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ALSO AS ALWAYS, OFFERS ON EVERYTHING ARE VERY WELCOME!
Please note that this post is a consolidation of some of my previous posts; and everything appears here with price drops!
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1) Brooks Brothers "Brooksgate" Glen Plaid
This is a lovely jacket! Cut with a standard contemporary two button front, this is subtly darted, and features a a single centre vent. It is half-canvassed and fully lined, and the colourway is a lovely combination of dark cream and slate grey, with just a hint of green in some of the grey lines. This was Made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $23, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 24 1/8 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 30 1/2
2) Harris Tweed 3/2 sack.
A trad. classic! This is a brown herringbone Harris Tweed, cut as a 3/2 sack. It's by JAB--but Old School JAB,when it rivaled Brooks' better offerings. It's half-lined, and features a single center vent, letaher-covered, metal-shanked buttons, and a lovely lapel roll. HOWEVER, it does has a flaw--a small but distinct hole on the left hand shoulder at the back, which, to be honest, is too large to go unnoticed and would cost a decent amount to reweave, owing to its size. But this would still be a terrific knock-around jacket for the weekend! As such, it's in wearable condition, and so
just $15, or offer, shipped in CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/4 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 32
3) GRAIL! CASHMERE herringbone 3/2 sack.
This is the first cashmere 3/2 sack I've seen--and it's lovely! Cut from luxurious two-ply cashmere, rather than the thin stuff that's so common today, this is a lovely rich dark honey brown herringbone. It features a centre vent, a lovely lapel roll, and half-canvassing. It has single button cuffs. It does have some minor flaws: There is a fray at the hem of the lining on the left hand side, and some loose stitching in the lining at the vent. There is also a small fault in the weave--not a snag--on the left-hand sleeve. As such, this is in overall Very Good condition.
This was Made in the USA.
Asking just $30, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 23 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 30
4) HEAVY HARRIS TWEED JACKET by Hardy Amies for Hepworth's.
This is a FANTASTIC jacket--seriously thick and heavy, this is Harris as it should be! A classic and standard brown and cream herringbone, this is a jacket you could easily use in place of an overcoat. Designed by Hardy Amies for Hepworth's, this isn't tagged as such, but was clearly made in England. It has a single centre vent and single button cuffs. It does have a single missed stitch on one sleeve, and the full lining shows signs of wear and rumpling, so this is in Very Good condition only. As such, it's a steal
at just $22, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 29 1/2
5) GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS BOLD PLAID 3/2 Sack by Southwick!
SOLD
THIS IS GORGEOUS! I'll let the pictures describe the beauty of the patterning and colurway of this wonderful jacket, and just mention a few of its other features. First, it's a 3/2 sack. It has a fully functional throat latch, using a throat latch tab on the collar. The colar is lined in leather, and it features leather elbow patches. It also has leather-covered football buttons. It was made by Southwick, and is fully canvassed. It was, of course, made in the USA. It is unvented, in Flusser approved style.
It does have a flaw: there is significant water staining to the inside of the lining on the right-hand side, as shown. Otherwise, this is in excellent condition. However, because of this damage I'm asking
just $40 for this beauty, boxed and shipped in CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 23 1/2
Sleeve: 24 3/4 (+2 1/2)
Shoulder: 20
Length: 32 1/2
6) Pendleon Basketweave Tweed--with patch pockets and elbow patches!
This is a lovely jacket! A lovely basketweave in shades of grey and cream, this features patch pockets, suede elbow patches, a single centre vent, and football buttons. It is fully lined, and was made in the USA. It is in excellent condition, except for one flaw--the former owner decided to write his initial in marker pen in the interior, under one pocket! Because of this, I'm asking
just $20 or offer.
Tagged a 44, this measures:
Chest: 23 1/2
Sleeev: 24 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 20 1/4
Length: 30 1/2
7) ANGLO-IVY HYBRID TWEED, by Scotshire.
SOLD
I can say with absolute confidence that you're not likely to encounter anyone else wearing a jacket like this--and if this were in my size it wouldn't be here, as I love its quirkiness!
This jacket is what happens when Ivy tweeds mate with their upper-class English counterparts!
This is, first a jacket with a 3/2 lapel roll, so it's clearly Ivy. But it's darted. SO it's not classically Ivy. And it has a fully functional ticket pocket, so there's an English hacking jacket somewhere in its heritage. And it has twin vents, further confirming its English parentage! But it also has very natural shoulders....
The tweed is lovely--and of a sort that is rarely seen anymore, since it's a pattern popular in the late 1960s, which is when this jacket is from. It's 3/8 lined--again, unusual--and has three button cuffs. (A hint of normalcy!) It appears fully canvassed, and was Union made in the USA made for Nat Greenblatt of New Haven, clearly aimed at the Yale crowd. (Don't like Yale? I have a Harvard tie for sale in one of my tie threads!)
