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[resortes805]

Here is a cuban sportcoat; I wouldn't be surprised if this once came from a suit.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Cool. Any date on that one, resortes?

 

[Fastuni]

Fantastic coat, resortes. To me it looks classically 30-40's... fabric, chest pocket, button stance, waist suppression... everything.

Except the lapels and collar... I'd venture a guess and say it was trimmed down (with new lapel buttonhole) during the late 50's or 60's.
Note also the stripe run on the lapels (though slightly wonky pattern matching is of course not necessarily an indication of alterations).

 

[resortes805]

Fantastic coat, resortes. To me it looks classically 30-40's... fabric, chest pocket, button stance, waist suppression... everything.

Except the lapels and collar... I'd venture a guess and say it was trimmed down (with new lapel buttonhole) during the late 50's or 60's.

That was my estimation. The shoulders were heavily padded also.

I also have a Palm Beach-esque double breasted coat from Panama, and some pics from a couple of 1950's Japanese suits that I have since sold. Right now I am working on a blog featuring a Hawaiian tailor made suit from the 1940s.

 

[Gin&Tonics]

All these nice silk/cotton jackets make me jealous. I REALLY want a linen or seersucker 3 piece suit for summer wear with some very classic sporty elements. Awesome finds, guys.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Pre-1933 Jacket – Walter Horne & Co, Suva Fiji.

This is an odd fish. This jacket is very much 1930s British in style and construction, and was made in far off Fiji, for Walter Horne & Co. of Suva. The fabric is a fantastically soft flannel with 2 different variants on the chalk stripe. I found the notice of liquidation of this company posted in the November 25th 1933 edition of the Brisbane Courier Mail (see last image, below), so presumably that gives a latest possible date for the jacket. Through the Fedora Lounge I was in touch with a descendant of the family, who told me that there was a major family dispute in the 1930s, and going by the wording of the liquidation notice, that would seem to tally. Without an exact date, I am settled on a date of “early 1930s” on this jacket. This jacket has a most wonderful label … One of the best I’ve seen, I think.

 

[Two Types]

Currently for sale on Ebay: dinner jacket made for a British Army colonel by the Army and Navy store in Bombay, 1938:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281082054962?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Exceedingly rare Japanese Western-style suit. Late 40s or Early 50s. No labels but sourced in Japan by the dealer I bought from. Remarkable rugged homespun fabric. More pics at my blog.

Lovely slubby fabric, and great liner for the double curtains.

 

[Two Types]

Well done. That is certainly a very unusual one. Your first Japanese suit, I presume?

I read your blog: how bad are the paint marks?

 

[herringbonekid]

interesting suit. looks like a 'linen effect' wool. that is, assuming it is wool and not heavy linen ?
(or some mixture of wool / cotton / linen ).

 

[Fastuni]

Lovely suit, Baron.

looks like a 'linen effect' wool. that is, assuming it is wool and not heavy linen ?
(or some mixture of wool / cotton / linen ).

Pretty certain it is "raw silk" (actually the rough leftovers from silk-production).
I have a pair of Indian trousers that have a rough slubby fabric that looks very similar.

 

[herringbonekid]

good call Fastuni. i would definitely add raw silk to the list of possible fabrics for this suit other than wool.

 

[scottyrocks]

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen suit waistcoats with the backing material extending around the front like that.

 

[Fastuni]

Scotty, are you referring to the jacket interior? I see no waistcoats posted on this thread... :confused2:

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I think he means waistbands. The backing material is made in typical double curtains. Very common in British suits. In this case the same material is used to cover the darts in the waist area, see the little columnar extensions from the bottom of the bottom "curtain".

I will burn test to see what it's made of.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yes. Japanese vintage is exceptionally rare, probably due to cultural cringe at old and secondhand among all but the hipsters. Plenty of old kimonos, of course, for sentimental and family respect reasons but suits (the Japanese stallholder agrees with me on this) tended to go into the rag bin or trash. (Sometimes turning up in vintage stores - see the chap's overcoat in the overcoats thread, found in Canada.) The only other thing I've got of any age is a Rotary Club tie sold by Mitsukoshi, probably in the late 40s.

Well done. That is certainly a very unusual one. Your first Japanese suit, I presume?

I read your blog: how bad are the paint marks?

You're a discerning man! The paint splatters are bright red and quite numerous down the trousers. I'll have to give it a go, but I think maybe only for the days I want to pull the hobo look. Possibly for the next Hemingway vintage car boot in March.

[EDIT] for everyone, I edited the initial post of this suit to add the pic of the back (second pic).

 

[esteban68]

That's very nice indeed, great cloth!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Burn test confirms that the Japanese suit is silk.

A new one cross posted from "1920s Suits" thread.

Cargill's of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Made 11-10-23 for H. V. Stroud. White wool twill lined in white silesia. Buttons are MOP.

No shoulder padding. Serious sleevehead wadding.

Facings extend into the upper chest and arm scye region of the shoulder, a feature that becomes more frequent as manufacture date goes backwards.

Skeleton Lined.

A piece of facing has been removed and replaced with silesia. The piece of the facing has been used to replace the back of the collar which probably became filthy or damaged.

A loop of silk thread to secure the flower stem.

 

[herringbonekid]

interesting find Baron. looks like wool rather than cotton though.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

You're right. I don't know what I was thinking!:eusa_doh::eusa_doh::eusa_doh: Definitely wool twill.