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Hacking Jackets

Joan

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scotrace said:
The label is dated 1952.
That's a really beautiful jacket, Scotrace. I love the fabric.

Where do you find the date? My husband has a similar jacket (only two buttons, though), and I'm now realizing it might be cooler than I thought. :)
 

Ada Veen

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When I was a child and I used to ride I had the most beautifully fitted hacking jacket... I wonder where it went *sigh*
 

Joan

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Baron Kurtz said:
It has a tailor's label inside the inner pocket, 'pon which is written the date and name of customer.
Aha. Well, you gentlemen are way out of my league. This one says "Amalgamated Garment Workers of Canada" and no date. :eek:

I'll just sit here quietly and read and learn, then. Thank you, Baron. :)
 

Evan Everhart

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nobodyspecial said:
I've not heard the term 'hacking jacket' before. What constitutes a hacking jacket?

A hacking Jacket is the ancestor of the modern sport coat. It has either three or four buttons, shortish lapels usually sometimes rolling into the top button, it is single vented, has diagonally positioned hip pockets and may or may not have a so-called ticket pocket. The coat's body is based upon the standard sack coat as per the modern business suit's coat or sport coat in general though, the details really delineate it from either the sports coat or business suit's coat. The buttons are also usually spaced rather closely and set rather high so that even if the bottom button were fastened, it would not come too much below the natural waist while sitting so as to be comfortable and warm during riding in any weather. It can be made of various woolens as well as heavy cottons (not denim I should say), perhaps a bedford cord or something like that and, most traditionally, a lovely check of some sort. I have a wonderful one which I acquired recently and I posted a picture of myself wearing it on a new thread at http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=40822 By the by, Hacking Jackets do indeed count as Riding Apparel. Cheerio and Cheers!
 

benstephens

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Here is one of my vintage hacking jackets. It is a ginger harris tweed. You will notice the hacking jacket is fairly long which is the traditional style to have more of a skirt, as a lot of the catologues put it.

To quantify this, it was fora photo shoot, although I have been having the odd riding lesson so I can wear my vintage riding kit.

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Kindest Regards

Ben
 

benstephens

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Here are a couple more jackets. I have not managed to get a photo of me wearing them yet as I do not get a huge amount of chance to wear my riding gear.

This one is a late 1930s Horne Brothers jacket.

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This one is a a 1939 dated jacket from REGO Clothiers. It has an interesting feature in that the top pocket has a flap.

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Again, you will notice the length of the jacket skirt.

Kindest Regards

Ben
 

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