The London Lounge

Great photo, B.

It's delightful to see that Michael's London Lounge, Fox Brothers flannel was selected for a chalk stripe suit featured in Phantom Thread. The weight is classic, 1930s style at 18 ounces.

That's a spectacular 18 oz. grey flannel chalk stripe, Michael, with real depth and character to the fabric. The 4x1 button stance is, to my eye, the most elegant arrangement for a DB suit, especially when the lapels are just the right width, as they are here. Today we have the May 1935 issue of Esq...

Gentlemen, I present to you Esquire March 1935, followed by the April '35 issue. I've taken the time to improve the quality of the images, so we'll have brighter pictures and crisper text. A 3-roll-2 glen plaid tweed jacket with 8 inch side vents, popular with the undergraduates at Oxford and Cambri...

Thank you gentlemen for the kind welcome back. Today we have Esquire November 1935. To show the texture of the cloth and to make the text easier to read, I've included larger format images. You can also use "ctrl +" or ctrl -" to enlarge or reduce the screen to have them fit your browser. In 1935 ca...

A piece of forgotten menswear history is that linen was once considered the premier fabric for shirts. Henry Adams, the great American writer, notes in a 1910 letter to his brother that Edouard Charvet recommended linen over silk. Edouard was the head of Charvet, and the son of the founder: https://...

For a New Year's gift to the London Lounge, we have the May 1936 issue of Esquire. The undergraduate is wearing a three-button glen plaid Shetland suit, 3-roll-2 with side vents. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7349/16198142498_e6ff6b7ce2_b.jpg A primer on dress. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/1...

Thank you Schmayk, Gido, Theoldesouth, Ballmouse, and Lgcintra! I should be posting more pictures later this month; things have been busy at work but I have summer issues of Esquire stored that I'll be sharing.

An 80th anniversary: today we have Esquire from March 1934. Thanks especially to Michael, Bill, Derek, David, Dopey, RJ, and Mitch for their inspiring and insightful conversations on style. The fabric picture for town wear, featuring a navy guard's coat with turnback cuffs and grey chalk striped sui...

Thank you hectorm, jb, and bestsummerever. I appreciate your enjoying the photos! Today we have Esquire from September 1935, starting with shirts, ties, and accessories in the Guard's colors of blue and red. An unexpected detail is the pleated bosom on the business shirt. There are fashions in color...

We continue today the February 1934 issue of Esquire . Thanks to my friends Michael, Bill, Derek, RJ, David, and Dopey for sharing your sartorial insights and very generously discussing the images. Thanks too to Regimental (used2Bwegimental) for enjoying the Esquire posts. For wear around the house,...

Glad that you're enjoying the images Michael, Russell, and Milo! I have part 1 of a two part post on Esquire February 1934 today: A three-piece navy suit with a double-breasted vest and a double-breasted grey suit. Both suits are worn with starched collar shirts, the navy suit with a blue and white ...

ballmouse wrote:Great photos, although I believe that last one is from Suspicion with Joan Fontaine.

Good catch -- fixed.

I thought I'd update the thread with more pictures of Cary Grant. Note the smooth transition between the trim jacket bottom and the full trouser tops described in the first article on this thread. Grant with Jimmy Stewart. Suits are double-breasted, pockets are jetted: http://freshwallstreet.files.w...

Great overcoat Marlon. Beautiful fabric and cut. I especially like the shoulders, the width of the lapels, and the waist suppression.