The REVERSE peaked lapel

[Jerekson]

What?

The other day I was watching a movie on TCM, and we go to a commercial break. This commercial comes up for some sort of car dealership - a guy comes on screen, shouting: "an oh-six Ford Mustang for forty-nine-fifty" etc. etc.

He was wearing this really tacky turqoise-colored suit, and it had REVERSE peaked lapels. Inverted. Upside-down.

I, for one, have never even come close to seeing this.

Is this a major feat, or am I just a noob who doesn't know jack about suits yet?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

looks to be harking back to the 70s, or maybe it was a 70s suit. Some of the safari jackets as i recall had similar collars. A bit like the collars on some overcoats that were popular in the early 50s and late 30s.

bk

 

[shindeco]

I vaguely remember seeing a picture of Frank Sinatra in the 40s wearing a two-tone Hollywood jacket with lapels like that. Unfortunately, I have NO idea where I saw the pictures...[huh]

 

[Baron Kurtz]

you're right, hollywood jackets often had that collar, too. I forgot about them.

bk

 

[Flitcraft]

Sort of cut more like a shirt collar, but on a jacket.
Some "slouch" jackets from the 50's had collars like that.
In "To Catch A Thief", some of the younger French policemen wear jackets like that, so it was a fairly international look, albeit a very casual one.

 

[The real Henry]

Here in Germany you can indentify 1970s suit very easy, because most of them had four button jackets with such collars.

In one word: UGLY!!!


Regards,
Henrik

 

[Flitcraft]

Amen, Brother!

 

[Jovan]

There are a number of pre-1970s overcoats I've seen with this feature.