unlike the other suits I have, only one side has two button holes and the other has only one for the fastening button. Also, the pants have the typical wide cuff, but they also have a button fly, crescent pocket flaps on the back, and an extra pocket above the front pockets. They also have side fasteners as opposed to belt loops... What do you guys think?

 

[Fletch]

Your suit is German (from Bremerhaven). Just as a guess, I'd say early 1950s. I'd tell you the maker's name but I can't read that crazy German script any more than you probably can.

That "extra pocket" in the trouser waist is a watch pocket (Uhrentasche).

 

[slicedbread]

Thank you very much! I love the detailing on that suit...It doesn't seem to have as much waist suppression as american suits of that period...Was that the norm?

I also have a few other vintage finds that I could post up should anyone be interested...

 

[Fletch]

Don't know about waist nip trends. Germans were coming out a of a long period where food was very precious, so you'd think they didn't need roomy clothes!

Found a probable name for your clothier on Google. Claus von der Heide is listed in Bremerhaven under Herrenbekleidung (men's clothing).

 

[slicedbread]

Lol...maybe they wanted to give off the illusion of being well fed... That name is quite probable...wow they're still open then?

*edit* Also, what does Reine Wolle mean?? I tried a translation website and came up with "pure wants"...

*double edit* i think i found this guy's website http://www.vdh-bremerhaven.de/heide/index.htm

 

[Baron Kurtz]

1930s, undoubtedly. Damn you outbidding me, again.

bk

 

[Baron Kurtz]

that suit really is unbelievably beautiful. Daks waist adjuster, too. I'm still crying that i didn't get it. If you ever find you don't want it any more, or it doesn't fit you, i'll triple or even quadruple what you paid for it.

bk

 

[Fletch]

1930s, undoubtedly.

You'd think so from the tailoring - but what are the chances of prewar stuff surviving the wartime shortages? That's why I thought postwar.

Reine Wolle, btw, means pure wool. Another hint at a postwar origin, methinks. No cellulose or other phony constituents was a selling point.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

i retract my unequivocal statement now that i remember that German tailoring didn't change very much between the 30s and the 50s, but i'm still veering to the 30s.

But german pre-war stuffs are very much available.

bk