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Fabienne

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Semur-En-Auxois, May 31, 1956. My great grandfather is on the right:

 

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He's not showing any cuff!
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Fabienne

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Originally Posted by Jovan
He's not showing any cuff!
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The coat sleeve length could use alterations, yes. The other man's is right, and he's still not showing any cuff. I suppose even back then it was a no-no?
 

skalogre

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Great photo Fabienne.
Wow... there are some of my grandfather when he was a young tailor in Torquay (I think - maybe those were while he was on the Row), in some seriously dashing suits. Unfortunately they are about 6k miles away
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Two ancestors - just old photographs of the original paintings or daguerrotypes. Funny how these costumes are probably just fifty years or slightly more apart - fashion certainly changed. There's the late 18th century bewigged and lace-cravatted civil servant, and the early 19th century merchant, with the Brummell influence in between.
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acidboy

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nice db jacket. are they ww chan?
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seriously, great pic. and it is great because it seems that there is a story behind this picture.
 

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