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

    I've have a cream colored suit I made from 15 ounce wool with a really neat herringbone pattern. I was so enamored with the fabric at the time I purchased it I didn't really give too much thought to when I would wear it. Being that it's finished and we have entered August I can hardly bare...
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    Vintage Suitings: Discussions of, and sourcing modern equivalents, etc.

    Thanks for all the replies. I think I'll keep it as a one button. It's seems like a clean look and the cut look of the cut away below the button and the V created by the peak lapels is neat in my opinion.
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    Vintage Suitings: Discussions of, and sourcing modern equivalents, etc.

    I am in the process of making a three piece suit with peak lapels and a belted back, pinched waist etc. I had planned it as a two button front but perhaps out of laziness and partially a desire to do something different I thought to leave out the bottom button. Is this something that was done...
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    The Vintage Tailoring Thread

    Your right. The fabric I have is a medium dark grey so it is definitely set up for a more conservative cut than a belt back now that you mention it.
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    The Vintage Tailoring Thread

    Thanks for the heads up Nick I already cut out the pattern but only put the trousers together. The belt back jacket I got from eva dress ran very large too. I have been trying to dart the hell out of it and get a reasonably good fit out of it.
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    The Vintage Tailoring Thread

    Yeah I may just wait and see until I finish the rest of it. I was thinking of adding a couple of rear pleats and a belt to the back which may make the patch pockets slightly less out of sync. But having said that I am trying to remain conscious of the fact I may just be adding features to the...
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    The Vintage Tailoring Thread

    I love thirties and forties menswear and was wondering about double breasted suits with patch pockets and if this was ever done. I am making a suit using an eva dress 40s blazer pattern but am curious about the patch pockets it features. I will be making a full suit for it and thought that...
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    Vintage Suitings: Discussions of, and sourcing modern equivalents, etc.

    Although it's 20 degrees outside my thoughts are of summer at this moment. In the thirties were linen suits often left unlined and uncanvassed with the exception of the sleeves of course? I have seen one recently on ebay that was clearly vintage and unstructured, but the photos were not of...
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    Formal Wear Primer

    I need a shirt to wear with the wing collar sans pleats and found one that would be perfect. The only thing is that it is ivory not white. Is this acceptable for white tie?
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    No Front Dart

    It is the eva dress pattern. Did you just copy the back darts on the front or did you draw up your own? We're you happy with how it came out?
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    No Front Dart

    I just got a 1930s blazer pattern and was wondering if I had read something incorrectly when I saw no front darts. However it does have to rear darts to accompany the half belt in the back. Is this something not uncommon on belt backs from the golden era?
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    Shirt for formal white tie

    This is not entirely relevant, but what shoes do you where with white tie. I am not anxious to by pumps but am curious if that is what is normally done. I never noticed bows on Fred Astaire's shoes burlap never looked that closely. From what I already own I could go with patent leather lace ups...
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    Pleated pants

    I am making my own pants and was wondering if single forward pleats were ever acceptable during the golden era? I have seen tons of flat fronts and double pleats but am wondering what the downside would be of leaving out the second smaller pleat.
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    waistcoat+suit colors

    I've always like the pairing of cream coloured waistcoats with darker jackets, but when I see them online they are far more often than not linen which I always assume is strictly a warm weather material. Would it be odd to pair such with heavier materials off season, or even tweed? I know Saint...
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    1920s Norfolk jacket

    Regardding the Norfolk Jackets, I came across this one linked below and was wondering how it would be dated. From the pictures I saw there was no union label and I was unsure exactly what to read into the lapel and the style of lining of the coat. So what era does this jacket look to be from...
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    cuffs on trousers

    I am a tall fellow by most standards and wear my trousers a good couple inches above my navel with suits. The thing is that a recent suit I purchased with double forward pleated trousers doesn't have enough material for me to put any real cuff on them without dropping the trousers down from...
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    Gittes sunglasses

    I was rewatching Chinatown recently and took notice of JJ gittes' sunglasses. They aren't typical aviators as the lenses look to be a bit more on the rounded side. If anyone could give me any advice as to what type of glasses these are it would be much appreciated. I don't really know how to...

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