G'Day Gentlemen,
Given my woeful lack of knowledge of vintage clothing, I'm hoping that some of you can assist me in dating a few finds I made while trawling through the 'opp shops' (as thrift shops are known 'down under') in Hobart, Tasmania.
I managed to eliminate many of the jackets based on materials or brand names, but there are a few oddballs I'm unsure about, and may be 'vintage' finds.
The first up is a Thornproof Tweed, made by a famous local tailor, Bidencope. According to a short history:
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10038b.htm
Bidencope started the shop in the 1850's, developed a good reputation, and it was sold by his grandsons in 1977. I can find nothing more than that, but there is nothing about the tailor shop on the internet, so even if the buyers continued with the name, they stopped before 1996 (or so).
Here's the jacket from the front. Please forgive the photography. I'm new to the iPhone:
One of the Bidencope tag:
And one indicating that the material is North Irish thornproof tweed.
Overall this jacket seems well made compared to the others I saw today (I must have seen nearly 50 throughout the city).
Does anyone have any guesses as to the vintage of this jacket? It's only $12, so even if I got it 'wrong', I wouldn't be out a lot of money.
Cheers,
- SteveN
Given my woeful lack of knowledge of vintage clothing, I'm hoping that some of you can assist me in dating a few finds I made while trawling through the 'opp shops' (as thrift shops are known 'down under') in Hobart, Tasmania.
I managed to eliminate many of the jackets based on materials or brand names, but there are a few oddballs I'm unsure about, and may be 'vintage' finds.
The first up is a Thornproof Tweed, made by a famous local tailor, Bidencope. According to a short history:
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/AS10038b.htm
Bidencope started the shop in the 1850's, developed a good reputation, and it was sold by his grandsons in 1977. I can find nothing more than that, but there is nothing about the tailor shop on the internet, so even if the buyers continued with the name, they stopped before 1996 (or so).
Here's the jacket from the front. Please forgive the photography. I'm new to the iPhone:
One of the Bidencope tag:
And one indicating that the material is North Irish thornproof tweed.
Overall this jacket seems well made compared to the others I saw today (I must have seen nearly 50 throughout the city).
Does anyone have any guesses as to the vintage of this jacket? It's only $12, so even if I got it 'wrong', I wouldn't be out a lot of money.
Cheers,
- SteveN
