Mayor James Walker

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bond_and_beyond
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Mon May 07, 2018 1:09 pm

I never heard much about this guy before reading one of Etutee's old posts, but a google search yielded some stunning photos. See a few below. The man must have had one heck of a valet / presser! And I love the soft shoulders on the coats.

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Mon May 07, 2018 1:29 pm

If you look at these photos you say "that guys got style". And he does. HE does. But his suits are very simple. Only thing is...they fit. They're fitted and they fit. Jimmys suits fit Jimmy
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Mon May 07, 2018 11:10 pm

Jimmy Walker was a favorite subject of the great Mexican artist and caricaturist Miguel Covarrubias, who helped define the style of the magazine Vanity Fair during the 1930s.

From his series of "Impossible Interviews," Covarrubias here portrays Walker with ex-king Alfonso XIII of Spain, who went into exile in 1931 upon the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic:

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And for this cover, Mayor Jimmy Walker welcomes himself ceremoniously to New York:

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Wed May 09, 2018 6:01 pm

Mayor Walker was the subject of a 1957 movie biography, Beau James, starring Bob Hope. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_James

It is quite good although it glosses-over the corruption that undid him.
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