tweedydon
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I have several lovely trad. suits to pass on today, from H. Freeman, Brooks Brothers, Hilton, and Corbin! All are in excellent condition, in staple colours, and priced to move!
As always, FREE SHIPPING ON EVERYTHING IN CONUS, with International inquiries welcome, with shipping at cost!
OFFERS ARE VERY WELCOME!
Please PM with interest and offers!
1) 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 $75 > 65, 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.
2) Brooks Brothers Makers suit. Classic miniature herringbone 3/2 sack.
Another absolutely beautiful suit, this is cut as the classic 3/2 sack by Brooks Brothers. The cloth is a lovely dark grey miniature herringone with a very, very very subtle vertical russet stripe running throughout. This is half-canvassed and half-lined. It features a single center vent, three button cuffs, a lovely lapel roll, The trousers are flat front and cuffed. This suit was Union made in the USA, and is in absolutely excellent condition!
Asking just $65 > 50, or offer.
Tagged a 43, this measures:
Chest: 23 1/2
Sleeve: 25 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 31 1/2
Waist (flat): 19 1/2
Inseam: 29 (+1), with 1 1/2 cuff.
3) Normal Hilton Dark Grey 3/2 sack
Another lovely trad. suit! This is from Normal Hilton, and is a lovely 3/2 sack. It is half-canvassed and half-lined, has a center vent, three button cuffs, and a lovely lapel roll. The trousers are flat front and cuffed. This was made in the USA. It is in excellent condition, except for a very small hole on the calf of one of the trosuer legs--this is very hard to find even if you know it's there, but, because of this, I'm asking
just $40 > 30, or offer.
Tagged a 44L, this measures:
Chest: 23
Sleeve: 25 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 32
Waist (flat): 20
Inseam: 28 1/2 (+1 1/2), with 1 1/2 cuff.
4) Made in the USA Anderson-Little Almost-Glen Plaid suit
This is a lovely suit, that would be ideal for a chap starting out--or as an everyday go-to suit! Cut in a contemporary (but NOT fashion forward) style of subtle darting and two button closure, this suit is almost but not a dark grey glen plaid, being a crosshatch pattern with a lovely subtle overchck of dark red and dark blue. If this was a 40L, it wouldn't be here! This is half-canvassed, fully lined, and has a single center vent. It was made in the USA. The trousers are pleated and uncuffed. It is in absolutely excellent condition, and a steal
at just $45 > 40, or offer.
Tagged 40R, this measures:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 25 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 30 1/2
Waist (flat): 15
Inseam: 29 + 2
Take (5) and (6) and (7) together for $120, shipped in CONUS!
5) Brooks Brothers Makers Glen Plaid 3/2 sack
This is beautiful! Cut from a mid-grey glen plaid cloth, this has a subtle blue overcheck that adds an attractive blue tinge to the cloth. Cut as a 3/2 sack, this has a lovely lapel roll, two button cuffs, a single center vent, half-canvassing, and half-lining. The trousers are flat front and uncuffed. It was made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $55 > 50, or offer.
Tagged a 42S; Measurements:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 22 1/4 (+2)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 28 3/4
Waist (flat) 18 1/4
Inseam: 26 3/4 (+3)
6) Brooks Brothers Makers Beautiful Autumnal Brown Glen Plaid 3/2 sack suit
This is wonderful! Cut from a wonderful and rare autumnal brown glen plaid cloth, this beautiful suit is a 3/2 sack. It is half-lined and half-canvassed, features a single center vent, two button cuffs, and a lovely lapel roll. The colourway is also wonderful--a beautiful medley of russets, chestnuts, and barks! The trousers are flat front and uncuffed. This was Made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $55 > 50, or offer.
Tagged 42S; Measurements:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 22 1/2 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18
LengthL: 29 1/4
Waist (flat): 18
Length: 26 1/4 (+3)
7) 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 $55 > 50, 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)
8) SUPERB H. Freeman 3/2 sack for The English Shop of Princeton!
This is wonderful! Cut from a beautiful grey cloth in miniature herringbone, this suit is a classic 3/2 sack with a lovely lapel roll. Made for The English Shop of Princeton--one of the great Ivy menswear stores, now long gone--this is from H. Freeman of Philadelphia, one of the great trad. clothiers. A beautiful double whammy! This is fully canvassed and half lined, and features three button cuffs and a single center vent. The trousers are flat front and uncuffed. This was Made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $60 > 50, or offer.
Measures:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 22 1/2 (+3 1/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 29 1/2
Waist (flat) 18 1/2
Inseam: 26 1/2 (+2 1/2)
9) GORGEOUS Slate Blue H. Freeman 3/2.5 suit!
This is STUNNING! Cut from a BEAUTIFUL slate-blue flannel with a mid-sized pinstripe that is edging towards chalk, but isn't quite there yet, this wonderful suit was cut by H. Freeman of Philadelphia, of THE great menswear makers in the US. It features a beautifully high lapel roll, which is strictly a 3/2.5, but almost, almost a 3 button front, and is, of course, a sack cut. It is FULLY canvassed, and half-lined. It features two button cuffs, and has a single center vent. The trousers are uncuffed, and have a flat front. This is from H. Freeman's Naturalaire line, and so features their very natural shoulder. This is a relaly wonderful suit, and is a steal at just
$80 > 65, or offer.
