Tag Archives: tweed
1970s Grassfields tweed suit
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401057434301
This vintage suit was made in the 1970s and was sold by Grassfield’s of Denver, Colorado. Made from an incredibly heavy herringbone tweed with a subtle rust colored stripe, it has a two button front and fully lined pants. The jacket is half-lined. Very professorial, and obviously very expensive and high quality when new.
1920s-1930s Tweed Overcoat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/272080607836
Rowles Mack Overcoat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401034159446
This vintage overcoat was made for the Rowles-Mack Co. It is single breasted, with wide lapels. It is made of a blue herringbone wool with a rust orange overcheck.
1940s The Hub tweed overcoat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/272040593690
1933-1935 Frankoat oatmeal tweed overcoat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271994222328
This vintage jacket was made between 1933 and 1935 by Frank Brothers under their Frankoat label. It is made of midweight oatmeal tweed with a great orange fleck running through it. It has a three button front with caramel colored buttons, raglan shoulders and notch lapels. It bears an incredibly rare Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America label, used only between 1933 and 1935. A new label was issued by the ACWofA in 1936, and again in 1939. The coat is half lined and has the name of the original owner, Gilbert Harrington, sewn inside.
Chest (pit to pit): 23-1/2″ (doubled = 47″)
Center of collar to end of cuff): 34″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 46-1/2″
1940s Harris Tweed jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271973165259
This vintage jacket was made in the late 1930s-early 1940s from Hand Woven Harris Tweed. It bears a rare 1937 copyright Harris Tweed label. The jacket has a three button front, is half-lined and has a short vent.
Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29″
1930s Personality eight panel cap
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271978780527
This vintage cap was made in the 1930s by Personality Caps. It is a great blue and white tweed, with an eight panel cut and leather sweatband. It measures a size 7-1/4
Dallas Western jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/400946541147
This jacket was made in the 1980s in Canada by Paragon under the Dallas label. It is made of a wool blend flecky tweed, with black suedette trim on the shoulder yokes and pocket trim.
Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-3/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29-1/2″
1940s Hart Schaffner Marx tweed suit
http://www.ebay.com/itm/400949910761
This vintage suit was made in the 1940s by Hart Schaffner & Marx and was sold by the Progress Clothing Store of Livingston, Montana. It is made of diagonal tweed, similar to that used on old Fender amps.
Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31″
Waist (side to side): 14-1/2″ (doubled = 29″)
Outseam: 40-1/2″
Inseam: 29-1/2″
Rise: 11″