Vintage Workwear

[poggleberry]

Vintage woman's Shell uniform worn at Twinwood Festival last weekend, a stall holder really wanted it off me and said he'd swap it for anything on his stall!

 

[1mach1]

Great looking outfit, PB. Sweet garage, too.

 

[Mr black]

Apologies if this has already been asked, but does anyone do a decent yet affordable wool half-belt work jacket similar to this...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1930s-COLLE...pt=Vintage_Men_s_Clothing&hash=item4185be1c88

Ralph Lauren did a nice reversible shadow plaid one a few years back that i'm still kicking myself for not picking up.

 

[herringbonekid]

i don't know of anyone currently doing that type of jacket. there's Aero leather's 'Waterfront' but it doesn't have a belted back.

here's an RRL one on US ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ralph-Laure...=US_CSA_MC_Outerwear&var=&hash=item51ba61bbe7

the proportions (length, height of belt) have been 'modernised' somewhat.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Willy Fritsch and some other Willi in 1932, dressed as gas station/ car wash attendants

Mr black. Search for "Polo navy wool jacket" in "Coats & Jackets" on ebay. There are several offers that start a 60$. Please use the Reproduction classic workwear thread for questions like this. It's just easier that way because both threads are already rather long and hard to search if you want to look up something.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

^^
I wonder what film it was from? At first I wanted to say Die Drei von der Tankstelle where Willy Fritsch played a filling station attendant but Willi Forst was not in that film.

 

[Flat Foot Floey]

Ein blonder Traum
[video=youtube;_843NFJSCRA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_843NFJSCRA[/video]

For some reason I have always disliked Heinz Rühmann and "Die Drei von der Tankstelle". I like american muscials but in german movies I can't stand it if they break into song. It makes me aggressive somehow.

 

[Fastuni]

I like american muscials but in german movies I can't stand it if they break into song. It makes me aggressive somehow.

Probably because they tend to be overly cheesy without very clever lyrics.
Also the musical style was mostly "old-fashioned" and similar to operette.

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Here some bona-fide German/Austrian 1930-40's workwear:

Jacket (sz. 38) is a cotton/linen herringbone twill. Waistcoat is a charcoal-white wool cavalry twill.

 

[Two Types]

Love the colour and the buttons on that jacket - but damn, it's short.

 

[Two Types]

I found this deadstock French workwear jacket at the weekend. I would guess it's from the 1950s. When I first saw it I thought 'Another workwear jacket - just one among the thousands for sale in London vintage shops' ...

... then I saw the belt-back and had to buy it.

 

[esteban68]

is it waxed or oiled TT?

 

[simonc]

Its too big for you, you need to give it to me!

 

[herringbonekid]

great find TT.

 

[Two Types]

is it waxed or oiled TT?

Neither. I think it's just the flash making the fabric appear shiny.

 

[Papperskatt]

great find TT.

Great find indeed. Congratulations, TT!

 

[1mach1]

Great find indeed. Congratulations, TT!

+1

 

[Two Types]

great find

Lucky find, more like! I normally ignore workwear jackets. But this time i was with someone else and was looking out for things they might like ... so I looked at the back of the jacket and ... Bingo!

 

[Dostioffsky]

^Nice jacket indeed! I like the pockets too with those corners...

I have a fairly similar jacket myself that I had been meaning to post... Probably also 50's. (although I like to think it looks a bit 20s)

 

[herringbonekid]

nice one !

 

[1mach1]

+1. Great looking ensemble!