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Brown’s Beach Jacket snap
Wallace & Barnes jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401032645834
Wallace & Barnes Brown’s Beach influenced jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401022059584
This jacket was made by Wallaces & Barnes, Garments of Distinction, New York. It is a modern take on a 1930s Brown’s Beach Jacket, with the cut, snap front, pocket detailing and collar shape all mirroring that iconic work jacket, but rendered in melton wool.
Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-3/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 28″
Rubin Brothers wool workwear jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281560160614
This vintage workwear jacket was made by Rubin Bros. It is made of gray wool, has a serged round collar and a snap front. There is an inside pocket.
Chest (pit to pit): 29″ (doubled = 58″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 27-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29-1/2″
Browns Beach Jacket
I was extremely lucky to find this Brown’s Beach Jacket in Woodside, Nova Scotia a few years back. It’s probably of 1950s manufacture, and with its Beach cloth, knit outside, fleeced inside, it is both warm and lightweight. This one is made of the blue beach cloth, rather than the more common gray. The jacket has Scovill snaps. As you can see by the pocket stitching in particular, the quality on these, at least by the ’50s, was somewhat hit or miss. It cracks me up with reproductions of items like this, which were utilitarian and mass produced. In so many cases the reproductions available today are of better quality and construction than the originals.
These jackets have become huge with workwear collectors. This one sold for around $1100.