What type of suit is Cary Grant wearing in this photo?

[cgab1]

Can someone please describe the particulars of the suit C.G. is wearing in this photo? eg. Type of fabric, pattern, color and cut?

Thanks,

Chuck

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

1943 4/6 DB (or four-buttoned double-breaster with extra buttons), subtle Prince-of-Wales check (?), padded shoulders, horizontal peak lapels, besom non-patch/no-flaps pockets. Probably not more than 40% of polyester .


But now the experts, please.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

It looks really like the 'His Girl Friday' suit. Which was Glenurquhart check.

Lovely roll to the lapel, and little or no belly.

bk

 

[Alan Eardley]

It looks really like the 'His Girl Friday' suit. Which was Glenurquhart check.

Lovely roll to the lapel, and little or no belly.

bk

...and look at the trouser creases!

Alan

 

[PADDY]

Cary Grant (photo) at the FL Dinner.

I'm pretty sure I saw those two at the Fedora Lounge Dinner!!

 

[cgab1]

Thanks again, guys. I really appreciate it!

Chuck

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Speaking of Cary Grant's clothes ... http://cgi.ebay.com/1950S-HOLLYWOOD...ryZ60345QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks like a movie wardrobe dealer was the winning bidder ...

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[cookie]

Speaking of Cary Grant's clothes ... http://cgi.ebay.com/1950S-HOLLYWOOD...ryZ60345QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks like a movie wardrobe dealer was the winning bidder ...

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CG was my mother's favourite actor. She loved him 'warts and all'. Even the later 'revelations' did not dampen her ardour. I wanted to bid but too high even with that history. Congrats Resortes!

 

[Matt Deckard]

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Always good to see Wild Root's living room.

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[Matt Deckard]

Always good to drink his soda.

Next time he might be home.

 

[cgab1]

How do you get a sharp crease like that?

Chuck

...and look at the trouser creases!

Alan

 

[Marc Chevalier]

How do you get a sharp crease like that?

Shellac.

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[Tomasso]

Looks like a movie wardrobe dealer was the winning bidder....

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And, Resortes805 was the seller.

 

[resortes805]

Thanks folks!

I'm going to try and snap some pics with better detail before the coat heads off to it's next destination, stay tuned...

 

[Jovan]

CG was my mother's favourite actor. She loved him 'warts and all'. Even the later 'revelations' did not dampen her ardour. I wanted to bid but too high even with that history. Congrats Resortes!

What revelations? Besides the speculation about his hidden homosexual life, which is debatable. (But would be great if it were true.)

I think Cary Grant got much of his suits tailored on Savile Row. The fabric looks like an English worsted. Pleats are probably forward facing -- owing to Savile Row -- because of the way the creases look towards the top.

 

[Feraud]

(But would be great if it were true.)

fftopic: Grant's sexuality is no one's business and therefore not great for "either side".

Back on topic.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I think Cary Grant had many of his suits tailored on Savile Row. The fabric looks like an English worsted. Pleats are probably forward facing -- owing to Savile Row -- because of the way the creases look towards the top.

From Esquire:

"Although Grant, who is fifty-six, favors such abominations as large tie knots and claims to have originated the square-style breast-pocket handerchief, he is so extraordinarily attractive that he looks good in practically anything. He insists upon tight armholes in his suit jackets ... Something of a maverick as to tailors, he now goes to Quintino (around $225 a suit) in Beverly Hills, California, and, whenever possible, certain of the preposterously low-priced geniuses in Hong Kong."

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From Esquire:

"Although Grant, who is fifty-six, favors such abominations as large tie knots and claims to have originated the square-style breast-pocket handerchief, he is so extraordinarily attractive that he looks good in practically anything. He insists upon tight armholes in his suit jackets ... Something of a maverick as to tailors, he now goes to Quintino (around $225 a suit) in Beverly Hills, California, and, whenever possible, certain of the preposterously low-priced geniuses in Hong Kong."

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Yeah but which ones - WW Chan for instance? I missed buying a WW Chan suit I saw in the Salvos not long ago.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Yeah but which ones - WW Chan for instance? I missed buying a WW Chan suit I saw in the Salvos not long ago.

Dunno. Hong Kong or no, could've included "Jackson of Shanghai." Made wonderful stuff back then. (Pre-1949.) After that, lots of Shanghai's greatest tailors fled to -- you guessed it -- Hong Kong.

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