30s-50s British Suit Trouser photo resource

[Jovan]

Anthony Jordan: Would you mind posting pictures of the front of the trousers?

 

[Sir RBH]

Anthony Jordan: Would you mind posting pictures of the front of the trousers?

Hello
Here we go, through the wonder of modern technology I have learnt how to add images. So, Gentlemen, one of my favourite suits.. very high rise...

 

[GBR]

Sir RBH!

How high is the rise in relation to the navel at the front and indeed how much greater is it at the rear?

It looks unusual without the coat in modern terms but with it looks excellent - and I guess comfortable?

 

[Sir RBH]

Sir RBH!

How high is the rise in relation to the navel at the front and indeed how much greater is it at the rear?

It looks unusual without the coat in modern terms but with it looks excellent - and I guess comfortable?

Hello there

the rise is VERY high and wonderfully comfortable..

One of my favourite suits

 

[GBR]

Hello there

the rise is VERY high and wonderfully comfortable..

One of my favourite suits
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I appreciate that but for replication and confidence that it can work I would be interested to know HOW high - ie more than 3"?

 

[Dagwood]

Sir RBH - You look absolutely splendid!! Well done, sir. Well done.

 

[Matt Deckard]

Welcome aboard Sir RBH... I think you'll have alot of fun here.
Many of us have discovered the resource that the computer machine has become in bringing the well suited together from around the globe and allowing us to share our passion throogh means of electrical transcription.

Very nice trousers on that suit.

 

[Jovan]

Edward VIII would be proud, Sir RBH. You pull off the classic English look with the cutaway collar very well. I was actually asking Anthony Jordan if he could show the fronts of his trousers, but I can see how you may have misunderstood that as a quote.

 

[slicedbread]

Is that a vintage suit sir RBH?? the jacket seems very long...i assume there's a reason for this?? Are hunting/country/casual(don't know the term) jackets traditionally worn longer?

 

[Jovan]

I think suit jackets back then were longer. Check out some 1920s catalogues to see what I mean. Jackets are longer, trousers are shorter.

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Your wish is my command...

Grey suit trousers

1960s green John Collier suit:

Green high-backs:

Spongebag morning trousers:

Grey flannels:

Hector Powe half morning dress/stroller trousers:

More morning trousers:

A sort of fuzzy tramline stripe:

white flannels:

Sir RBH - no prizes for guessing which bracemakers you honour with your custom!

 

[Anthony Jordan]

And here are a few more...

Henry Poole trousers:

morning trousers by Brown Muff & Co, Bradford, 1919:

 

[Jovan]

You've whetted my appetite! I love morning dress and wish there were more occasions for it to be worn now.

 

[resortes805]

Anthony Jordan that is a great collection of trousers, thank you for sharing!

 

[Anthony Jordan]

Thank you both; it's a pleasure. Most of my suit wardrobe is vintage, so I have a fair few pairs now, and a few yet to be photographed - but I'll get round to them. The grey suit trousers, by the way, are Burton's, from 1961 and unfortunately quite badly worn in spots. However, they'll do, and I'm enjoying wearing the suit (a three-piece) today.

 

[Braces]

I'll add my thanks too, Anthony. A great collection of vintage trousers and suits. It would be even better to see some of them being worn!

 

[Sir RBH]

Is that a vintage suit sir RBH?? the jacket seems very long...i assume there's a reason for this?? Are hunting/country/casual(don't know the term) jackets traditionally worn longer?

Yes, indeed, very vintage.. 45 years old. The jacket is rather long and of course almost impossible to alter without destroying the shape..
Still.. its a lovely suit to wear

 

[Sir RBH]

Welcome aboard Sir RBH... I think you'll have alot of fun here.
Many of us have discovered the resource that the computer machine has become in bringing the well suited together from around the globe and allowing us to share our passion through means of electrical transcription.

Very nice trousers on that suit.

Gentlemen..
I received a new (to me) suit at the weekend.. A wonderful 3 piece Tweed.. Dark Green with mustard windowpane.
All the traditional details, brace buttons, nigh rise etc. however it has one wonderful feature (and the entire reason i purchased it). A Fall front as you would expect from Breeches/Jodhpurs..
here are some images.. Please excuse the slightly revealing nature!!

The front is supported by 4 vertical fly buttons in the centre and then 4 other buttons along the top edge of the waistband..

 

[cookie]

Those Shoes

I would be happy to purloin those shoes squire at your earliest convenience!

 

[Jovan]

Wow. That fall front (I'll have to remember that word for my terminology) is the mark of a well thought out and made pair of trousers. Seems it could be a bit inconvenient at certain times, though. lol