Black Tie Waistcoats and Opera Capes

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Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:46 pm

Does anyone know of a supplier for:

1) Opera Cape - Victorian / Edwardian period design, balck wool with red crimson sil/k satin liner. Large black Collar. Similar to Guards Officers capes.
2) Black wasitcoat with shawllapel low cut and fastened with three closely spaced buttons.
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Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:30 am

Topper wrote:Does anyone know of a supplier for:

1) Opera Cape - Victorian / Edwardian period design, balck wool with red crimson sil/k satin liner. Large black Collar. Similar to Guards Officers capes.
I remember seeing something like this on sale at Gieves and Hawkes a while back on a visit to Savile Row. I cannot remember the details of the cut but it certainly had a red/crimson satin lining.
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Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:29 am

Cheers

May have top make the cape to my specs, as found some old pattern designs,

Found the wasitcoat at Oliver Brown - just need it me my size :)
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