tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post1048388116959919396..comments2007-07-08T08:48:43.925-07:00Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173316804999411413noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-63026313522480941902007-07-08T08:48:00.000-07:002007-07-08T08:48:00.000-07:002007-07-08T08:48:00.000-07:00

So there is. Thanks for pointing it out.

Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173316804999411413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-76038334673840662572007-07-08T05:28:00.000-07:002007-07-08T05:28:00.000-07:002007-07-08T05:28:00.000-07:00

There is a picture of just such a jacket in Schoeffler and Gale Esquire's 'Encyclopeia of 20th Century Men's Fashions' (page 50). It is from a 1926 advertisement for a semi-Norfolk style coat called the 'Oxford'. This suggests it was, or was promoted, as a campus style. Protective pocket flaps would not be necessary on campus whereas the open patch pockets would be ideal for pens and bits of

Percyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968800349402757648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-13244923365770084862007-07-06T05:42:00.000-07:002007-07-06T05:42:00.000-07:002007-07-06T05:42:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the misprint, due to the computer writing. The king of England at the beginning of the XX century , whom I was referring to in my post, is Edward VII (reign:1901-1910).

Angelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05590146755575865803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-13934483120592460192007-07-05T12:27:00.000-07:002007-07-05T12:27:00.000-07:002007-07-05T12:27:00.000-07:00

That's the most autrhoritative explanation I've heard. Thank you.

Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173316804999411413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-39976524976808983092007-07-05T11:39:00.000-07:002007-07-05T11:39:00.000-07:002007-07-05T11:39:00.000-07:00

The Marmath explanation is completely correct.Altough rarely seen and worn by old styled people the double breast open patch pocketed odd jacket worn by the english professor is a typical brithish country jacket. In this kind of jacket , only the left breast pocket was devoted to the pocket square whereas the right one was utilized for keeping some pleasure items of a country gentleman

angelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15669978969053579805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-82157273206425077022007-07-05T04:28:00.000-07:002007-07-05T04:28:00.000-07:002007-07-05T04:28:00.000-07:00

I think this jacket is great and solves a dilemma for the modern working man - and the pocket square problem simultaneously! I never wear a pocket square, except in my morning coat for weddings and in my dinner jacket for evening functions. Why not? Because I find that the breast pocket is the best place for my mobile phone. I could, of course, put it in my ticket pocket nestling at the bottom

Marmarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01721743122958687854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-54225528124707381602007-07-04T14:16:00.000-07:002007-07-04T14:16:00.000-07:002007-07-04T14:16:00.000-07:00

I've seen them with two flapped and button pockets but never open patch. Definitely send me photos when yours come in.

Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173316804999411413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593388140454867428.post-85744141702073704052007-07-04T13:06:00.000-07:002007-07-04T13:06:00.000-07:002007-07-04T13:06:00.000-07:00

This is a bit of an oddball style, to be sure. I've only seen it done one other time. In the shop, a gentleman came in and ordered an odd jacket, in a very country, check patterned wool, and he wanted double open patch breast pockets. Why he did, I have no idea, but we made the jacket for him. When I saw the finished product I was very much reminded of the old British shooting jackets (its a

Treyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311267925903864489noreply@blogger.com