Is this a reproduction of something?

[flat-top]

What I mean is, is this based on a vintage style? I've had this since the early 90's and just rediscovered it. I can't find any pics online of a Brown's Beach Jacket, but from what I remember, they look sorta like this.
I'm gonna put it back into my wardrobe regardless, but wanted to know HOW I should wear it. It's got 3 pockets and it's wool, but is it workwear? It doesn't seem dressy.

 

[Mojave Jack]

It looks very similar to the Woolrich Railroad Vest, which they claim to have been making since the 1880s. Their modern ones have zippers, but I doubt their original models did.

They don't offer much else, but perhaps it was a style popular amongst railroad crews, and yours is a variation on that theme. I would assume that it was workwear for the railroad crews, if, in fact, that is its origins.

 

[flat-top]

It looks very similar to the Woolrich Railroad Vest, which they claim to have been making since the 1880s. Their modern ones have zippers, but I doubt their original models did.

They don't offer much else, but perhaps it was a style popular amongst railroad crews, and yours is a variation on that theme. I would assume that it was workwear for the railroad crews, if, in fact, that is its origins.

Thanks! That could be it!

 

[AlanC]

It looks similar to an Austiran boiled wool type vest.

 

[flat-top]

It looks similar to an Austiran boiled wool type vest.

What era would that be from?

 

[BellyTank]

I think what Alan is talking about is more "tradition-wear" than anything specific from the 20th C. I may be wrong.

"Trachten"- this is the German/Austrian Alpine culture, which can, perhaps, best be identified by the clothing.

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[Edward]

Sounds like Leiderhosen would be an appropriate match to it, then?

I can see it working well with tweeds, on a country walk on a bracing Autumn morning.

 

[Creeping Past]

Perhaps just done in the spirit of a past age, like Old Town's wool flannel jerkin.