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White pants - Classic or Miami Vice?
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:30 am
by Vladimir Berkov
What are your opinions on white pants? Did they exist as a wardrobe item in the 20s-30s? I have heard of white duck canvas pants, but am not sure what they were exactly. Were they pure white cotton?
I am thinking of getting a pair of the Bill's M1 khakis in a heavy white canvas, possibly to wear with a blue blazer, but am not sure if I will be committing a major sartorial faux pas.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:20 pm
by andrei67
For me the only white trousers are the linens for summer, but that's only my view.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:35 pm
by dopey
The heavy white cotton canvas trousers are the classic white ducks worn with a blazer. Not for me, though.
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:47 pm
by Richard3
What are your opinions on white pants? Did they exist as a wardrobe item in the 20s-30s? I have heard of white duck canvas pants, but am not sure what they were exactly. Were they pure white cotton?
I am thinking of getting a pair of the Bill's M1 khakis in a heavy white canvas, possibly to wear with a blue blazer, but am not sure if I will be committing a major sartorial faux pas.
I am also thinking of getting a pair of white ducks this spring/summer, maybe from Ben Silver. I am not sure what the white pants you see in old pictures were made of. Maybe flannel, but I´d guess wool gabardine (there is a picture of Dave Niven in Flusser`s
Dressing the man showing the actor in white gabardines)... anyone?
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:22 am
by MildlyConsumptiv
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach."
I think people wore white flannel in the olden days.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:29 am
by David V
Olden days! Indeed!
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:31 am
by dopey
ibucephalus wrote:"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach."
I think people wore white flannel in the olden days.
Perhaps, but they were afraid to eat peaches.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:29 am
by JamesT1
ibucephalus wrote:
I think people wore white flannel in the olden days.
In The Great Gatsby, the protagonist wore a white flannel suit to the first of Gatsby's dinner parties that he attended, I believe
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:25 am
by Huzir
White flannel trousers were standard attire for cricket in the pre-polyester era. My father until fairly recently wore them to play tennis.
White flannels are classic sportswear.
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:47 pm
by Cufflink79
JamesT1 wrote:ibucephalus wrote:
I think people wore white flannel in the olden days.
In The Great Gatsby, the protagonist wore a white flannel suit to the first of Gatsby's dinner parties that he attended, I believe
I believe it was white flannel trousers with a blue blazer and repp tie. If the protagonist is Nick Carraway played by Sam Waterston.
Best Regards,
Cufflink79