This has a very small smudge of something by one of the buttonholes, which might or might not come out with dry cleaning. (It's not very noticeable, and I tried to capture it in the close-up picture of it.) Given this, this lovely quiry jacket is in Very Good condition, and hence just
asking $22, or offer, boxed and shipped in CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeev: 26 3/4 (+1)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 31 1/2
8) BESPOKE Cashmere Twill (?) Jacket with working surgeon's cuffs!
This is wonderful! made by Robert Tailor in 1980 at The Mandarin Hotel in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, this jacket carries no fabric content tag, but it's almost certainly thick, heavy cashmere twill... extremely soft and luxurious, with a wonderful hand! It has fully functional surgeon's cuffs, a wonderful custom paisley lining, and a single back vent. The colourway of the fabric is wonderful--a wonderful, rich dark chestnut and peat black, that my pictures utterly fail to capture! This is in excellent condition.
Asking just $30, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/4
Sleeve: 25 (+1)
Shoulder: 17 1/2
Length: 28 1/2
9) CLASSIC Charcoal Herringbone Harris Tweed
This is a lovely, classic Harris tweed! Half-canvassed and fully lined, this lovely jacket is a classic charcoal herringbone, with the classic Harris vertical striping in red and blue. This has a centre vent, is a standard contemporary cut, and is in excellent condition. It was Made in the USA.
Asking just $30, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 32 1/2
10) STUNNING AND RARE! Solid Blue Harris Tweed, with patch pockets.
Solid colour Harris Tweed is a rarity, and this one is absolutely gorgeous--a beautiful shade of blue, just the shade of Peter Rabbit's famous jacket--apparently the most beautiful shade of blue that the Lake District sky produced, according to Beatrix Potter! In addition to its rare and lovely colourway this jacket hasjust the right amount of Harris tweed hairiness that's so often lacking in modern Harris.
It's also a lovely cut--a standard model, certainly, but with flapped patch pockets, beautifully styled lapels, and a single centre vent. It is half-canvassed, and half-lined. It also features metal-shanked football buttons.
Don't be fooled by the fact that this was made for Jos. A. Banks, as this was the Old School Banks, when it rivaled Old-School Brooks and Press, and was a major purveyor of canvassed suits and 3/2 sacks. This is easily comparable to the Old, Good, 346 line of Brooks, if not just a bit better.
This jacket is in truly excellent condition--it was clearly worn very, very sparingly, if at all. It's absolutely gorgeous, and far better in person than my pictures indicate.
Given its rarity and beauty, how about $40, boxed and shipped in CONUS, or offer?
Measurements:
Tagged a 43XL:
Chest: 22
Sleeev: 26 1/2 (+2 1/4)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 33
[B11) Lovely slubby rough-hewn tweed! Made in the USA.[/B]
SOLD
This is a lovely, slubby rough-hewn tweed with a wonderful chestnut colourway, flecked with gorse yellow, berry red, forest green, and dark blue. A terrific country tweed, this has leather-covered metal-shanked buttons, a single centre vent, and a standard contemporary cut. It is half-lined, and was made in the USA. It's in excellent condition.
Asking just $20, boxed and shipped in CONUS, or offer!
Measurements:
Chest: 23
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 30 3/4
12) Lovely Basketweave Harris Tweed
This is lovely! The colourway is a cream and tan basketweave, with vertical striping of blue and turquoise throughout. It's a standard two button jacket, with a center vent, metal-shanked leather-covered buttons, and a full lining. It was Made in the USA, and is half-canvassed. This is in excellent condition!
Asking just $25, or offer, shipped in CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 24 (+2)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 30 1/2
13) BEAUTIFUL Classic Harris Tweed--dusty tea-rose pink and light blue striping!
I love the tweed of this jacket--in part as I interviewed for my first academic job in a jacket with just this colourway, and since at least two members of the Search Committee commented on it I'm sure it helped me!
The jacket is a classic Harris Tweed--a light grey-tan herringbone with vertical stripes of dusty tea rose pink and light blue running through it. The cut is a standard two-button front contemporary style, with the classic leather covered metal shanked buttons that fit Harris tweed so well. It is half-canvassed, and has a single centre vent. It is half-lined, and was Made in the USA.
Asking just $30, or offer, for this classic jacket.
Measurements:
Chest: 24 3/4
Sleeve: 26 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 32 1/2
14) CLASSIC Harris Tweed in slate-grey herringbone with PATCH POCKETS!
This is lovely! made by PBM--a rock-solid trad, clothier--in Philadelphia, this lovely Harris Tweed is the classic slate-grey and cream herringbone pattern and colourway. It also features leather-covered, metal shanked buttons, flapped PATCH POCKETS, a single vent, and half-canvassing. It's also half-lined, and was, of course, made in the USA.
