WWII Marines overcoat

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033540668

This vintage Marines issue overcoat dates to WWII. It is double breasted, made of green wool. It has a six button front and a belted back.
Chest: 22″

Sleeve: 26″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 28″

Steal Your Face

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033527632

This vintage coat has a green cotton shell and an alpaca pile liner. It has slash handwarmer pocket and flapped cargo pockets, a zip front with a buttoned flap, button cuff straps and knit storm cuffs. At some point, a “steal your face” Grateful Dead patch was added.
Chest: 24″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 17″

Sleeve: 25″

Length: 40″

French Despatch Rider Coat

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033518130

This vintage coat was made in 1948. It is french army issue, either for a motorcycle despatch rider, or for the cavalry. It has leg straps to keep it from flapping in the wind, and pass through slits instead of pockets. It has a small collar, raglan sleeves, an attached belt and metal buttons. There are buttons inside which look like they could attach to a liner.
Chest: 30″ (doubled = 60″ = size 56)

Sleeve (center to cuff): 33-1/2″

BWS German leather jacket

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033511480

This vintage overcoat was made post-war by BWS. It is a classic german style, double breasted with no buttons. There is an elaborate setup whereby the interior side of the jacket is secured with snaps on a belt, and the exterior is fasted by means of a hook and clasp attached to the belt. It has a yoked front and back, belted cuffs, and an interior “zipp” branded zipper on the pocket. It is made of heavy dark green leather.

Chest: 21″ (can adjust larger)

Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″

Sleeve: 25″

Length: 46″

Eatonia Blazer

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033503316

This vintage jacket was sold by Eatons as part of the Eatonia line, probably in the late 1950s. It is an unvented, four button double breasted style, with patch pockets. The breast pocket is emblazoned with a “Nova Scotia” patch. It is half lined and has contrast buttons.
Chest: 23″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″

Sleeve: 25″

Length: 33-1/2″

1957 Savile Row blazer

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

This vintage blue blazer was made by Savile Row in 1957. It sold to Donald Baldwin of Rubenstein Clothing. It is made of “Queensbury superfine worsted” wool. It is a two button style, is unvented and has a flapped ticket pocket.
Chest: 22″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″

Sleeve: 25-1/2″

Length: 32-1/2″

Fire Department Jacket

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033480027

This vintage jacket was made in 1949 by the Gibson Wear Well Company of 164 Washington Street, Boston, MA. It is a four button jacket, single breasted, peak lapel. Unlike a uniform / workwear jacket, it has no lapel buttonhole, breast pocket, or any pockets at all for that matter. The buttons are all silvertone, marked “FD”. It has a United Garment Workers of American union tag. It is marked a size 42, but its chest measurement of 44″ puts it more in the territory of a size 40.
Chest: 22″

Sleeve: 25″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″

Length: 31″

1960s Belt Back Jacket

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271115468304

This vintage blazer was made in Canada in the late 1960s by Tip Top Tailors. It is made of a Fortrel and Wool blend. It has crest buttons, pleated patch pockets with scalloped pocket flaps, and an action pleated belt back. This 1930s influenced style came back in the late 1960s for a brief period. It is half-lined in a wild fabric.

Chest: 22″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″

Sleeve: 26-1/2″

Length: 35″

1980s D-Pocket motorcycle leather jacket

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281031648536

This leather jacket was probably made in the 1980s or 1990s, but recalls an earlier 1950s style. It has a D-pocket, with a smaller cigarette pocket. It has snaps on the lapels, but not the collar. Instead of a front belt, it has small adjuster belts in the back, though it does have belt loops. It has zipped sleeves and a yoked back. Relatively lightweight leather, with some staining.
Chest: 22″

Sleeve: 24″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″

Soo Woolen Mills Double Mackinaw

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271111780322

This vintage double mackinaw mas made by Soo Woolen Mills of Michigan in the 1930s. It is an early style, with a broad collar, a caped front, and four pocket front, with game pocket in back. There is heavy fading and moth damage, and despite cleaning, the coat still smells like campfire. This coat saw heavy abuse in its day. It is unlined, with unusual seam taping only partially up the front. Perfect for the vintage outdoors or workwear look.
Chest: 24″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″

Sleeve: 25″

Length: 35″

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Monthly Archives: December 2012

WWII Marines overcoat

Steal Your Face

French Despatch Rider Coat

BWS German leather jacket

Eatonia Blazer

1957 Savile Row blazer

Fire Department Jacket

1960s Belt Back Jacket

1980s D-Pocket motorcycle leather jacket

Soo Woolen Mills Double Mackinaw