Yes, it's late '40s. This jacket (part of a suit, but the trousers are long gone) was made for a Hollywood film production: almost certainly a movie which took place in the 'teens. During and after WWII, Hollywood studios churned out dozens of nostalgic odes to the turn of the 20th century.
Clip-on bowties from the 1930s are virtually impossible to find. The reason is that, as men switched from detachable collars to attached ones, the old removable collar front stud became obsolete. In the 1920s (and before), pre-tied bowties had a hard, thin, diamond-shaped wire loop that the...
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