Apart from what is literally a pinprick in the lining at the back, this is in excellent condition, and a steal at just $30, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 24 1/4
Sleeve: 26 1/2 (+2 1/4)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 31 1/2
15) CLASSIC Dark Herringbone 3/2 sack tweed.
This is lovely--and features all of the tradly desiderata! First, it's a lovely 3/2 sack with a beautiful lapel roll. It also is half-canvassed, and fully lined. It also features lapped seams on both the shoulders and the sleeves, as well as the classic two button cuffs. It has a single center vent, and was Union made in the USA. The colourway is lovely--a herringbone in dark peat black with dark mossy forest green.
This is in excellent condition!
Incidentally, this jacket dates from when JAB was still making things well--the current Banks has no relation to the old one except in name!
Asking just $32, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 1/4)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 30 1/4
16) Vintage 3/2 tweed sack in a wonderful collegiate check!
SOLD
Another awesome jacket! This is simply wonderful. First, the cut is perfect--a very high 2.5/3 roll sack, with just the hint of a lapel roll right at the top; perfectly and insouciantly Ivy! The jacket also appears to be fully canvassed, and is half-lined. It features the classic two button cuffs, flapped pickets, and a center rear vent.
The colourway is wonderful--utterly 1950s collegiate! A charcoal grey with a dark charcoal and dukll burnt mustard overcheck, this is really, really appealing--and a pattern and colouring that just isn't seen anymore.
Moreover, this was Made for Wallach's flagship store, right on Fifth Avenue... and now long, long gone. This was, of course, made in the USA, and is a wonderful, wearable vintage piece. There is the tiniest hint of a fray right at the edge of the jacket by the middle button, as shown, but otherwise this is in excellent condition!
Asking just $30, or offer--an absolute steal!
Measurements:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 24 (+2 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 29 3/4
SUITS
17) BEAUTIFUL Corbin 3/2 sack suit, made for The English Shop of Princeton
This is beautiful! Cut from wonderful pinstriped charcoal cloth, this beautiful, classic suit is cut as a 3/2 sack. It features three button cuffs, a lovely lapel roll, a single centre vent. It is half-canvassed and half-lined. It was Made in the USA by Corbin, one of the great trad. clothiers--and one that is often overlooked, although it's close to my favourite! The trousers are flat-front, cuffed, and feature suspender buttons. This suit is in excellent condition.
This was made for The English Shop of Princeton, which was one of Princeton's Big Four Ivy menswear stores--now all gone apart from Hilton!
Asking just $35, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 26 1/8 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 31 1/2
Waist, laid flat: 17 3/4
Inseam: 31 1/2 (+1/2) with 1 1/2 cuff.
18) Brooks Brothers Makers "Brooksease" Charcoal pinstripe 3/2 sack
This is a beautiful suit! Cut from a lovely charcoal grey pinstripe cloth, this is a classic 3/2 sack. Half-canvassed and half-lined, this has a single center vent, two button cuffs, and a lovely lapel roll. The trousers are flat front and uncuffed. This was made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $30, or offer.
Tagged 42S; Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 23 (+2 1/8)
Shoulder: 19 1/4
Length: 29
Waist (flat): 19
Inseam: 25 3/4 (+3 1/4)
MORE JACKETS!
19) BEAUTIFUL Classic navy blazer--filled with handwork!
This is simply lovely! Absolutely packed with pick stitching and handwork, this beautiful blazer appears custom made. It is darted, has a two botton front, and twin vents. It is half-canvassed and fully lined, and features lovely silvery metal buttons on cuffs and front. This does have teo minor flaws--two small scuff marks/water stains, on the right sleeve (noticeable) and right lapel (nt noticeable) Because of these this blazer is in Good/Very Good condition only, hence
asking just $15, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 24 (+2 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 31
Taken with flash, so worse than they appear in person:
20) STUNNING Donegal Tweed by Magee--Made for Mullarney Bros. of Co. Sligo!
This is absolutely STUNNING!! Cut from handwoven Donegal Tweed, this wonderful jacket is a serious rarity, being both a three-buttoned tweed, and a handwoven Dongela that's a puppytooth.. with a fantastic colourway, being a slateblue and peat black puppytooth flecked with gorse yellow, moss and forest greens, pumpkin orange, and berry red. This Donegal easily rivals the more complex Harris tweeds, and is both striking and subtle. A really wonderful tweed, with great texture and a fantastic colourway! It was woven by one D. Hood, who has signed it.
The jacket does the tweed justice, too. Made by Magee, the main maker of Donegal tweeds, in Ireland, this is a rare three button jacket, featuring side vents and three button cuffs. It is half canvassed and fully lined, and the tweed is a wonderful substantial weight. This relaly is a fantastic jacket for the Fall, Winter, and early Spring!
