SOLD 1940's Pinstripe 3 Piece Suit with Nice Fabric Sz 40 Pants 34

[HardBoiledMarlowe]

A nice suit for your consideration. Cheers!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290776343813?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

 

[Johnny J]

I like it! PM sent.

 

[Paul Roerich]

The wool fabric is sharkskin: the '30s-'40s version, not the much shinier '60s-'70s version.

 

[HardBoiledMarlowe]

Sorry, fellas. The suit sold minutes ago.

 

[Paul Roerich]

The buyer must have remembered this paragraph from Budd Schulberg's novel about late 1930s Hollywood,
The Disenchanted:


"His way of dressing, Halliday decided, was a successful hybrid between an elegant Wall Streeter's and musical comedy star's. The suit was sharkskin, the tie handpainted, the white silk handkerchief artfully hung over the pocket suggested flamboyance. And the shoes, the shoes, Halliday thought, were the give-away, imported brown loafers that, like the tie and the handkerchief, lent a sportive note somewhat incongruous with the shrewd, quick look of the face."



Vintage sharkskin suits from before the '50s are pretty rare.