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My sweetheart Tom and I are going on holiday in early May to Long Beach and then to Catalina Island on 5/11 for the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles' Avalon Ball. I was going through my own vintage togs looking for what I might bring along for the trip. Thought it would be nice to look for something vintage or vintage-inspired for Tom for this trip, as his birthday is in mid-May.
I decided to pull out a few of Tom's hawaiian/tropical printed cotton and rayon shirts. Talked with Marc C. a bit regarding 40s high waisted pants possibilities. He gave me some great information, and I snagged a vintage-inspired RL linen pair on the evilBay. Decided to also drop over to my favourite vintage dealers, Roberto and Jula Isola of City Vintage in South San Francisco and see what they might have.
Ended finding Tom a terrific sage green pair of gabardine hollywood waist pants, the colour perfectly matches a green in the print of one of the shirts, a cotton. I bought them and took them home, not quite sure how T. would react to the colour. He took one look at them matched up with the shirt, and said he loved it! These look like a million bucks on, the style and drape is very elegant. The label says "Society Brand Sportswear".
I asked Roberto what other colour would pair well with the sage green, knowing that colour combinations were different back in the day than what we currently see. He said brown. Tom has another rayon tropical print shirt that is a tone on tone brown, it looks fantastic with these trousers.
There was a second pair in the same style, same size in a really unique midnight blue/black fabric with a fancy weave. These will pair well with another of his print shirts, a rayon version. The weave of the pants and the colour will be especially nice to wear out in the evening. Going back to pick these up as well.
Pictures to follow...
I decided to pull out a few of Tom's hawaiian/tropical printed cotton and rayon shirts. Talked with Marc C. a bit regarding 40s high waisted pants possibilities. He gave me some great information, and I snagged a vintage-inspired RL linen pair on the evilBay. Decided to also drop over to my favourite vintage dealers, Roberto and Jula Isola of City Vintage in South San Francisco and see what they might have.
Ended finding Tom a terrific sage green pair of gabardine hollywood waist pants, the colour perfectly matches a green in the print of one of the shirts, a cotton. I bought them and took them home, not quite sure how T. would react to the colour. He took one look at them matched up with the shirt, and said he loved it! These look like a million bucks on, the style and drape is very elegant. The label says "Society Brand Sportswear".
I asked Roberto what other colour would pair well with the sage green, knowing that colour combinations were different back in the day than what we currently see. He said brown. Tom has another rayon tropical print shirt that is a tone on tone brown, it looks fantastic with these trousers.
There was a second pair in the same style, same size in a really unique midnight blue/black fabric with a fancy weave. These will pair well with another of his print shirts, a rayon version. The weave of the pants and the colour will be especially nice to wear out in the evening. Going back to pick these up as well.
Pictures to follow...
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