Asking just $40, or offer, boxed and shipped in CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 23 1/2 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19 3/4
Length: 31 1/2
21) BEAUTIFUL Southwick 3/2 sack--dark grey glen plaid!
This is stunning! Cut from a wonderful dark grey glen plaid cloth that features a very subtle forest green overcheck, this lovely suit is a 3/2 sack cut, and is both fully canvassed and fully lined. It was, of course, Union made in the USA, and features a single centre vent and three button cuffs. The trousers are pleated and cuffed. It does have some minor, minor shine from pressing on the sleeves, but otherwise is in absolutely excellent condition. As such, this is a steal at
just $35, or offer.
Tagged a 43, this measures:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 23 1/2 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 30 3/4
Waist: 19 1/2
Inseam: 28 with 1 1/2 cuff.
TUXEDOS
17) Velvet Tuxedo
The last tuxedo offering from the AAAC member whose closets yielded up the two jackets, above, this lovely velvet dinner jacket/tuxedo is features satin peak lapels, covered buttons, a single button closure, likely half-canvassing, jetted pockets, and a single vent. It is also fully lined, 100% cotton, and in excellent condition. This is also the top of the line for Banks, and so is comparable to Brooks' offerings. If you'd like a velvet dinner jacket, and this is your size, GRAB IT!
Asking just $50, or offer.
Tagged a 44R, this measures:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 7/8
Length: 31 3/4
18) RECENT Fumagallis Shawl Collar Tuxedo
ignore the name this is beautiful! Half-canvassed and fully lined, this features a wonderful, classic shawl collar, jetted pockets, singe button closure, and covered buttons. It is also ventless, in Flusser-approved style. The trousers are pleated, and feature interior buttons for suspenders. This is in absolutely excellent condition, and is a steal at
just $25, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 3/4
Sleeve: 28 1/2 (+2 --just in case you are deformed and need this extra!)
Shoulder: 22 1/4
Length: 33 1/2
Waist (laid flat): 21
Inseam: 33 (+ 2 1/4)
19) AN IVY LEAGUE BEAUTY! Shawl collar from The English Shop of Princeton.
No listing of Ivy league formalwear would be complete without an offering from The English Shop of Princeton--and so here one is! This is an Ivy Classic--a beautiful shawl-collar tuxedo from one of the Big Four of Princeton's Ivy league clothiers. And what a shawl collar--lovely and narrow, this was the height of cool in around 1963, which is the era this jacket dates from. This is cut so beautifully and classically that it could slide from a stuffy cocktail party at the President's House (the real President, of Princeton University, not some suspect politician...) to a jazz dive with ease.... as no doubt it did! Fully canvassed and fully lined, this has a single vent, two button cuffs, flapped pockets, and covered buttons. It's in wonderful condition, with the exception of some minor fraying at the back of eh collar, on the inside, as shown, and some discoloration to the interior label. As such, this is in overall Very Good condition.
This would be PERFECT worn with tartan trews for a tradly holiday look... which is how I wear my own TES c. 1965 shawl collar!
Asking just $21, or offer--a steal for an American Ivy classic!
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 31
20) ANOTHER IVY CLASSIC! Shawl-collar tuxedo from a Dartmouth clothier!
If Princeton is the well-groomed preppy of the Ivy campuses, Dartmouth is the slightly tousled cousin, with a hip flask of bourbon in a coat pocket and Bean Boots under the cuffs of the tux..... But you wouldn't guess it from this Ivy beauty, which is as lovely as its TES cousin, above. Made for the Dartmouth University outfitters James Campion, this beauty has the same narrow shawl collar lapel as the TES tuxedo above; however, this is that rarity, a sack cut tux, and features uncovered buttons, and tradly two button cuffs. It has flapped pockets and a single button closure. Did I mention that it's a sack tux? The cloth is slightly heavier than the more refined tuxes, above, and is perfect for a slightly unheated house in a NH winter--who needs heat when you have bourbon, after all? This jacket is a wonderful tradly item, and would be perfect with tartan trews! It has a very, very faint scuff to the lapel, and is an older tux, so conservatively it's in Very Good condition. It was Union Made in the USA.
Asking just $20, or offer.
Tagged 44L, but runs small; Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 26 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 30 7/8
22) Hickey-Freeman Customized Shawl Collar Tuxedo--from 1975!
This is absolutely beautiful! In excellent condition, it's a shock to realise that this tuxedo is from 1975; it could easily have been purchased yesterday. Fully canvassed and half-lined, this has flapped pockets, a single center vent, a single button closure, and four uncovered cuff buttons. It's in absolutely excellent condition, and was, of course, Made in the USA.
A steal at just $22, or offer.
Chest: 23
Sleeev: 26 (+1 1/4)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 32 1/2
ALSO AS ALWAYS, OFFERS ON EVERYTHING ARE VERY WELCOME!
