Gun Club Check Appreciation Thread

[apropos]

Reviving this thread with IMO, a gunclub done well.

 

[NewYorkIslander]

Originally Posted by apropos

Reviving this thread with IMO, a gunclub done well.

This was the $5,000 jacket GQ featured in "budget chic" a few months back...lol

Still a nice coat.

 

[Tweedy]

Originally Posted by Mildly Consumptive

Well thats certainly not a tweed jacket for the shy & retiring type!!

 

[poorsod]

 

[apropos]

Originally Posted by poorsod

Who is this gentleman? He looks familiar, but I can't quite place him.

 

[Parker]

Oscar de la Renta?

 

[gnatty8]

Originally Posted by apropos

Reviving this thread with IMO, a gunclub done well.

Very nice. Usually not a fran of elbow patches, but that works.

 

[TRINI]

Originally Posted by gnatty8

Very nice. Usually not a fran of elbow patches, but that works.

Apparently the jacket's about 20 years old and the patches were recently put on.

I'm almost ashamed that I know this.

 

[forex]

Originally Posted by TRINI

Apparently the jacket's about 20 years old and the patches were recently put on.

I'm almost ashamed that I know this.

Do you also know what the fabric is?

 

[apropos]

Originally Posted by forex

Do you also know what the fabric is?
Hermes, long OOP.

Originally Posted by Parker

Oscar de la Renta?
Thanks P.

 

[mktitsworth]

Originally Posted by Parker

Yes, this is a free-for-all, Wild West kind of thread. No questions turned away. However, gentlemanliness encouraged.

Ok. Is it acceptable to make a full suit in gun check, because all I'm seeing here are Sport coats/Odd Jackets/Whichever the appropriate technical term is.

 

[Archivist]

Lovely thread. "Reprint" of a 1949 trade article on district checks, with pictures of various checks: The first comprehensive collection shown in U.S.A. of the Authentic District Checks. Mr. John McKay Adan. American Fabrics, Number Ten 1949 http://www.gypsywearvintage.com/checks.htm

 

[TRINI]

Originally Posted by mktitsworth

Ok. Is it acceptable to make a full suit in gun check, because all I'm seeing here are Sport coats/Odd Jackets/Whichever the appropriate technical term is.

Sure...if you want to look like this guy:

 

[niidawg3]

Originally Posted by TRINI

Sure...if you want to look like this guy:

how about this ...

 

[mktitsworth]

Originally Posted by TRINI

Sure...if you want to look like this guy:

That is a damn bold suit. Hmm...

Originally Posted by niidawg3

how about this ...

This as well.