Show us your British suits

[Lexybeast]

This was part practising lighting/portraiture and part an excuse to finally get some good photos of this suit.

Bit more modern than many suits on here- a 1961 Henry Poole.

 

[cookie]

This was part practising lighting/portraiture and part an excuse to finally get some good photos of this suit.

Bit more modern than many suits on here- a 1961 Henry Poole.

Very cool suit wear it in good health!

 

[Mario]

As an addendum: I also really like the sofa!

 

[Lexybeast]

Thanks! It was a lucky Craigslist find.

 

[Vampyre Master]

Waistcoat from a CC41 suit I used to own. Bought way back when from Senator Jack, and never fit right, so sold it on.

Ooooonice
V

 

[RobStC]

a 1961 Henry Poole.

Nice! Interesting the way the sleeve buttons start so far from the cuff - are they working buttonholes?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Nice! Interesting the way the sleeve buttons start so far from the cuff - are they working buttonholes?

The sleeves were probably lengthened at some point. I'll bet there's practically no hem left on 'em.

 

[Mario]

Thanks! It was a lucky Craigslist find.

Good one, really. It's so easy to get cheesy with leather sofas...

 

[Lexybeast]

Nice! Interesting the way the sleeve buttons start so far from the cuff - are they working buttonholes?

Yes and no. The buttonholes are handsewn and working, but unbuttoning them is pointless as the sleeves are sewn shut, and the split in the lining inside the sleeve is sewn together. Marc is probably right about that past alteration.

 

[RobStC]

Yes and no. The buttonholes are handsewn and working, but unbuttoning them is pointless as the sleeves are sewn shut, and the split in the lining inside the sleeve is sewn together. Marc is probably right about that past alteration.

Yeah, thought that was the most likely reason. Still a very nice suit though, with nice overall balance of colours. Enjoy it!

Rob

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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British suit's owner looking sheepish at the Los Angeles Athletic Club:

In the background:

 

[cookie]

Classic stuff Marc. Looks like you just wandered into a posh 1920s golf club's auditorium where they were rehearsing a scene from "Private Lives".:eeek:

 

[Chasseur]

Marc,

Top class!:eusa_clap

The country look of plus fours is perhaps my favorite vintage style (with white tie and tails a close second). Really a perfect suit for you. (PS: is that one of the Revamp team in the second photo?)

 

[Marc Chevalier]

(PS: is that one of the Revamp team in the second photo?)

Thanks, Cookie and Chasseur! Yes, the flapper with the chrome yellow hair is none other than Annamarie Von Firley, the owner/head of reVamp. (She is also the person who actually sat at a sewing machine and made your Duke shirt!)

 

[Chasseur]

Thanks Marc, thats what I thought when I first saw the photo. She does have a great sense of style! (and as I wear my Duke shirt today I must add a dab hand at clothing design and construction!)

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Thanks Marc, thats what I thought when I first saw the photo. She does have a great sense of style! (and as I wear my Duke shirt today I must add a dap hand at clothing design and construction!)

Hooray!

I spoke with Annamarie and encouraged her to start making 0.5-inch buttonhole openings for the Duke shirts' French cuffs. She agreed.

 

[Mysterious Mose]

Ginger herringbone plusfours suit.

Somehow I can't post any pictures anymore...been gone too long.
Here it is:
http://spijkerstof.blogspot.com/2012/03/anglobelgian-ginger-herringbone-tweed.html

Anyway, I think that beltback book is a great idea! Look at some of Rin Tanaka's books, Michael Harris' Jeans of the Old West...nothing like it on vintage suits. There should be heaps of interest.
(Hope they won't close this thread now, too)

 

[flat-top]

Mose, great to see you posting again!

 

[Chasseur]

I'll second that, good to see you Mose!

 

[Justin B]

I think I can help you out Mose...

There you are sir. Hope that's satisfactory for you.