waistcoat

Hi all, I recently got this nice waistcoat from Walker Slater: https://www.walkerslater.com/edward-tweed-back-waistcoat As someone who doesn’t wear suit jackets I much prefer my waistcoats to have a regular cloth / non-shiny back like this one. I’m having trouble locating alternatives to...

Hello everyone! I've been wearing vintage now for a while yet there are still some items missing in my wardrobe. I am based in Europe, 6'4 and i wear 38'' chest and 32'' waist (usually 38L due to my hight). So if you got the item that im after dont be shy to send me a PM with details! Im...

I’ve a ball this summer, and have been looking for white tie. I’m rather small (approximately 26–8 in waist unless I have a porterhouse or something to myself) which poses something of a difficulty. So far, I’ve found a coat and even trousers of sufficiently high rise; I’ve a bow tie for subfusc...

Hi everyone. Does anyone happen to know when duck egg blue and other pastel colors became popular as waistcoat colors with morning dress? Have they been around a long time or is it a relatively recent trend?

Christopher New, a designer-retailer, sold brightly coloured embroidered and printed shirts to all sorts from his green, red and blue emporium in Dean Street, London in the '80s and '90s. He is now the Senior Lecturer of Menswear and Fashion Program Coordinator at the renowned Central Saint...

Dear fellow Fedora lounge members, I have a question, for which I wasn't able to find a proper sartorial answer in my beloved Apparel Arts or Esquire drawings :-) When wearing a classic double breasted dinner jacket during autumn/winter time, what is the proper waist covering? I dislike the...

Hi all, Does anyone have any ideas about this waistcoat? It's backless, so must be post-1923 (though I think it's probably much later than that anyway), it has what looks like would have originally been four buttons for a slip (only one remains) and the buckle reads 'SOLIDE'. Thanks!

I'm probably never actually going to NEED to know, but I'm curious as to whether or not a classic black evening waistcoat would be considered permissible with Full Evening Dress/White Tie. I heard somewhere that it was allowed in the Victorian era, but that it went out of fashion after 1901.