It is a holiday in America today, and on this day of leisure there may not be two people in the country wearing the deservedly short-lived fashion on the left (the illustration is from a 1936 Esquire). But that leisure suit is not the point.
The man on the right wears a tan jacket (cut to roll to the center button), gray trousers, tan and white spectator shoes and a madras necktie. A perfect summer combination.
Monday, May 25, 2009
A Summer Combination
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Will, I alway love to see your snippets from Esquire magazine. The most elegant illustrations ever. Thank you!
As a leisure suit short lived but lest we forget; Sir Winston resurrected it as a siren suit during the war years.
The once suit was intended to be pulled on at any time (the siren sounded) including if the need arose over pyjamas.
Although tailor made they were a direct link with the man on the street and played a part in Sir Winston's broad appeal.
If the blue suit on the left is a one piece jumpsuit style as suggested by Mr Brown, I was always assured by a devotee of that style, that in good fabrics, a one piece was just about the most comfortable and "sharp" look a man could use.
My Dad, who would have been roughly the age of the gentleman sketched by Fellows in 1936 was an ivy dresser with deep credentials (believe you me) and he was the one who always imparted this information to me.
You may rightly guess that I have never tested his theory and likely never will. But on the other hand...
I actually thought the madras tie on the model on the right paired very well with what appears to be a moss green awning striped shirt.
It's the little things...
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