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  1. Fastuni

    Suits - Pre 1920

    Sold very quickly after it was shown here. Sorry!
  2. Fastuni

    Help I’d this Overcoat

    Correction: after looking it up I'd rather say it is a Canadian Army coat from WW2 worn as a civilian coat after demobilization.
  3. Fastuni

    Help I’d this Overcoat

    Looks surely like a Belgian Army 1940's-1950's overcoat. Buttons have been replaced, probably to "civilianize" it.
  4. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    https://www.thefedoralounge.com/attachments/esq094605-jpg.279074/ https://www.thefedoralounge.com/attachments/esq094604-jpg.279011/
  5. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Trying to figure out why the 1946 articles/ads for the new "Bold Look" mention repeatedly "1948". Was this supposed to be a preview for the fashion that comes two years later?
  7. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    I'd prefer the shirt to have a lighter color. That dark red in my opinion only goes with a very light colored sportcoat. The tie should not be in a (near) same color as the sportcoat. If it has to be brown (I'd prefer a different color for a brown sportcoat) at least a different shade or with...
  8. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    I find it quite interesting how dominant single breasted overcoats were in late 30's and 40's US fashion as compared to Europe, where the double breasted Ulsters and Paletots reigned well into the 50's. Climatic differences certainly were a factor.
  9. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    The herringbone sportcoat in the last Lord Calvert ad is lovely, but the shirt and tie are a horrid combination with it.
  10. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Or she just stands a good distance apart from him.
  11. Fastuni

    The BORSALINO BROTHERHOOD

    German market Borsalino snapbrim with bound edge in pristine condition. Deep chocolate brown felt which takes any dry crease well. Size 57.5 cm Front height 11.5 cm Brim 6.5 cm Made for hat store "Carl Kellner - Hamburg". I guess the label inside denotes a date of 1938.
  13. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    The last page at #370 (spring headwear tra la la) shows some unusually hairy necks. Certainly many gentleman had longer hair now and then, as they weren't at the barber/hairdresser daily, but it strikes me as unusual because such illustrations usually depict an ideal state of affairs, also...
  14. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Yes this was certainly the case with the photopage of the best dressed students. It was mentioned specifically that some of the clothes were purchased before WPB rules.
  15. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    I paid attention to this detail on all illustrations dating since the WPB announcement. I noticed absolutely no cuffs until January 1944. So it seems the illustrators were (instructed to be) specific about that detail. Would be strange therefore that the reappearance of cuffs was merely artistic...
  16. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    So in 1944 cuffed trousers make their silent return.
  17. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Ah, ok. So it's May 1943 and not 1945 in #342, right?
  19. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Thanks , interesting as always. Nothing for 1944, I suppose?
  20. Fastuni

    1940-1950s working class mans wardrobe

    @Metatron Saw a documentary recently about Bavarian farmers from the 1950's, and one fellow was wearing a surplus US M1941 jacket with his Alpine hat.
  21. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    @Flanderian I should have specified that I was thinking more about early 1960's British (and German) fashion, which was still more conservative. Lapels weren't always super-narrow and a lot of features were still retained in the "old manner". Here the illustrations from 1938/39 which I think...
  22. Fastuni

    Esquire’s Complete Golden Age Illustrations:

    Is it just me or are you guys also getting strong early 60's vibes from a lot of these illustrations from 1938/39? Plenty of rather narrow trousers, boxy cuts, double vents, short and slim lapels, stingy hats and caps, short overcoats... particularly the semi-sports, campus and country...
  23. Fastuni

    Vtg. Beltback tweed sport coat sz. 40 1930's fancy style

    https://www.ebay.de/itm/143755794967

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