Unusual 4-button belt back jacket with double breast pockets.

[Mario]

Beats me...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...akeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

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[Two Types]

That's rather nice. I imagine that should fetch a good price.

 

[Tomasso]

Maybe it's the wasp waist that's putting me off on this one.

 

[herringbonekid]

a near identical one sold a couple of months ago:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?76373-Belted-back-we-can-fight-over

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Looking at the liner type (heavy twill viscose or silk) and internal pocket configuration, I'd be betting this is a British jacket.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

 

[herringbonekid]

Baron, if you look at the listing of the previous one that sold it had a Los Angeles label.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Ah yes. Odd interior pocket arrangement for an American jacket.

 

[Fastuni]

The fact that there is an identical jacket that sold some time before, reinforces my guess that this was indeed a sort of uniform.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Vintage-1920s-1930s-BELTED-BACK-Suit-Jacket-/161227599848

 

[Two Types]

This one has exactly the same marking on the sleeve lining as the example that sold a few months ago. If you look closely on this photo ...

... you can just see the faint wording that say 'Warner Brothers Wardrobe Department'.

Here's the earlier one:

 

[DamianM]

Not a uniform. Just a style of jacket probably from the mid 20s-early 1930s. The los angeles Labeled jacket belonged to lucky cat.
https://www.etsy.com/transaction/194218725?

It was a good style that was very prominent in the 20s. See old Ad scans and you will find them a lot.
They would come as sports suits and or with breeches. A great sports wear suit.

 

[Hyena Stomp]

Not a uniform. Just a style of jacket probably from the mid 20s-early 1930s. The los angeles Labeled jacket belonged to lucky cat.
https://www.etsy.com/transaction/194218725?

This one now belongs to me!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

As in the previous thread, this is my thought too.

Not a uniform. Just a style of jacket probably from the mid 20s-early 1930s.

 

[Two Types]

This one now belongs to me!

Have you posted photos of it on the FL? i'd be interested to see it 'in action'. What do you wear it with? I ask because the four button front and the sever styling gives it quite a formal look.

 

[Fastuni]

This one has a even more civilian cut (3 buttons and a rounded front cut) and is an uniform.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-30s-193...fficer-42-Long-Union-Made-NRA-/151151621122?p

The square front and four buttons make it distinctly more uniformish in appearance.
I would appreciate examples of ads showing these kind of suits (particularly with breeches) as civilian sports-clothes.
Not saying that there were no civilian sport suits of this kind but this particular cut and colour invoke for me chauffeurs, private guards or law enforcement.

 

[herringbonekid]

from the 20s catalogues i have this jacket most closely resembles the 'motorcycle outfits' that came with matching breeches. they often had four flapped pockets, or Norfolk straps front and back, though usually they were in drab cord. i've also never seen a four button sports jacket from the 20s.

 

[herringbonekid]

... or early 30s.

 

[Two Types]

There's something about the cut that reminds me of hunting coats (four button front, narrow waist, wide skirt). Maybe they were an American attempt to make a hunting coat for the fashionable man?

 

[Hyena Stomp]

Have you posted photos of it on the FL? i'd be interested to see it 'in action'. What do you wear it with? I ask because the four button front and the sever styling gives it quite a formal look.

Haven't posted any photos yet; it needs a little bit of work before I can wear it out (needs a bottom button and buttons on the cuffs), but I'll have to see what to wear it with... I'll have to go through old catalogs an illustrations to see what'd work; the fact that it is black also lends a formal vibe. (Though I tried it on with a boater hat, and it looks perfect with it! )

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Light blue trousers, maybe with some contrasting flocking, work very well with this kind of fabric.