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Originally Posted by Manton
As a committed gray odd jacket h8er, I cannot explain why I am lately drawn to the combination of a gray flannel suit jacket (preferably DB) worn with white or off white trousers. No...
Black suits became popular after WWI, at least in Germany, because men, who weren't able anymore to buy a dinner jacket (not to mention a tailcoat) or a morning coat, bought a black suit. In the daytime they combined it with morning...
In the 30s they paired the gabardine jacket with flannel trousers:
I don't really care for gabardine, but if I wore a gabardine jacket, gray flannels would be my choice.