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  1. tweedydon

    COAT SALE! VINTAGE Mid-century CASHMERE OVERCOAT! Absolutely beautiful. JUST $45 SHIPPED!

    VINTAGE CASHMERE OVERCOAT! I have over 200 other items available, including many classic and vintage overcoats and topcoats--to see them please click my username "tweedydon" on the "Most Active Sellers" list on the left of your screen! As always, I OFFER FREE SHIPPING ON EVERYTHING IN THE USA...
  2. tweedydon

    SOLD STUNNING Paul Stuart Double-Breasted Overcoat with Peak Lapels. RETAIL c. $2,500.

    STUNNING Paul Stuart Double-Breasted Overcoat with Peak Lapels. I have over 200 other items available, including many classic and vintage overcoats and topcoats--to see them please click my username "tweedydon" on the "Most Active Sellers" list on the left of your screen! As always, I OFFER...
  3. tweedydon

    SOLD! Peter Van B. Heide's (heir to the Gummi Bear Fortune!) Tartan Lined "Scotch Mist" Overcoat

    Peter Van B. Heide's (heir to the Gummi Bear Fortune!) Tartan Lined "Scotch Mist" Overcoat from Rogers Peet! I have over 200 other items available, including many classic and vintage overcoats and topcoats--to see them please click my username "tweedydon" on the "Most Active Sellers" list on...
  4. tweedydon

    SOLD! STUNNING BERETTA SHOOTING JACKET, LINED IN DARK RED SILK! SIZE 42.

    GRAIL! BERETTA SHOOTING JACKET Lined in Dark Red Silk! Made in Italy The first clue to the superlative quality of this jacket is the lining, which is a beautiful dark red pure silk--a fabric that is very rarely used as a lining nowadays. The use of silk has not been confined to the...
  5. tweedydon

    SOLD! AUTHENTIC 1960's 3/2 sack jacket in BLEEDING MADRAS! This is NOT MADE ANY MORE!

    This is ... stunning. An authentic 3/2 sack cut from genuine Bleeding Madras this is a true Trad/Ivy GRAIL item... especially given the absolutely beautiful and utterly 1960s dark hues of the cloth this is cut from! First, the fabric. Bleeding Madras differs significantly from regular Madras in...
  6. tweedydon

    IVY GRAIL! Langrock of Princeton Summer-weight Cashmere 2-button sack. c.46, 48L

    IVY GRAIL! Langrock of Princeton Cashmere 2-button sack. Langrock of Princeton was THE Ivy Style store; together with Norman Hilton, Alan Frank, the owner of Langrock, is largely credited with popularizing "The Natural Shoulder Ivy League Look". (It is, alas, a myth that he refused to sell...
  7. tweedydon

    SOLD! GRAIL ITEM! Vintage 3/2 sack Jacket in Classic Summer Boating Stripe! c. 36, 38

    GRAIL ITEM! 3/2 sack Jacket in Boating Stripe! This is absolutely wonderful! Made by Gordon of Philadelphia--one of the stalwart makers of traditional American clothing--this is cut as a classic 3/2 sack. But what makes this jacket really special is the pattern and colourway of the cloth that...
  8. tweedydon

    SOLD.ICONIC Needlepoint Belt, Hand Made in the USA! Size c.32, 34. NOT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE!

    GRAIL! Genuine needlepoint belt, handmade in the USA. MADE IN THE USA NEEDLEPOINT BELTS ARE NOT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE! Needlepoint belts are one of THE classic preppy/Ivy icons. Handmade by necessity, these belts used to produced in the evenings by Muffy, Charlotte, Poppy and Catherine in...
  9. tweedydon

    JUST $50! GORGEOUS c. 42 Hickey-Freeman for The English Shop of Princeton 3/2 flannel suit!

    This is absolutely gorgeous! Cut from a beautifully thick and luxurious flannel, the colourway and patterning of this suit are wonderful--a very very dark grey base with extremely subtle windowpane overchecking in dark chestnut; this is a truly beautiful suit, and my pictures come nowhere close...
  10. tweedydon

    STUNNING Vintage Black Stewart Tartan Jacket from Dunn & Co. MADE IN BRITAIN! c. 39L

    It really doesn't get much nicer than this! Cut from beautiful woolen cloth in the authentic Scottish tartan of Black Stewart, this jacket is absolutely perfect for holiday events, not the least because Black Stewart is traditionally a more formal tartan, and one that is becoming increasingly...
  11. tweedydon

    PRICE DROP! GRAIL! VINTAGE Abercrombie & Fitch three button sack jacket in PURE CASHMERE. c.40, 42.

