Vintage Menswear book

[The Wiser Hatter]

vintage-menswear book by Douglas Gunn and Roy Lucket

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Looks like a book right up the lounge's alley.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yes The Vintage Showroom is certainly the best of the current crop of London vintage shops.

That might even be the Norfolk jacket hbk is going on about.

 

[herringbonekid]

That might even be the Norfolk jacket hbk is going on about.

no, the one i was talking about had a buckle on the belt, and not those unusual cuffs.


wonder what the writing is like ?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I'll be down that way likely on Friday afternoon. I'm sure there'll be a sample copy in the shop! I'll also have a look-see if the Norfolk is still there …

 

[CircuitRider]

vintage-menswear book by Douglas Gunn and Roy Lucket



Per order on Amazon

Looks like a book right up the lounge's alley.

Guess styles do repeat themselves.That Blue, white, and black jacket upper left actually looks somewhat 1980's...like something Crockett would wear in Miami Vice.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

That's a boating jacket.

 

[Tomasso]

that's a boating blazer.

ftfy

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Well, there is a sample book in the shop. It's really excellent, very much in the Rin Tanaka line of things. Very nice indeed.

bk

p.s. hbk, I think that jacket is still there. I'm still not entirely sure we're on the same page, but the old one I was thinking about is still there. Whether it's the one you were talking about, I'm not sure.

 

[herringbonekid]

thanks Baron. i'll have a look at the book next time i'm in London. (haven't seen Rin Tanaka's books). only downside i can see is that there might be quite a bit in it i have little interest in, e.g. leather, mountaineering, military etc.

my ideal would be a book on British menswear 1900-50s focussing purely on the developmental trends within everyday menswear.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yeah, this is more an overview of all the great stuff the vintage showroom have stashed up in their "invitation only" lair.

bk

 

[herringbonekid]

another menswear book out soon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Menswear-Vi...-Archive/dp/185124378X/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp

you can see some photos from inside on Permanent Style blog.

 

[Two Types]

only downside i can see is that there might be quite a bit in it i have little interest in, e.g. leather, mountaineering, military etc.

I had a look: super rare military gear (japanese navy uniforms anyone?); wrecked denim; foresters jackets from the Harz mountains and so on. Anything and everything rare and unusual.
Don't expect a gallery of close up details of british belt-backs 1935 to 1938.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

There is another "The Vintage Showroom" book coming out, or out, too. It's called "The Showroom", I think, and in softcover. Has a picture of a buffalo on the front.

 

[herringbonekid]

There is another "The Vintage Showroom" book coming out, or out, too. It's called "The Showroom", I think, and in softcover. Has a picture of a buffalo on the front.

have you seen inside that one ?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I didn't look into it, but there's a browsing copy in the store. TT?

 

[Two Types]

There were some copies in the store, but they all appeared to be wrapped. I didn't have the energy to ask if i could open a copy since I was still reeling from the £75 price tag on the Tootal scarves (and the £25 price tag for the Tootal Boys Red Indian tie that was dirty, frayed and had a couple of holes in it).

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yes, I suspect most people enter the Vintage Showroom in jaunty mood, but leave reeling. The prices are, errrr, high.

I'm assured that the stuff they have in there is the tip of the iceberg. Their very bet stuff is not for sale, only for study or rental. Much bigger market … Ralph Lauren's researchers are big spenders to get into their warehouse to study.

 

[Chasseur]

my ideal would be a book on British menswear 1900-50s focussing purely on the developmental trends within everyday menswear.

Man that would be a wonderful book!

 

[Two Types]

Man that would be a wonderful book!

Guess who he keeps telling to write it?

 

[herringbonekid]

TT, you could use these two recent publications to point out (to a publisher) the current hunger for vintage menswear books !