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BRACES (SUSPENDERS)
Suspenders can be any colour you like (although I do have reservations about black suspenders with an outfit where everything else is lighter). I have some suspenders with blue-coloured, with grey-coloured, and with yellow-coloured leather fittings, and I certainly don't have any blue or yellow...- Boinciel
- Post #319
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Where to find high waisted pants for under $75
Pants have the rise increase along with waist size. This is not at all to do with how high the pants sit up on the body, but has to do with how the distance between the front and back of the waistband increases with girth. A 13" rise on 42W pants is a standard modern low-rise pant. A 13" rise...- Boinciel
- Post #46
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Show off the sports coats.
Here's an odd rockabilly/western sports jacket I found at a thrift store for $2. Feels like a wool gabardine, could be a blend with rayon or nylon. Probably dates to around 1958~1963 or so. Peak lapel, squared off front, and bellows patch pockets. The lapel measures to 3.25"... -
The ultimate 196... ahem ¨30´s¨ German suit!
It's "first quality" too!- Boinciel
- Post #3
- Forum: Vintage Finds and Deals
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What are you wearing today??
The bowling shoes were because this was taken at a dance party. They don't belong with a three-piece suit to be sure, but they're great on the dancefloor.- Boinciel
- Post #21,325
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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What are you wearing today??
Late 1940's bold look three-piece double breasted suit! $26 at an antique store. Tie is 1930s, shirt is a detachable collar number from Luxire.- Boinciel
- Post #21,322
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Suits - Pre 1920
This was fairly standard up until about the mid-50s up here, I think. Most of the jackets I've found from 1950 or earlier only have one pocket on the inside, opposite the outer breast pocket. -
What are you wearing today??
Pretty darn sure a Lounge member sold this suit on eBay about a month ago. My mother got it for me for a Christmas present. Dated to July 18, 1950; made to measure for John L. Chelsea by P. H. Davis, Cincinnati. I added vintage suspender buttons to the pants (although they fit absolutely...- Boinciel
- Post #20,966
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Show Us Your OVERCOATS
I didn't purchase this one, but I found it in a shop in Japan when I was there this summer and was really tempted to buy it before logic told me not to buy an extremely heavy winter coat while travelling light. An extremely heavy winter coat in summer, no less. This was a weird one. It was...- Boinciel
- Post #957
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Show Us Your OVERCOATS
Here's the (late 30s, maybe early 40s?) overcoat I showed off in the What Are You Wearing thread, laid flat. Wool (!!!) corduroy. There are no tags inside. Hideous levels of contrast to show detail. Medium-dark grey diagonal wool corduroy, brown bakelite buttons. There's absolutely no...- Boinciel
- Post #956
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What are you wearing today??
Here's me a couple of days ago, skiing cross-country. 40s/late 30s knee-length box overcoat with lots of stitching on back of collar and heavy diagonal wool corduroy material. The lining has a diagonal watch pocket on the underside of the lapel and brown bakelite buttons are used throughout...- Boinciel
- Post #20,915
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Detachable Collars
I just got some detachable soft collar shirts from Luxire (2 club, 2 spearpoint, 1 medium spread - very nice work on all, I must say), and wore the collars outside the shirt band a few times before realising that wearing them inside the band is a more comfortable and economical option - I can...- Boinciel
- Post #37
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Sports coat as outerwear
I've taken to folding my lapels up in high winds and colder weather as well. A number of tweeds have a button hidden under the opposite lapel which buttons through the boutonnière hole or a throat latch, and I feel this feature should be carried over to other sportcoats for greater utility.
