Show us your suits

[Wolfen]

As an update to a post I made a few months ago I wanted to show a vintage vest I got to go with one of my suits.

The whole thing.

Close up of the different patterns.

The vest is reversible too.

So do you think this combination works?

 

[GoldenEraFan]

As an update to a post I made a few months ago I wanted to show a vintage vest I got to go with one of my suits.

Close up of the different patterns.

The vest is reversible too.

So do you think this combination works?

It definitley works. The grey/blue windowpane in the vest compliments the suit very well, and with grey being an all accepting color, the beige just pops out very nicely giving a wonderful contrast.

 

[thunderw21]

Just won this suit on Ebay, was the only one who bid. A few issues but should be able to iron them out fairly easy. Bad quality photos.

Hollywood waist!

 

[ottawa_adam]

It definitley works. The grey/blue windowpane in the vest compliments the suit very well, and with grey being an all accepting color, the beige just pops out very nicely giving a wonderful contrast.

Great ensemble. I dig the complementing contrast of the waist coat.

If I may, shine the shoes and tighten the necktie knot, and it would be complete.

 

[Tomasso]

and tighten the necktie knot, and it would be complete.

Ditto..

http://www.necktieaficionado.com/Tie-Dimple.html

 

[Wolfen]

It definitley works. The grey/blue windowpane in the vest compliments the suit very well, and with grey being an all accepting color, the beige just pops out very nicely giving a wonderful contrast.

Great ensemble. I dig the complementing contrast of the waist coat.

If I may, shine the shoes and tighten the necktie knot, and it would be complete.

Ditto..

http://www.necktieaficionado.com/Tie-Dimple.html

Thanks gents. The shoes could do with a shine. That tie is made of think fabric though and was as tight as it could get. Plus, I actively tie my ties to avoid the dimple, I have never been a fan.

 

[Vampyre Master]

Thanks gents. The shoes could do with a shine. That tie is made of think fabric though and was as tight as it could get. Plus, I actively tie my ties to avoid the dimple, I have never been a fan.

http://www.theshoesnobblog.com/p/polish-your-shoes-properly.html
VM

 

[Giftmacher]

Great pants. I like the fabric in that last picture, too.

Thank you! Jacket will go to the world it is too big for me.

 

[Giftmacher]

Just won this suit on Ebay, was the only one who bid. A few issues but should be able to iron them out fairly easy. Bad quality photos.

Hollywood waist!

Wonderful trousers! Can't believe no one wanted it.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I worried about the moth holes they mentioned.

 

[Giftmacher]

I would still take it, if I had the money, but I understand it's not that rare on the west from us

 

[thunderw21]

The moth holes worried me too but I couldn't pass it up for the price it was.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yeah, I guess if I was in the US I would buy that too, and have it rewoven. But with shipping to the UK the stuff ends up being a bit too expensive.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Just won this suit on Ebay, was the only one who bid. A few issues but should be able to iron them out fairly easy. Bad quality photos.

That's a real gem of a suit! Congrats!

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Just back from the cleaners, and a real bargain on eBay. Dated 1926.

Close up of weave gives off a slight hint of windowpane.

The pants

The owner at some point had a tailor switch the button fly for a zipper. Though more convenient it's anachronistic.

 

[Nick D]

Excellent suit! Are you sure the zipper isn't original? They were around in '26, though it would have been a novelty to have them on trousers as far as I know.

 

[splintercellsz]

If you ever part with that, I will be in line

Very nice!

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Excellent suit! Are you sure the zipper isn't original? They were around in '26, though it would have been a novelty to have them on trousers as far as I know.

Oh! I didn't know zippers were that old! I thought they were a '30s invention. In that case it may have been origional, didn't seem to have any extra tailoring stitches.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Check to see if there are any buttonholes. This would indeed be rather early to see a zipper in trousers, but by no means impossible. Zippers were quite common by the middle 20s, but usually clunky and industrial, not really elegant enough for a trousers fly.

If there are no buttonholes, though, you have to conclude the zipper is original. And if there are no buttonholes, I would therefore love to see good quality close-up images of the pull, the teeth and the stopper teeth!

 

[Tomasso]

I would therefore love to see good quality close-up images of the pull, the teeth and the stopper teeth!

You make it sound almost sordid...like zipper appreciation....