Vintage-style Navy Linen DB suit, 40R

[Orgetorix]

I bought this a year or so ago thinking I'd lose enough weight to get into it, but it hasn't happened yet. It's a great navy linen double-breasted suit with faux mother-of-pearl buttons. It has great vintage-styled lapels and fairly high-waisted trousers, and the overall look is one of classic Golden Era elegance. As is it works great as a casual summer suit and the jacket is great by itself as a blazer with white trousers; change the buttons out for dark ones and you'd have a great summer suit that would work for everything from fairly formal to casual summer occasions.

Size isn't marked; I estimate it as 40R, but please see the measurements below for specifics.
Chest: 44"
Jacket waist: 39"
Length from bottom of collar: 30 3/4"
Shoulders: 18 1/2"
Sleeves: 24" with maybe 1" to let down

Trouser waist: 34" with 2" to let out
Outseam: 40"
Inseam: 29" with nothing to let down without losing cuffs
19" cuff circumference
1 1/4" cuff width

$50 shipped in the continental US. Paypal only. PM me if you're interested.

 

[Marcus]

I'll take it!

 

[Gene]

Damn, beat me to it!!!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It's a dead ringer for a 1980s/early '90s Polo Ralph Lauren suit. Well done!

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[Orgetorix]

Sold pending payment.

 

[Marcus]

Damn, beat me to it!!!

If it doesn't work out for me somehow, I'll shoot you a message and move it on to you.

 

[Gene]

If it doesn't work out for me somehow, I'll shoot you a message and move it on to you.

sounds good!

Oh and Ogretrix, did you find it at Unique?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

I'd change the buttons for navy blue or black ones.

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[Marcus]

I'd change the buttons for navy blue or black ones.

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That's the plan.

 

[Marcus]

Marc,
What do you think about sporting a white fedora with this suit?

(Bartenders, please move if necessary)

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Marc, what do you think about sporting a white fedora with this suit?

(Bartenders, please move if necessary.)

I think it would work, since it's a summer weight suit. Also, a pair of white lace-up oxford shoes would look well with the hat. (In the '30s, it wasn't that uncommon for men to wear white shoes with darker-colored summer suits.)


Seen at the 1939 N.Y. World's Fair:

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[Orgetorix]

Oh and Ogretrix, did you find it at Unique?

Hard to remember, but I don't think so. I think this one came from The Clothes Horse.