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Ghos7a55assin,
Good pictures, lots of style. For the umbrella though, http://www.foxumbrellas.co.uk/acatalog/shop.html might prove interesting, and the umbrella should be rolled all the way.

 

[Bernard Newman]

Thank you, Marc.
I'll post pictures when it arrives.

 

[Alan Eardley]

Wonderful pictures Ghos7a55assin!

Here a pictures of my first vintage suit from the bay.
It's a Botanny 500. Does anyone know something about this brand?

Botany 500 is the material, not the tailor. There may be another labels somewhere. Probably British.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Botany 500 is the material.

Nope. It was (and still is) a menswear label: first suits and outerwear, then ties, and now lots of things ...


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[Baron Kurtz]

Naaah, Botany was a company. I have a number of their ties from the 30s.

bk

 

[BellyTank]

Movie Credit...

"Mr. X's wardrobe by Botany 500".
Seen loads of those.

BT

 

[Briscoeteque]

"Mr. X's wardrobe by Botany 500".
Seen loads of those.

BT

Dick Van Dyke on the Dick Van Dyke show, who also happens to be one of my fashion icons.

Edit: Darren too? Didn't know that one! Too bad I know Rod Serling's suits were made my Kuppenheimer, stopping this from being my triple crown of late 50's-early 60's stuff. Well, it would have to be Dick York though. Bewitched is sometimes a painful show to watch, because while it started off with some of my favorite styles, it got too groovy too quick.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Bontany 500 suits were worn by "Darren" in Bewitched and by Richard Dawson in Family Feud.

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[The Duke]

I have some cufflinks made by Botany 500.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Speaking (a page ago) about Gary Cooper's suit, here's one (not mine) with the same shape of lapel. A beauty from about 1940:

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[manton]

I actually like the second one better. The lapel is wider than Cooper's, the gorge higher, the collar has a better shape, and the roll is a hair lower.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I feel the same way. I think this suit is slightly older than Cooper's.

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[manton]

What's the cloth? Does not look like a typical flannel, nor really like a worsted Donegal.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I've seen this cloth in other suits from the '20s-'50s. It's tricky to describe: nubby but not at all fuzzy; feels slightly sandpapery to the touch; breathable in a "Palm Beach Cloth" sort of way. May well have some mohair in it.

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[manton]

I've seen this cloth in other suits from the '20s-'50s. It's tricky to describe: nubby but not at all fuzzy; feels slightly sandpapery to the touch; breathable in a "Palm Beach Cloth" sort of way. May well be a mohair blend. .

Mohair is usually not nubby. It's interesting, from the picture, I would have pegged the weight as being pretty heavy, not at all Palm Beach. Maybe it's a heavy fresco with some flecking from lighter colored yarns in the weft? I have a piece of 15 ounce fresco like that, a little daker and less flecked, but similar. I don't know what the hell I am going to do with it. I can't get around the notion that I will roast in 15 ounce cloth in summer no matter how porous it is.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Yes, this fabric is slightly nubby, or perhaps I should say "pebbly".


Here's the cloth from a '30s jacket of mine. Perhaps not as thickly woven, but the same texture:

And here's the jacket itself:

 

[Wild Root]

Looks like a tweed to me... that's what I'd call it. And if it had Mohair in it, it would be a little more soft then 100% wool.

Looks like a nice late 30's "Salt & Pepper" tweed.

Oh, by the way, that's a nice Belted back coat you posted too.

=WR=

 

[Baron Kurtz]

weave seems wrong for a tweed.

Nice to see you back, Root. Been a while ...

bk

 

[Wild Root]

Thanks BK, I've just been busy with stuff and what not.

The first coat Marc posted... the close up really looks tweedish to me... I guess I'm the only one? I have a pair of pants that are the same kind of fabric, they hang great and are tough... kind of sand paperish to the touch... just like that coat... I've always thought they were tweed... just a different kind of such.

=WR=

 

[benstephens]

Hello,

I am new here, have been lurking for quite a long time. I live in England and collect vintage clothing. Suits (As it seems for everyone) are my particular favourite.

I have quite a few now, all English 30s and 40s, so I thought I would begin by posting a few on here. I do apologise for my photo's they are not brilliant, I will try and get some better ones, perhaps with me wearing them (I am a bit camera shy!) I have quite a few more, so will get around to posting them as well.

The first suit was tailored by Hawes and Curtis in Jermyn Street on the 17th of Jan 1936. It is an interesting tweed, with a double rear vent at the back, and extremely high waist trousers.

The nest was tailored by Perkins, Sandon and Hepburn Limited (Bond Street) in 1938. It is a large check, has a small belt on the back of the trousers, and the leg is not overly wide, as I believe became popular for a short while in 1938.

The next suit, was tailored by Benson and Clegg in 1939. Lovely grey fleck material, very well made. Wide leg, slim cut.

The next suit is a post war one, tailored in 1947 by Jarvis and Hamiliton, Savile Row. It is exquisite, lightweight material, silk linings etc. Cut in a very similar way to a 1930s suit.

Many Thanks

Ben