Show off the sports coats.

[dh66]

unfortunately yes... it's a 37R. fits me perfectly but i never wear it.

You should! It's a great looking coat, and the tones would lend themselves well to a wide range of trouser colors.

 

[Two Types]

HBK: lovely jacket. I don't think you'll have any problem finding a good home for it.

 

[HamilcarBarca3]

Just purchased this one on the 'bay. Claims to be a 20s or 30s jacket but looking at some details like the short vent and the lapels makes me think 50s or 60s. Still, the HF label is different looking than a few HF jackets I have from the 50s.

 

[Hyena Stomp]

^I saw that one, it's nice. That slanted pocket makes it look very 20s, if not earlier.

 

[Papperskatt]

I saw that one too, and I think that it's actually older than the 20s. The very high buttoning point makes me think edwardian.

EDIT: I'll happily buy it from you if you change your mind.

 

[Guttersnipe]

Check out the backwards sloping angle of the shoulder seams; this detail indicates a much earlier construction date than the 1960s, '30s or even '20s. However, the smoking gun is text of label. Hickey Freeman dropped the ampersand from its name sometime before WWI.

 

[The Good]

That's a very nice sports coat. It may be older than the 1920s, an antique in fact, yet it would still work with modern clothing. The detail of shorter rather than longer vents is something I like. Could it be 1890s or 1900s?

 

[Two Types]

A very early jacket - good find. And the condition looks splendid. Those buttons are really widely spaced.

 

[herringbonekid]

Hickey Freeman dropped the ampersand from its name sometime before WWI.

Could it be 1890s or 1900s?

i'd go with 1910-14.

here's a jacket with similarly wide-spaced buttons. no date, but looks later than the jacket above as the top button isn't as high.

 

[HamilcarBarca3]

Wow, awesome! Here I thought it might have been a 60s jacket But then the sack jackets of that time have their roots with old turn of the century jackets. Thanks for the clarification, guys.

And Papperskatt, if I'm dissatisfied with the jacket you'll be the first to know

 

[herringbonekid]

Here I thought it might have been a 60s jacket But then the sack jackets of that time have their roots with old turn of the century jackets.

i'm sure that lots of Edwardian - early 20s suits have been mis-listed over the years as early 60s.
i haven't been dedicated enough an ebay hunter to search them out. :eusa_doh:

 

[Papperskatt]

And Papperskatt, if I'm dissatisfied with the jacket you'll be the first to know

:cheers1:

 

[HamilcarBarca3]

Jacket arrived today! :eeek:

Is this the way it's meant to be button?

 

[HamilcarBarca3]

Also found this really cool detail on the vents.

 

[The Good]

Nice! I wish one of my tweed sports coats had the same button feature on the vent, as it sometimes flares out too much. I think that double vents are much better for me.

 

[Papperskatt]

Is this the way it's meant to be button?

I think that it's probably meant to only be buttoned with the top button.

 

[herringbonekid]

Jacket arrived today! :eeek:

nice jacket. IMHO it needs to be worn with the right accessories of it's era, to get the best out of it.

I think that it's probably meant to only be buttoned with the top button.

in this photo:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?75566-Suits-Pre-1920&p=1817052&viewfull=1#post1817052

... the jackets are being worn in virtually every buttoning configuration you can imagine.
i don't think that those early 1900s jackets were cut to be worn with only the top button fastened; rather, the fastening of the top button only was simply a faddish way of wearing them.

 

[Papperskatt]

in this photo:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?75566-Suits-Pre-1920&p=1817052&viewfull=1#post1817052

... the jackets are being worn in virtually every buttoning configuration you can imagine.
i don't think that those early 1900s jackets were cut to be worn with only the top button fastened; rather, the fastening of the top button only was simply a faddish way of wearing them.

Good point.

However, at least some jackets were indeed designed to be buttoned only at the top button, as showcased by 509 in this illustration (albeit from 1918).

 

[herringbonekid]

interesting... i wonder if that's because it's for 'stout' men ? it still appears that the rest of the buttons could easily be closed.

here's another wide-spaced-button jacket with all buttons fastened:

 

[Papperskatt]

it still appears that the rest of the buttons could easily be closed.

I think that's comparable with modern suit jackets. The bottom button can easily be buttoned, but that doesn't mean that it should as the jacket is designed for it to be left open.

Another example of a wide-spaced 3 button jacket worn with all buttons closed:


(A young Winston Churchill with his mother)

With that said, I now retract my statement that it should be worn with only the top button buttoned. Wear it however you think looks best.