Tagged a 44L, this measures:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 31 1/2
Waist (flat): 18 1/4
Inseam: 29 1/4 (+2 1/4)
As always, FREE SHIPPING ON EVERYTHING IN CONUS, with International inquiries welcome, with shipping at cost!
OFFERS ARE VERY WELCOME!
Please PM with interest and offers!
1) 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 $75 > 65, 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.
2) Brooks Brothers Makers suit. Classic miniature herringbone 3/2 sack.
Another absolutely beautiful suit, this is cut as the classic 3/2 sack by Brooks Brothers. The cloth is a lovely dark grey miniature herringone with a very, very very subtle vertical russet stripe running throughout. This is half-canvassed and half-lined. It features a single center vent, three button cuffs, a lovely lapel roll, The trousers are flat front and cuffed. This suit was Union made in the USA, and is in absolutely excellent condition!
Asking just $65 > 50, or offer.
Tagged a 43, this measures:
Chest: 23 1/2
Sleeve: 25 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 31 1/2
Waist (flat): 19 1/2
Inseam: 29 (+1), with 1 1/2 cuff.
3) Normal Hilton Dark Grey 3/2 sack
Another lovely trad. suit! This is from Normal Hilton, and is a lovely 3/2 sack. It is half-canvassed and half-lined, has a center vent, three button cuffs, and a lovely lapel roll. The trousers are flat front and cuffed. This was made in the USA. It is in excellent condition, except for a very small hole on the calf of one of the trosuer legs--this is very hard to find even if you know it's there, but, because of this, I'm asking
just $40 > 30, or offer.
Tagged a 44L, this measures:
Chest: 23
Sleeve: 25 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 32
Waist (flat): 20
Inseam: 28 1/2 (+1 1/2), with 1 1/2 cuff.
4) Made in the USA Anderson-Little Almost-Glen Plaid suit
This is a lovely suit, that would be ideal for a chap starting out--or as an everyday go-to suit! Cut in a contemporary (but NOT fashion forward) style of subtle darting and two button closure, this suit is almost but not a dark grey glen plaid, being a crosshatch pattern with a lovely subtle overchck of dark red and dark blue. If this was a 40L, it wouldn't be here! This is half-canvassed, fully lined, and has a single center vent. It was made in the USA. The trousers are pleated and uncuffed. It is in absolutely excellent condition, and a steal
at just $45 > 40, or offer.
Tagged 40R, this measures:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 25 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 30 1/2
Waist (flat): 15
Inseam: 29 + 2
Take (5) and (6) and (7) together for $120, shipped in CONUS!
5) Brooks Brothers Makers Glen Plaid 3/2 sack
This is beautiful! Cut from a mid-grey glen plaid cloth, this has a subtle blue overcheck that adds an attractive blue tinge to the cloth. Cut as a 3/2 sack, this has a lovely lapel roll, two button cuffs, a single center vent, half-canvassing, and half-lining. The trousers are flat front and uncuffed. It was made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $55 > 50, or offer.
Tagged a 42S; Measurements:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 22 1/4 (+2)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 28 3/4
Waist (flat) 18 1/4
Inseam: 26 3/4 (+3)
6) Brooks Brothers Makers Beautiful Autumnal Brown Glen Plaid 3/2 sack suit
This is wonderful! Cut from a wonderful and rare autumnal brown glen plaid cloth, this beautiful suit is a 3/2 sack. It is half-lined and half-canvassed, features a single center vent, two button cuffs, and a lovely lapel roll. The colourway is also wonderful--a beautiful medley of russets, chestnuts, and barks! The trousers are flat front and uncuffed. This was Made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $55 > 50, or offer.
Tagged 42S; Measurements:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 22 1/2 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18
LengthL: 29 1/4
Waist (flat): 18
Length: 26 1/4 (+3)
7) 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 $55 > 50, 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)
8) SUPERB H. Freeman 3/2 sack for The English Shop of Princeton!
This is wonderful! Cut from a beautiful grey cloth in miniature herringbone, this suit is a classic 3/2 sack with a lovely lapel roll. Made for The English Shop of Princeton--one of the great Ivy menswear stores, now long gone--this is from H. Freeman of Philadelphia, one of the great trad. clothiers. A beautiful double whammy! This is fully canvassed and half lined, and features three button cuffs and a single center vent. The trousers are flat front and uncuffed. This was Made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $60 > 50, or offer.
Measures:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 22 1/2 (+3 1/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 29 1/2
Waist (flat) 18 1/2
Inseam: 26 1/2 (+2 1/2)
9) GORGEOUS Slate Blue H. Freeman 3/2.5 suit!
This is STUNNING! Cut from a BEAUTIFUL slate-blue flannel with a mid-sized pinstripe that is edging towards chalk, but isn't quite there yet, this wonderful suit was cut by H. Freeman of Philadelphia, of THE great menswear makers in the US. It features a beautifully high lapel roll, which is strictly a 3/2.5, but almost, almost a 3 button front, and is, of course, a sack cut. It is FULLY canvassed, and half-lined. It features two button cuffs, and has a single center vent. The trousers are uncuffed, and have a flat front. This is from H. Freeman's Naturalaire line, and so features their very natural shoulder. This is a relaly wonderful suit, and is a steal at just
$80 > 65, or offer.
Tagged a 44L, this measures:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 31 1/2
Waist (flat): 18 1/4
Inseam: 29 1/4 (+2 1/4)
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