    NB: I have almost 450 other items of classic menswear for sale on Style Forum. To browse my listings please go to the "Top Sellers" list on the left-hand side of the B&S page and click on my username, "Tweedydon"--located right at the top! ;) Abercrombie & Fitch is mainly known now for its...
  12. tweedydon

    MUSEUM QUALITY! Dartmouth College 3/2 sack Reunion jacket, Class of '56. c. 40, 42.

    NB: I have LOTS of tweeds available; please click on "tweedydon" at the top of the "Most Active Sellers" list to the left of the B&S screen to see all my SF listings! I don't use the term "museum quality" lightly, but this beautiful jacket most certainly qualifies as it is precisely the sort of...
  13. tweedydon

    GRAIL! Pure Cashmere 3/2 sack from Chipp--tailor to JFK! Fully canvassed. c.40L

    Chipp needs no introduction here--they were one of the best tailors in New York (JFK was one of their clients), and THE Ivy Style tailor, being responsible for inventing the Ivy GTH staple of embroidered trousers. Chipp's products are invariably absolutely first rate, and this beautiful...
  14. tweedydon

    SOLD GORGEOUS Turnbull & Asser Guncheck Hacking Jacket in CASHMERE and wool! c.40, 42.

    This is absolutely wonderful! Made by Turnbull & Asser, one of the premier Jermyn Street clothiers in London, the cloth of this beautiful jacket is 95% wool and 5% cashmere, giving it a lovely soft hand and a wonderful drape. The colourway does full justice to the cloth, being a wonderful...
  15. tweedydon

    SOLD! TRAD/IVY GRAIL!! Vintage Brooks Brothers Vintage 3/2 Navy Flannel Blazer. Half canvas. c. 38.

    This is absolutely gorgeous! Cut from wonderfully luxurious heavier medium-weight flannel cloth in classic dark navy blue, this blazer is a true GRAIL item--a Brooks Brothers flannel navy blazer with a 3/2 lapel roll! Although this has the traditional 3/2 lapel roll note that this is not a sack...
  16. tweedydon

    WONDERFUL! Classic 3/2 sack in grey herringbone tweed w/overcheck by H. Freeman. c. 38, 40.

    H. Freeman is one of the great classic American clothiers, and The English Shop of Princeton was one of the Big Five bastions of Ivy Style during the Golden Age, and so a jacket that carries the labels of both has impeccable tradly provenance! And this jacket fully lives up to its heritage. At...
  17. tweedydon

    Trad/Ivy GRAIL! LANGROCK 3/2 sack Lightweight Navy Blazer, perfect for summer! c.38.

    Langrock was THE purveyor of Ivy Style during the Golden Age, and near the end of its life was running adverts announcing that it was the only store in America that still exclusively focused on the Ivy Look. This is a classic Langrock jacket. Perfect for the summer or the warmer days of Spring...
  18. tweedydon

    SOLD. GRAIL! 1956 3/2 Sack Tweed Three Piece Suit with Reversible Vest! c. 38, 40.

    I have full provenance on this suit! It was purchased in 1956 in Scranton, PA for a graduating High School senior before he headed off to Princeton University; it was in his possession for the rest of his life, carefully stored in a cedar closet once he graduated from Princeton. That this suit...
  19. tweedydon

    DROP! c. 42.NWOT Grey Pinstripe, Hand-Tailored in Italy from Zegna cashmere & wool cloth. GORGEOUS!

    This is absolutely gorgeous! Tailored from beautiful Zegna cashmere-wool cloth in classic grey with a cream pinstripe this beautiful and rare three piece suit was hand tailored in Italy. The jacket is cut with a three button front--although this is far more of a British-inspired traditional...
  20. tweedydon

    SOLD JUST $75, shipped in USA! ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS Norman Hilton Flannel suit. c. 41L.

    This is absolutely beautiful! Norman Hilton was one of the Big Five Ivy Clothiers of Princeton, and, with Langrock, the pioneer of the "Ivy League Look". Normal Hilton joined the family clothing business--which had been established in the 1880s by his grandfather, an immigrant Russian...

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