Show us your suits

[Dagwood]

Looking at properties of the photo it is held on Flikr, and work have banned that!

Photos not from Flickr. It's from Imageshack. Isn't there a difference?

I agree with the above statements - I did feel like I was wearing a T**m B**w* suit.

 

[mike]

But, but, it's an award winning look.

Dagwood I think you're beating yourself up over it, it looks good! I'd say it looks like half a size too small but not comically small like the above suit!
Also, did you win that 3 piece blue vintage brooks brothers suit....? I'd love to see some pictures of THAT!

 

[benstephens]

Yes, how interesting. Onmy home computer it is indeed imageshack, on my work pc the properties were flickr.

I feel a conspiracy theory in the making........

I still can not see it at home,but that is because we have not 'unlocked' our vodaphone account yet!

Ben

 

[donCarlos]

But, but, it's an award winning look.

Please, don´t do this again! I nearly had a heart attack! My god, is on the wall written "fashion awards"? Once again and I´ll jump out of the window.

 

[Johnny B]

I found a suit that fits finally!

25 bucks in a Toronto thrift shop- 46R. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't quite take a good picture so here are the only two I took that I even like

My casual hand placement makes it look like I'm gripping it for all it's worth

It's an absolutely once in a lifetime catch. All wool, made here in Canada, high waisted, everything.

The other one is a cotton/linen 30s military style (Luftwaffe) for the summer. Did someone say French Cuffs? Hell yeah, that's a booyeah

Too bad it's too hot to wear anything other than shorts and a tshirt

 

[thunderw21]

1970s 3-piece "seersucker". It's actually linen, not seersucker but it looks very similar. Definitely not polyester.

In wear.

Modern Brooks Brothers tweed in herringbone.

 

[Tomasso]

Great suit!

Who's the maker? And, could you please show a closeup of the fabric?

 

[thunderw21]

Who's the maker? And, could you please show a closeup of the fabric?

Sure thing.

The fabric:

The one and only tag:

This suit came from my great great-grandfather's haberdashery.

 

[Feraud]

I grabbed this image from dhermann's Governors Island post.
Your truly in a Brooks Bros. belt back playing bocci.

 

[thunderw21]

Cool! Got any pics of the back?

 

[Feraud]

No pics of the back yet. I will update the thread when I get 'em.

 

[peterhelm]

I bought this jacket two weeks ago. When I came home I heard the store I bought it burned down just 30 minutes after I left....

Inside I found a tag ; M. Spits Amsterdam. Machielse 13 feb 1934

Regards,
Peter

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Nice. Is it a tuxedo jacket or a black SBPL?

bk

 

[peterhelm]

a black SBPL

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Just the jacket, or with the other piece(s)? You'll find it very versatile as an odd jacket.

bk

 

[peterhelm]

It's only the jacket. I tried to ask a lady in the store if there were trousers with it, but she didn't know. If there were, they are lost in the fire now...

 

[thunderw21]

I bought this jacket two weeks ago. When I came home I heard the store I bought it burned down just 30 minutes after I left....

Wow, talk about timing. Too bad to hear about that but glad you and that jacket made a safe escape before it started.

 

[splatt]

OK...not generally big on the suit thing so this is pretty much what i have hanging on the rack at the moment:

• My first black suit from the late 1980's. The pants are like balloons at the top and really narrow at the bottom and look like they should be worn by Vanilla Ice or MC Hammer, but the jacket is really comfortable and is identifiable immediately as a 1980's cut...which i don't actually mind
• An Italian suit (with medium length jacket) that i bought for a wedding in the mid 1990's which is not to bad, but i haven't worn it for years [huh]
• One off-the-rack late 1990's or early 2000's "business suit"...which i really don't like, but had to buy for work reasons and that i have refused to wear for years :rage:
• A sort of modern military/gothic medium length jacket that i bought for some reason nearly two years ago and have only worn once [huh]
• I have an amazing white linen suit which i had made for me in Singapore in around 2003 (by Sir Master Tailor) when i spent a bit of time hanging out at the Raffles Hotel. I don't get to wear it very often but i absolutely adore it
• My favourite jacket is a $500 white jacket i bought at Skin Deep about two years ago and is in my opinion...spectacular

I'll take some photos this weekend.


As i said, i'm not that big a suit sort of person (i only just realised i currently own 6 suits while putting this post together), but having had a look through all 150 pages of this thread in the last day, i'd have to say that you guys have all shown some truly brilliant vintage suits which is slowly tipping me over, so i spent part of yesterday checking out a favourite store of mine :eusa_doh:

Now...depending on how well the pants fit (the jacket is a perfect fit), i may or may not be buying my first vintage suit tomorrow.

No photos but a quick description from memory would be...its a dark brown colour, single breasted (but made with only one button which i thought strange), has suspender attachments, is manufactured out of a medium weight wool and was made in Hungary in the 1940's. It's in very good condition but unfortunately it has no waistcoat which is something i was hoping for

The other option is an adorable blue pin-stripe (not sure if it was single or double breasted) from the 1950's with the only tag on it being from the Myer Emporium. The pants didn't appear to be in great condition but i will check them again tomorrow.

I've also spotted an over-coat made by the Leviathan Clothing Company who were housed in the impressive Leviathan Clothing Store in the heart of Melbourne in the early 1900's...once again, this one will get a closer look tomorrow as well

 

[BellyTank]

Fascinating! I spent a half hour checking this guy out. Here's his company's Web site:

http://www.savoydressmaker.com/

You've seen this site then..?

http://www.the30sstyle.com/

This is Hideki Okisaka.


B
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[WH1]

This is a suit I inherited from my father-in-law. It is italian made, 100% wool, not sure what vintage, probably early to mid-80's. It has been sitting in an upstairs closet for the last 2 years and I had never even thought to try it on until today. I think it is a pretty good fit.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/wh1fedora/PICT1219.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/wh1fedora/PICT1217.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/wh1fedora/PICT1213-1.jpg