Please note that this post is a consolidation of some of my previous posts; and everything appears here with price drops!
Please PM with interest and offers[/CENTER]!
1) Brooks Brothers "Brooksgate" Glen Plaid
This is a lovely jacket! Cut with a standard contemporary two button front, this is subtly darted, and features a a single centre vent. It is half-canvassed and fully lined, and the colourway is a lovely combination of dark cream and slate grey, with just a hint of green in some of the grey lines. This was Made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $23, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 24 1/8 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 30 1/2
2) Harris Tweed 3/2 sack.
A trad. classic! This is a brown herringbone Harris Tweed, cut as a 3/2 sack. It's by JAB--but Old School JAB,when it rivaled Brooks' better offerings. It's half-lined, and features a single center vent, letaher-covered, metal-shanked buttons, and a lovely lapel roll. HOWEVER, it does has a flaw--a small but distinct hole on the left hand shoulder at the back, which, to be honest, is too large to go unnoticed and would cost a decent amount to reweave, owing to its size. But this would still be a terrific knock-around jacket for the weekend! As such, it's in wearable condition, and so
just $15, or offer, shipped in CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/4 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 32
3) GRAIL! CASHMERE herringbone 3/2 sack.
This is the first cashmere 3/2 sack I've seen--and it's lovely! Cut from luxurious two-ply cashmere, rather than the thin stuff that's so common today, this is a lovely rich dark honey brown herringbone. It features a centre vent, a lovely lapel roll, and half-canvassing. It has single button cuffs. It does have some minor flaws: There is a fray at the hem of the lining on the left hand side, and some loose stitching in the lining at the vent. There is also a small fault in the weave--not a snag--on the left-hand sleeve. As such, this is in overall Very Good condition.
This was Made in the USA.
Asking just $30, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 23 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 30
4) HEAVY HARRIS TWEED JACKET by Hardy Amies for Hepworth's.
This is a FANTASTIC jacket--seriously thick and heavy, this is Harris as it should be! A classic and standard brown and cream herringbone, this is a jacket you could easily use in place of an overcoat. Designed by Hardy Amies for Hepworth's, this isn't tagged as such, but was clearly made in England. It has a single centre vent and single button cuffs. It does have a single missed stitch on one sleeve, and the full lining shows signs of wear and rumpling, so this is in Very Good condition only. As such, it's a steal
at just $22, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 29 1/2
5) GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS BOLD PLAID 3/2 Sack by Southwick!
SOLD
THIS IS GORGEOUS! I'll let the pictures describe the beauty of the patterning and colurway of this wonderful jacket, and just mention a few of its other features. First, it's a 3/2 sack. It has a fully functional throat latch, using a throat latch tab on the collar. The colar is lined in leather, and it features leather elbow patches. It also has leather-covered football buttons. It was made by Southwick, and is fully canvassed. It was, of course, made in the USA. It is unvented, in Flusser approved style.
It does have a flaw: there is significant water staining to the inside of the lining on the right-hand side, as shown. Otherwise, this is in excellent condition. However, because of this damage I'm asking
just $40 for this beauty, boxed and shipped in CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 23 1/2
Sleeve: 24 3/4 (+2 1/2)
Shoulder: 20
Length: 32 1/2
6) Pendleon Basketweave Tweed--with patch pockets and elbow patches!
This is a lovely jacket! A lovely basketweave in shades of grey and cream, this features patch pockets, suede elbow patches, a single centre vent, and football buttons. It is fully lined, and was made in the USA. It is in excellent condition, except for one flaw--the former owner decided to write his initial in marker pen in the interior, under one pocket! Because of this, I'm asking
just $20 or offer.
Tagged a 44, this measures:
Chest: 23 1/2
Sleeev: 24 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 20 1/4
Length: 30 1/2
7) ANGLO-IVY HYBRID TWEED, by Scotshire.
SOLD
I can say with absolute confidence that you're not likely to encounter anyone else wearing a jacket like this--and if this were in my size it wouldn't be here, as I love its quirkiness!
This jacket is what happens when Ivy tweeds mate with their upper-class English counterparts!
This is, first a jacket with a 3/2 lapel roll, so it's clearly Ivy. But it's darted. SO it's not classically Ivy. And it has a fully functional ticket pocket, so there's an English hacking jacket somewhere in its heritage. And it has twin vents, further confirming its English parentage! But it also has very natural shoulders....
The tweed is lovely--and of a sort that is rarely seen anymore, since it's a pattern popular in the late 1960s, which is when this jacket is from. It's 3/8 lined--again, unusual--and has three button cuffs. (A hint of normalcy!) It appears fully canvassed, and was Union made in the USA made for Nat Greenblatt of New Haven, clearly aimed at the Yale crowd. (Don't like Yale? I have a Harvard tie for sale in one of my tie threads!)
