BOTH SIDES OF THE TWEED! - Show us your tweed suits, sport coats and pants

[BR Gordon]

This suit would be just my style...

I agree. I would love to find something like it.

 

[fedoralover]

My latest purchase.





fedoralover

 

[Fastuni]

Nice!

If it were up to me, I'd remove the elbow patches and throat latch and change the buttons for light brown corozo suit buttons to give it a more typical 30's feel.

 

[Metatron]

Though those aren't features that were completely absent during the 1930s, and I do like the functionality of the throat latch.




I get what you mean though, on a 1960s or 1970s jacket, those details make them even more obviously so.

 

[Fastuni]

Plus the period throat latches usually were of the same fabric and not contrasting (leather).

 

[Dinerman]

 

[DamianM]

 

[Mario]

I like this!

 

[Dinerman]

Here's a Harris Tweed label you don't see often

 

[Dinerman]

 

[Two Types]

That is a bold herringbone!

 

[Patrick Hall]

That is a bold herringbone!

I second that. And I LOVE the lapels.

 

[Johnny J]

I second that. And I LOVE the lapels.

Awesome Fabric!

 

[Fading Fast]

All I can do is echo the above posts - that coat is gorgeous, the herringbone is fantastic, the fabric looks insanely thick and the style / cut is perfect. Did you just find it?

 

[Two Types]

Here are some photos of 'Barmey' wearing his 1930s three piece tweed suit by Baronia:
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And his tweed sports jacket:

 

[Hemingway Jones]

I picked this suit up at Cordings in Piccadilly. I am quite impressed with it. It is obviously not vintage, but it is well-made, has very nice details, and the tweed is quite heavy. It has a Herringbone brown pattern with a burgundy, orange, and butter stripe running through it. It is very nice and easy to match with my current Tattersall shirts and ancient madder ties. The pants are nicely tailored, though perhaps too much so for this crowd. It is much more 21st C. than 1940s. Nevertheless, I love it and wear it proudly to work and around town. If you are in London, I suggest you stop by. They have some beautiful suits, classic ties, and wonderful generously cut shirts.

 

[Patrick Hall]

Hemingway Jones, the lapels on the waistcoat of that Cordings suit are great! Would that your suit was actually indicative of most 21st c. tailoring!

TT, any thoughts on the date for barmey's sport coat? Buttons are closely spaced - looks teens/early 20's to my amateur eye? The green and brown flecks really stand out nicely. Don't tell me that was another Savvy Row find...

 

[Papperskatt]

any thoughts on the date for barmey's sport coat? Buttons are closely spaced - looks teens/early 20's to my amateur eye? The green and brown flecks really stand out nicely. Don't tell me that was another Savvy Row find...

My guess is late 20s to early 30s. And yes, it's from Savvy Row. They got a big bunch of really great stuff some week ago.

 

[Two Types]

Patrick, yes it was from Savvy Row. He was lucky, he had just had his birthday so had some money to spend. What better way to spend it? As for the date: I contacted Savvy Row and was told that, according to the family that sold them the suits & jackets, they had come from the estate of a man who bought them in the late 1930s. He was an army officer and spent most of his career in uniform, living overseas. As such, the clothes were stored in the UK having had hardly any wear. The story seems plausible since, if he bought them just before the outbreak of war, and then went overseas, it might have been six years before he came home. And if, he'd changed weight during those years, he would have had no reason to ever unpack them again.

 

[esteban68]

That first photo of 'Barmey' TT if it was in sepia could be a period studio shot...outstanding red team!