40s' style popularity

[David V]

Thought this may be of interest to our vintage clothing wearers.

http://www.savilerow-style.com/page2.htm

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

Not bad, the jacket pictured there. Am I wrong, or are the buttons a bit low?

 

[herringbonekid]

every autumn someone predicts the 40s is back.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

yeah, right. Like this will materialise.

bk

 

[Baron Kurtz]

And the ***** who says " Double breasted styles have to be chosen with care, however. They are not good for the short and stocky," should not be listened to ...

bk

 

[scotrace]

Fat pink 70's tie.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

"And they can look overly formal, unless suitably accessorised. Here, the pink shirt and tie help give a relaxed styling - though perhaps the coordinating handkerchief may be just a little too neat"

[huh]

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[Marc Chevalier]

The '40s has been "back" since the '80s -- for those with the money to pay expensive NYC tailors (Alan Flusser, Avery Lucas, and a handful of others). Not to mention Ralph Lauren in certain years.

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[herringbonekid]

"They are not good for the short and stocky," should not be listened to ...bk

...they also need to take a good look at Bob Hoskins in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit ?"

 

[Marc Chevalier]

It's a lot of nonsense meant to convince readers that they can do "A" but not "B", straight from the Infallible Mouths of the Experts. Next year, they'll be told to do "B" but not "A".


In the mid 1980s, GQ magazine wrote that double-breasted suits should never have six buttons, only four. "The chest buttons are a decorative waste", it said. Funny thing is, whenever GQ goes on to contradict itself, it calls those earlier pronouncements "mistakes". Of course, it always ends up praising the "mistakes" later on -- when they come back in fashion.

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[Twitch]

Yeah Baron if you're short and stocky there isn't much magic that can be done by wearing a single breasted coat, huh? I guess as long as its not horizontally striped. A frined of mine is 5'6" and I think he looks great in double breasted- better than a modern cut suit....but....[huh]

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

I haven't kept up. Should fat guys wear double-breasted or not?

Maybe I should wait a week. lol

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Fat guys shouldn't wear plaid (and dead men don't). Actually, fat guys should wear whatever suit style makes them feel good -- as long as it's cut well and fits them nicely.

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[Brad Bowers]

I think that suit looks nice. I'd wear one!

I don't care what the "experts" say, I'm 5',6", quite stocky, and I regularly wear plaid DB suits.lol

Man, I really, really hope wide Forties lapels come back. Since vintage is hard for me to come by, I have to go with modern suits and have them fit to me. It's been dismaying to see that lapels were getting narrower, just when I want them to get wider!

Brad

 

[Benny Holiday]

You're 5'6" Brad? Your avatar says 6'2" and built like a rugby full-back. I'm 5'8". With our taste in clothing, if we ever get to meet one another in person it'll be like Cagney and Bogart!