This has a very small smudge of something by one of the buttonholes, which might or might not come out with dry cleaning. (It's not very noticeable, and I tried to capture it in the close-up picture of it.) Given this, this lovely quiry jacket is in Very Good condition, and hence just
asking $22, or offer, boxed and shipped in CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeev: 26 3/4 (+1)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 31 1/2
8) BESPOKE Cashmere Twill (?) Jacket with working surgeon's cuffs!
This is wonderful! made by Robert Tailor in 1980 at The Mandarin Hotel in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, this jacket carries no fabric content tag, but it's almost certainly thick, heavy cashmere twill... extremely soft and luxurious, with a wonderful hand! It has fully functional surgeon's cuffs, a wonderful custom paisley lining, and a single back vent. The colourway of the fabric is wonderful--a wonderful, rich dark chestnut and peat black, that my pictures utterly fail to capture! This is in excellent condition.
Asking just $30, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/4
Sleeve: 25 (+1)
Shoulder: 17 1/2
Length: 28 1/2
9) CLASSIC Charcoal Herringbone Harris Tweed
This is a lovely, classic Harris tweed! Half-canvassed and fully lined, this lovely jacket is a classic charcoal herringbone, with the classic Harris vertical striping in red and blue. This has a centre vent, is a standard contemporary cut, and is in excellent condition. It was Made in the USA.
Asking just $30, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 32 1/2
10) STUNNING AND RARE! Solid Blue Harris Tweed, with patch pockets.
Solid colour Harris Tweed is a rarity, and this one is absolutely gorgeous--a beautiful shade of blue, just the shade of Peter Rabbit's famous jacket--apparently the most beautiful shade of blue that the Lake District sky produced, according to Beatrix Potter! In addition to its rare and lovely colourway this jacket hasjust the right amount of Harris tweed hairiness that's so often lacking in modern Harris.
It's also a lovely cut--a standard model, certainly, but with flapped patch pockets, beautifully styled lapels, and a single centre vent. It is half-canvassed, and half-lined. It also features metal-shanked football buttons.
Don't be fooled by the fact that this was made for Jos. A. Banks, as this was the Old School Banks, when it rivaled Old-School Brooks and Press, and was a major purveyor of canvassed suits and 3/2 sacks. This is easily comparable to the Old, Good, 346 line of Brooks, if not just a bit better.
This jacket is in truly excellent condition--it was clearly worn very, very sparingly, if at all. It's absolutely gorgeous, and far better in person than my pictures indicate.
Given its rarity and beauty, how about $40, boxed and shipped in CONUS, or offer?
Measurements:
Tagged a 43XL:
Chest: 22
Sleeev: 26 1/2 (+2 1/4)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 33
[B11) Lovely slubby rough-hewn tweed! Made in the USA.[/B]
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This is a lovely, slubby rough-hewn tweed with a wonderful chestnut colourway, flecked with gorse yellow, berry red, forest green, and dark blue. A terrific country tweed, this has leather-covered metal-shanked buttons, a single centre vent, and a standard contemporary cut. It is half-lined, and was made in the USA. It's in excellent condition.
Asking just $20, boxed and shipped in CONUS, or offer!
Measurements:
Chest: 23
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 30 3/4
12) Lovely Basketweave Harris Tweed
This is lovely! The colourway is a cream and tan basketweave, with vertical striping of blue and turquoise throughout. It's a standard two button jacket, with a center vent, metal-shanked leather-covered buttons, and a full lining. It was Made in the USA, and is half-canvassed. This is in excellent condition!
Asking just $25, or offer, shipped in CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 24 (+2)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 30 1/2
13) BEAUTIFUL Classic Harris Tweed--dusty tea-rose pink and light blue striping!
I love the tweed of this jacket--in part as I interviewed for my first academic job in a jacket with just this colourway, and since at least two members of the Search Committee commented on it I'm sure it helped me!
The jacket is a classic Harris Tweed--a light grey-tan herringbone with vertical stripes of dusty tea rose pink and light blue running through it. The cut is a standard two-button front contemporary style, with the classic leather covered metal shanked buttons that fit Harris tweed so well. It is half-canvassed, and has a single centre vent. It is half-lined, and was Made in the USA.
Asking just $30, or offer, for this classic jacket.
Measurements:
Chest: 24 3/4
Sleeve: 26 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 32 1/2
14) CLASSIC Harris Tweed in slate-grey herringbone with PATCH POCKETS!
This is lovely! made by PBM--a rock-solid trad, clothier--in Philadelphia, this lovely Harris Tweed is the classic slate-grey and cream herringbone pattern and colourway. It also features leather-covered, metal shanked buttons, flapped PATCH POCKETS, a single vent, and half-canvassing. It's also half-lined, and was, of course, made in the USA.
