Monthly Archives: November 2012

Mouton Collared Trench Coat by Supreme Fashion Tailored Clothes

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This vintage overcoat was made in the years following WWII. This style was popular in the late 1940s in through about the mid 1950s.  It is a double breasted gabardine overcoat, with a mouton collar.  The body is lined in alpaca pile, the sleeves are quilted.  The collar on this one is the nicest I’ve seen, so luxuriously soft.  The shoulders are wide and heavily padded, for that early bold look. There are a few small mothnips on the sleeve, but they’re minor.  The belt is detachable, allowing you to wear it with a full belt, a half belt or no belt at all.
Chest: (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to Shoulder: 21″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length: 53″
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Gorsart Chesterfield Overcoat

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This vintage single breasted chesterfield overcoat was made by Gorsart of New York.  It is black wool with flapped pockets, a breast pocket and a velvet collar. It has a fly front.  There are period repairs to the buttonholes, wear to the edges of the velvet, wear to the bottom of the lining, and some dropped stitches under the collar.
Chest: 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulders: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length: 52″
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Mouton Collar Trench Coat by Zero King

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This vintage overcoat was made in the late 1940s or early 1950s by “Zero King” out of their “Mountain Cloth”.  It has exaggerated wide bold look shoulders, a brown mouton collar.  The body is lined in sheepskin, the sleeves in quilt.  The sheepskin is in poor condition, with tears. The body of the coat and the collar are in excellent shape.
Chest: 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to Shoulder: 20-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length: 51″
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Lee Leeston Fedora Hat

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This vintage fedora was made in the late 1930s or early 1940s by Lee as part of their Leeston line.  It is a lightweight, unlined fur felt, with broad brim binding and a black ribbon.  The hat is creased in a teardrop crown.  Inside, there is an unreeded sweatband, which, as is typical for that type of sweatband of this era, has dropped many stitches.  Please see the photos.  The sweatband leather is stiff.  It was sold by Burt-Easter Haberdashery which had locations on Pennsylvania Avenue and on H. Street in Washington DC.  There is light staining and wear to the felt, staining to the brim binding, and a moth track on the bottom of the brim.
Size: 7-1/8
Brim Width: 2-3/4″
Ribbon Width: 1-3/4″
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WWII sheepskin gauntlets

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These vintage mittens were made during WWII and are named to a Captain Bill Grall.  They are fully sheepskin, with a tanned finish on the hand and a raw finish on the gauntlet.  They have what looks to be a horsehide reinforcement pull panel on the gauntlet, as well as a horsehide gusset. The leather is still supple and the sheepskin is in great shape.  Though they appear to be a handmade, non issue item, they would match a wartime sheepskin B-3 or Irvin, or are perfect to go with a vintage motorcycle jacket.
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Rugby Ralph Lauren skull trousers

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These trousers were made by Ralph Lauren’s “Rugby” line.  They are heavy army green wool, with embroidered skull and crossbones.  They are lined to the knee and have taped seams.  They are marked a size 34.
Waist: 34″
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Early Issue G-1 leather flight jacket

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This vintage leather jacket was made for the USN.  It is goat, with a real mouton collar.  It has an action back, knit cuffs and waistband, a windflap and an interior gun pocket.  There are stitch marks from a nametag from when it was issued.  The town, “Poultney, VT” is written in the lining.  The cuffs are replacements, and all the knits are in need of replacement.  The main zipper is Conmar, with what may be a replacement conmatic puller. The prong of the zipper is missing, as are some teeth by the neck.  The mouton is worn through and flaking. The lining is torn and repaired.
Chest: 22″
Sleeve: 24″
Shoulders: 17″
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1930s “Guardsman” Overcoat

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This vintage overcoat was made in the late 1930s and was sold by Colwell Brothers in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Colwell Brothers was (and still is) Halifax’s premier men’s store.  They were extremely high end, and I have handled a lot of merchandise that they sold over the years.  It is all absolutely the best of the best, and they favored more traditional, English styles.  This overcoat has a 1936 union tag, which places its date of manufacture between 1936 and 1939.  It has a six button front.  All buttonholes are functional, but the lapels are rolled to the second button, something which was a style of the time.  As this is a more conservative style, it has a plain back instead of the fancy belted backs you would see on younger mens styles.  It is fully satin lined. The coat is in excellent condition.
Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to cuff: 26″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 18-1/2
Length: 44″
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The McDorsey Yukon trench coat

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This vintage coat was made just post WWII.  It is a double breasted trench coat style, with a mouton sheepskin collar, and a combination alpaca pile and quilted satin lining.  The gabardine shell of the coat is a medium blue color.  There is a detachable belt.  The coat was made by McDorsey Sportswear and is their “Yukon” model. One of the buttons does not match and there is wear to the bottom edge of the quilted liner.
Chest (pit to pit): 22-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″
Length (collar to hem): 39″
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Sears Shawl Collar Mackinaw

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This vintage shawl collar mackinaw was made by sears.  While it was made around 1970, the style remained unchanged since the 1910s save for material.  In the early models, they were generally wool, by the 1930s and 1940s,  many were canvas with sheepskin linings and collars.  This example replaces that sheepskin with acrylic pile, and the canvas shell with corduroy, but the idea is the same.  This coat has four main front patch pockets.  Two have smaller cigarette pockets on them, which close with Talon zippers.  There is a loop for closing the collar when it is turned up.  The coat still has all of its original tags and has never been worn.
Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled =44″)

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 17″

Length (collar to hem): 36″
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