Ideas for a Bespoke Overcoat--Single Breasted Examples

"The brute covers himself, the rich man and the fop adorn themselves, the elegant man dresses!"

-Honore de Balzac

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Mark Seitelman
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Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:16 pm

A friend has come into some vicuna, and he wants to make a single breasted overcoat.

My friend is new to bespoke clothing, and he would like some guidance.

Could our members post some pictures showing models single breasted overcoats worn by the greats of the past as well as regular people populating the internet.? It would be helpful.

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old henry
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Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:41 pm

I don’t know how to post photos but google Robert Shaw ( Doyle Lonergan ) in “The Sting”. Also Paul Newman in “Easy Money”. They are DBs but a great lesson in top coats.
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Fri Sep 13, 2019 8:05 pm

A single-breasted coat is so easy to picture, not sure why you need live-action shots.
A Brooks Brothers catalogue could get you 90% of the way there, if they haven't ruined the collection and gone completely pseudo-Italian.
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Mon Sep 16, 2019 4:57 pm

I've always been partial to the one Anthony Andrews wore as Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited. It must have been intended to be either vicuña or camel hair. It had a great line and a wonderful sweep. Unfortunately the only images I can find online (below) don't show it at its best, but give an idea. It recurs throughout the series as Sebastian progresses from undergraduate fop to adult derelict, like the threadbare remnant of civilization.

(It's the one on the left in the middle image below.)

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Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:42 pm

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I know its not SB, but this example (Stephen Hitchcock?) gets a few outings :

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Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:05 pm

A box overcoat is a classic. Also called a Vermont Chester. It has the lines of a Raglan but with a split sleeve.
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