Apart from what is literally a pinprick in the lining at the back, this is in excellent condition, and a steal at just $30, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 24 1/4
Sleeve: 26 1/2 (+2 1/4)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 31 1/2
15) CLASSIC Dark Herringbone 3/2 sack tweed.
This is lovely--and features all of the tradly desiderata! First, it's a lovely 3/2 sack with a beautiful lapel roll. It also is half-canvassed, and fully lined. It also features lapped seams on both the shoulders and the sleeves, as well as the classic two button cuffs. It has a single center vent, and was Union made in the USA. The colourway is lovely--a herringbone in dark peat black with dark mossy forest green.
This is in excellent condition!
Incidentally, this jacket dates from when JAB was still making things well--the current Banks has no relation to the old one except in name!
Asking just $32, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 1/4)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 30 1/4
16) Vintage 3/2 tweed sack in a wonderful collegiate check!
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Another awesome jacket! This is simply wonderful. First, the cut is perfect--a very high 2.5/3 roll sack, with just the hint of a lapel roll right at the top; perfectly and insouciantly Ivy! The jacket also appears to be fully canvassed, and is half-lined. It features the classic two button cuffs, flapped pickets, and a center rear vent.
The colourway is wonderful--utterly 1950s collegiate! A charcoal grey with a dark charcoal and dukll burnt mustard overcheck, this is really, really appealing--and a pattern and colouring that just isn't seen anymore.
Moreover, this was Made for Wallach's flagship store, right on Fifth Avenue... and now long, long gone. This was, of course, made in the USA, and is a wonderful, wearable vintage piece. There is the tiniest hint of a fray right at the edge of the jacket by the middle button, as shown, but otherwise this is in excellent condition!
Asking just $30, or offer--an absolute steal!
Measurements:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 24 (+2 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 29 3/4
SUITS
17) BEAUTIFUL Corbin 3/2 sack suit, made for The English Shop of Princeton
This is beautiful! Cut from wonderful pinstriped charcoal cloth, this beautiful, classic suit is cut as a 3/2 sack. It features three button cuffs, a lovely lapel roll, a single centre vent. It is half-canvassed and half-lined. It was Made in the USA by Corbin, one of the great trad. clothiers--and one that is often overlooked, although it's close to my favourite! The trousers are flat-front, cuffed, and feature suspender buttons. This suit is in excellent condition.
This was made for The English Shop of Princeton, which was one of Princeton's Big Four Ivy menswear stores--now all gone apart from Hilton!
Asking just $35, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 26 1/8 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 31 1/2
Waist, laid flat: 17 3/4
Inseam: 31 1/2 (+1/2) with 1 1/2 cuff.
18) Brooks Brothers Makers "Brooksease" Charcoal pinstripe 3/2 sack
This is a beautiful suit! Cut from a lovely charcoal grey pinstripe cloth, this is a classic 3/2 sack. Half-canvassed and half-lined, this has a single center vent, two button cuffs, and a lovely lapel roll. The trousers are flat front and uncuffed. This was made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $30, or offer.
Tagged 42S; Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 23 (+2 1/8)
Shoulder: 19 1/4
Length: 29
Waist (flat): 19
Inseam: 25 3/4 (+3 1/4)
MORE JACKETS!
19) BEAUTIFUL Classic navy blazer--filled with handwork!
This is simply lovely! Absolutely packed with pick stitching and handwork, this beautiful blazer appears custom made. It is darted, has a two botton front, and twin vents. It is half-canvassed and fully lined, and features lovely silvery metal buttons on cuffs and front. This does have teo minor flaws--two small scuff marks/water stains, on the right sleeve (noticeable) and right lapel (nt noticeable) Because of these this blazer is in Good/Very Good condition only, hence
asking just $15, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 24 (+2 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 31
Taken with flash, so worse than they appear in person:
20) STUNNING Donegal Tweed by Magee--Made for Mullarney Bros. of Co. Sligo!
This is absolutely STUNNING!! Cut from handwoven Donegal Tweed, this wonderful jacket is a serious rarity, being both a three-buttoned tweed, and a handwoven Dongela that's a puppytooth.. with a fantastic colourway, being a slateblue and peat black puppytooth flecked with gorse yellow, moss and forest greens, pumpkin orange, and berry red. This Donegal easily rivals the more complex Harris tweeds, and is both striking and subtle. A really wonderful tweed, with great texture and a fantastic colourway! It was woven by one D. Hood, who has signed it.
The jacket does the tweed justice, too. Made by Magee, the main maker of Donegal tweeds, in Ireland, this is a rare three button jacket, featuring side vents and three button cuffs. It is half canvassed and fully lined, and the tweed is a wonderful substantial weight. This relaly is a fantastic jacket for the Fall, Winter, and early Spring!
