Safari type jacket with interesting back

[Two Types]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-1930s-Linen-4-Pocket-Belted-Tropical-Summer-Safari-Jacket-Man-O-Wear-42/290990350193?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D18190%26meid%3D2103102367821117898%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D8337%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D200972911887%26

 

[Baron Kurtz]

That is absolutely fantastic! I think a beach jacket rather than safari, but still!

 

[Two Types]

I once interviewed a bloke who bought a blue beach suit (described as similar to this) in Puerto Rico during WW2 (after his ship was sunk by an enemy submarine in the Atlantic). He wore it with a panama hat and spectators. He was seventeen years old and all he could think of was 'Wait till i get home to Kent (where he lived in a mining village) the girls will be well impressed by this outfit.'
Unfortunately he was sunk again on the way home and lost his treasured beach suit! So instead, he arrived home in a second hand suit from a seaman's mission in New York.

 

[herringbonekid]

yes, you won't see many panama hats in a mining village.

 

[Two Types]

You're right: He said that even the patterned American socks and boxer shorts were revolutionary in his village (so God knows what they thought of his pet monkey!).

 

[DamianM]

This one has been up for a long time and yet there is no budge on price or interest from people
A long long time.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

And yet bigger guys continue to bemoan the lack of good stuff in their sizes!

 

[Rudie]

It's because of the stubby sleeves, don't you know?

I would find plenty vintage stuff if only the sleeves weren't so darn short most of the time.

 

[herringbonekid]

has anyone ever seen a jacket with a single centre Norfolk strap that wasn't from the 20s ?

just wondering.

 

[Two Types]

The sleeve length wouldn't bother me: it's a beach jacket and could legitimately be worn with the sleeves rolled up to 3/4 length. I think it would look rather nice. I have a safari jacket and never wear the sleeves down:

 

[Baron Kurtz]

It's a box pleat on this jacket, rather than a Norfolk strap, surely? But maybe that's not your point?

has anyone ever seen a jacket with a single centre Norfolk strap that wasn't from the 20s ?

just wondering.

 

[herringbonekid]

BK, i mean it resembles the pseudo - Norfolk straps which stop at the belt seen on many 20s jackets.
purely decorative. i've never seen one on a 30s jacket before.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I agree it does look like that. I think it's a box pleat though. Maybe functional, maybe not. I think this because the closer-up shot of the lapels shows a single central seam in the back with no evidence of stitching to hold down a strap. There's also a central ripple on the "strap" on the rear view of the jacket, the centre of the box pleat.

I don't know. Does that label look 20s to you?

 

[herringbonekid]

BK, i'm not suggesting it's 20s... just wondering if anyone else has seen this centre strap / pleat on a 30s jacket. i bet Eddie Schave has.

(i'm pretty sure it's non-functional... if it opened it would open toward the body, and would be a bugger to close again).

 

[Tomasso]

I had a similar jacket but in cotton. It had barrel cuffs and flaps on the pockets. Same back with a functional box pleat. It was from Abercrombie & Fitch circa 1960

 

[herringbonekid]

there's a very similar one in the Free & Easy '30s-40s' catalogue made by Levis. they call it 40s but the buttons suggest 30s. no shots of the back though.