Show us your suits

[Matt Deckard]

It's a bit short as you said. i think it looks very much like a boys suit unless you are going for the 1920's look... then it's fine.

 

[MrBern]

VERY slim. Youre right, if you chopped 2 inches off the break , it'd be tres ThomBrowne.
IMHO, youre at the right age & build to pull off the look w/o appearing to have outgrown your suit.

 

[Jovan]

I like it a LOT.

Unfasten that bottom button!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I think it looks very much like a boys suit ...

I agree ... and one reason for this is that the buttons are too big for the jacket. Mr. Rover, you might want to get slightly smaller buttons; they will make a world of difference.


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[Mr. Rover]

Haha I went through the day varying how I buttoned it- a few hours with the top, a few with just the bottom, a few with both. Actually, the lapel rolls all the way down to the bottom button naturally.
Marc, I honestly don't get enough wear out of this suit to justify changing the buttons. Besides, it would take away from the deadstockiness of it.
I quite like the boyish aesthetic of it- short jacket, shortish sleeves. Even the shirt I wore today is a 50s arrow shirt with size 14 collar (I wear a 14 3/4-15 nowadays). The bigger buttons just add to that aesthetic. I think I'll wear a newsboy cap with this suit next time.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Hey, if you're happy, I'm happy. Cheers! :cheers1:

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[herringbonekid]

Unfasten that bottom button!

no don't.

how about a straw boater to round off the 20s boyish look ?

 

[Mr. Rover]

Perhaps, perhaps- but this suit is definitely NOT made for boater weather. Maybe in the early spring when it's still a bit nippy....

 

[slicedbread]

If that's the boys suit aesthetic...I want a boys suit.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

If that's the boys' suit aesthetic...

Actually, it really is. (Preteen) boys' suits, small as they were, often had men's suit buttons, which looked large in proportion.

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[The real Henry]

What do you think? A steal?

I already have a vintage navy pinstripe DB suit, but for that price I couldn't resist!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...R40&satitle=+200102165684%09&category0=&fvi=1


Regards,
Henrik

 

[reetpleat]

What do you think? A steal?

I already have a vintage navy pinstripe DB suit, but for that price I couldn't resist!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...R40&satitle=+200102165684%09&category0=&fvi=1


Regards,
Henrik

A real steal indeed. The seller may well have been bummed. But heck, twenty bucks is better than nothing.

 

[The real Henry]

A real steal indeed. The seller may well have been bummed. But heck, twenty bucks is better than nothing.

THAT's not my problem!


I also remember that Botany 500 wasn't the worst back than!


Regards,
Henrik

 

[Alan Eardley]

cooperative wholesale society sold suits? bespoke suits?

bk

Baron

Yes indeed - and shoes, from their factory at Heckmondwike in Yorkshire. They even made and sold sporting wear. The 'Stanley Matthews' range of football ('soccer') boots sold literally millions when I were a lad. The great man himself wore them playing for Blackpool from 1950, in the famous 1953 FA Cup Final, and until his last game for Stoke City in 1965.

Alan

 

[slicedbread]

Actually, it really is. (Preteen) boys' suits, small as they were, often had men's suit buttons, which looked large in proportion.

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I see...So is there much of a difference between a small men's and a preteen suit?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

So is there much of a difference between a small men's and a preteen suit?

The main difference is that preteen suits from the '30s and before had short pants or knickers (or both!), instead of long trousers.

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[Jovan]

Presumably so their legs wouldn't grow too long for trousers?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Another you guys have seen on a mannequin. This one from quite a while ago. Dated 12-3-46 and made for Mr. A. Schlecher, maker unknown.

The suit/shirt/tie combo.

bk

 

[slicedbread]

i LOVE brown suits...

 

[Feraud]

The Baron has the best suits!