Asking just $40, or offer, boxed and shipped in CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 23 1/2 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19 3/4
Length: 31 1/2
21) BEAUTIFUL Southwick 3/2 sack--dark grey glen plaid!
This is stunning! Cut from a wonderful dark grey glen plaid cloth that features a very subtle forest green overcheck, this lovely suit is a 3/2 sack cut, and is both fully canvassed and fully lined. It was, of course, Union made in the USA, and features a single centre vent and three button cuffs. The trousers are pleated and cuffed. It does have some minor, minor shine from pressing on the sleeves, but otherwise is in absolutely excellent condition. As such, this is a steal at
just $35, or offer.
Tagged a 43, this measures:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 23 1/2 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 30 3/4
Waist: 19 1/2
Inseam: 28 with 1 1/2 cuff.
TUXEDOS
17) Velvet Tuxedo
The last tuxedo offering from the AAAC member whose closets yielded up the two jackets, above, this lovely velvet dinner jacket/tuxedo is features satin peak lapels, covered buttons, a single button closure, likely half-canvassing, jetted pockets, and a single vent. It is also fully lined, 100% cotton, and in excellent condition. This is also the top of the line for Banks, and so is comparable to Brooks' offerings. If you'd like a velvet dinner jacket, and this is your size, GRAB IT!
Asking just $50, or offer.
Tagged a 44R, this measures:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 7/8
Length: 31 3/4
18) RECENT Fumagallis Shawl Collar Tuxedo
ignore the name this is beautiful! Half-canvassed and fully lined, this features a wonderful, classic shawl collar, jetted pockets, singe button closure, and covered buttons. It is also ventless, in Flusser-approved style. The trousers are pleated, and feature interior buttons for suspenders. This is in absolutely excellent condition, and is a steal at
just $25, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 3/4
Sleeve: 28 1/2 (+2 --just in case you are deformed and need this extra!)
Shoulder: 22 1/4
Length: 33 1/2
Waist (laid flat): 21
Inseam: 33 (+ 2 1/4)
19) AN IVY LEAGUE BEAUTY! Shawl collar from The English Shop of Princeton.
No listing of Ivy league formalwear would be complete without an offering from The English Shop of Princeton--and so here one is! This is an Ivy Classic--a beautiful shawl-collar tuxedo from one of the Big Four of Princeton's Ivy league clothiers. And what a shawl collar--lovely and narrow, this was the height of cool in around 1963, which is the era this jacket dates from. This is cut so beautifully and classically that it could slide from a stuffy cocktail party at the President's House (the real President, of Princeton University, not some suspect politician...) to a jazz dive with ease.... as no doubt it did! Fully canvassed and fully lined, this has a single vent, two button cuffs, flapped pockets, and covered buttons. It's in wonderful condition, with the exception of some minor fraying at the back of eh collar, on the inside, as shown, and some discoloration to the interior label. As such, this is in overall Very Good condition.
This would be PERFECT worn with tartan trews for a tradly holiday look... which is how I wear my own TES c. 1965 shawl collar!
Asking just $21, or offer--a steal for an American Ivy classic!
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 31
20) ANOTHER IVY CLASSIC! Shawl-collar tuxedo from a Dartmouth clothier!
If Princeton is the well-groomed preppy of the Ivy campuses, Dartmouth is the slightly tousled cousin, with a hip flask of bourbon in a coat pocket and Bean Boots under the cuffs of the tux..... But you wouldn't guess it from this Ivy beauty, which is as lovely as its TES cousin, above. Made for the Dartmouth University outfitters James Campion, this beauty has the same narrow shawl collar lapel as the TES tuxedo above; however, this is that rarity, a sack cut tux, and features uncovered buttons, and tradly two button cuffs. It has flapped pockets and a single button closure. Did I mention that it's a sack tux? The cloth is slightly heavier than the more refined tuxes, above, and is perfect for a slightly unheated house in a NH winter--who needs heat when you have bourbon, after all? This jacket is a wonderful tradly item, and would be perfect with tartan trews! It has a very, very faint scuff to the lapel, and is an older tux, so conservatively it's in Very Good condition. It was Union Made in the USA.
Asking just $20, or offer.
Tagged 44L, but runs small; Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 26 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 30 7/8
22) Hickey-Freeman Customized Shawl Collar Tuxedo--from 1975!
This is absolutely beautiful! In excellent condition, it's a shock to realise that this tuxedo is from 1975; it could easily have been purchased yesterday. Fully canvassed and half-lined, this has flapped pockets, a single center vent, a single button closure, and four uncovered cuff buttons. It's in absolutely excellent condition, and was, of course, Made in the USA.
A steal at just $22, or offer.
Chest: 23
Sleeev: 26 (+1 1/4)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 32 1/2
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