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  1. herringbonekid

    Show Us Vintage GERMAN Suits

    yes, but i wouldn't expect a jacket's sleeves to ever be longer than the skirt unless it was tailor made for a wearer with long arms and short torso. my point was that i don't think the Germans and northern Europeans were purveyors of especially short jackets for the era compared with the...
  2. herringbonekid

    Show Us Vintage GERMAN Suits

    81 cm (sorry, i can only picture inches) ... just short of 32" seems very long for a 5' 8" height ! 77cm (about 30.25") isn't short either. that's pretty much my ideal length and i'm 5' 11". p.s. lots of British suits of the 30-40s had short jackets too; many around 28" even when the arms and...
  3. herringbonekid

    Show Us Vintage GERMAN Suits

    absolutely. i've been through the same thing with trying to convince myself a jacket is long enough when it isn't. my point is really: don't look at the wrist, look at the whole picture. ;) or to put it another way: if the wrist rule works, then why does it work ? what is actually happening...
  4. herringbonekid

    Vintage pictures of wild patterned sweaters

  5. herringbonekid

    Show Us Vintage GERMAN Suits

    personally, i've never seen much use in rules such as 'wrist length' or 'you should be able to cup your hand around the bottom of the jacket' etc. etc. firstly, where exactly does your 'wrist' begin and end ? secondly, what if you have long or short arms in comparison with your torso ? i think...
  7. herringbonekid

    Vintage Suitings: Discussions of, and sourcing modern equivalents, etc.

    very similar to Baron's 1940s suit (slightly smaller scale weave):
  8. herringbonekid

    Fair Isle sweaters

    Japanese brand 'Adjustable Costume' have made a version of the Duke of Windor's fair isle sweater ! from a painting !!
  9. herringbonekid

    Balmoral Boots

    i would have considered them, but i have the Jeffrey Wests in brown leather / suede already.
  10. herringbonekid

    1920s suits

    Volvo, apart from a couple of the more obviously vintage-inspired Japanese brands i've not seen any typical Japanese RTW suits. did you make note of any brand names ?
  11. herringbonekid

    Balmoral Boots

    and now you want the brown ones too ? ;)
  13. herringbonekid

    Show Us Vintage GERMAN Suits

    nearly all suit / sports jackets are a tad longer at the front. i've never found an official reason why, but it seems to be the accepted thing. p.s. it wasn't that the guy's jacket (mentioned above) was significantly shorter at the back than the front... just that you didn't notice anything...
  14. herringbonekid

    Balmoral Boots

    did you order a pair of the black / grain ones ?
  15. herringbonekid

    Show Us Vintage GERMAN Suits

    i think the rear view is the least forgiving when it comes to jacket length, but probably the one we consider least. i saw a guy at an event once in a very nice vintage DB flannel suit. it looked superb from all angles until he turned around and you saw about 2 inches of the trouser seat...
  16. herringbonekid

    Vintage pictures of wild patterned sweaters

    Simpsons, 1928: shawl cardigan with checks ? yes please !
  17. herringbonekid

    Vintage pictures of wild patterned sweaters

    another one of mine:
  19. herringbonekid

    What are you wearing today??

    very nice jacket Patrick. how do you find that Fox cloth for trousers ... weighty enough ?
  20. herringbonekid

    Vintage pictures of wild patterned sweaters

  21. herringbonekid

    Vintage pictures of wild patterned sweaters

    1932: this is apparently one of the originals that the LVC one was copied from a couple of years ago (not mine):
  22. herringbonekid

    Vintage pictures of wild patterned sweaters

    any info on those last two you posted Flo ?
  23. herringbonekid

    Vintage pictures of wild patterned sweaters

    from 'Un Chien Andalou' 1929: William Haines in 'Show People' 1928: German, 1929:

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