Heavy donegal raglan coat

[jb]

It is nice to see the Kuppenheimer name resurrected on here. It used to be a great Chicago RTW clothing manufacturer before they went down market until nothing was left of it. Google Books has Tempered Clothing -- an investment in good appearance
written by the house of Kuppenheimer in 1921. At that time they had an entire floor devoted to refinishing their cloth from various mills. It is interesting to read their quality control measures for cloth. They were already a 50 year old manufacturer in 1921!

A 1930 advertisement for a Thiede Good Clothes men's store in Appleton Wisconsin
http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs ... .i0001.pdf
cites Kuppenheimer and Hickey Freeman overcoats, with Kuppenheimer in larger type.

Cheers,
Joel

[le.gentleman]

Very nice ensemble Costi - were the pictures taken in Bucarest? If so, is the city worth a visit in your opinion?

Regards, le.gentleman

Thanks! Yes, pictures taken in a park in Bucharest. Well, parks are nice everywhere
A visit to Bucharest? I suppose it depends on what you are looking for and what your expectations are. If they are not too high, you might be pleasantly surprised by the cultural life, some old areas of the city, the monasteries around Bucharest... It's not Hamburg, that is for sure!
I have come to the conclusion that almost any place on Earth is worth visiting - for the mere sake of the experience. An open-minded and open-hearted man can find something interesting or beautiful anywhere. It's easy not to get bored in Florence or Paris, but it takes a special set of eyes to see beyond the surface in a less spectacular city.

Very nice coat indeed Costi .. !! Smooth and of a perfect line in my opinion.
The fabric has a very similar color and pattern with the DB I recently displayed
..

Regards
Vassilis

Yes, it's a "citified" Raglan, it is cut somewhat closer to the body (but not tight). I'm glad you like it, Vassilis! Your nice DB looked more brown than green...

Thanks Costi for the information. Well, I'd be interested in architecture, art, opera / music in general, food, sights... and I think http://wikitravel.org/en/Bucharest can help me there in the beginning. But of course I am also interested in artisans who work in Bucharest. And that's something where I'd need your help. Other than that,do you know any flea markets there?

Thanks in advance

[Costi]

In that case I think there is enough for you to see / do in Bucharest over a few days. I'd gladly show you around and introduce you to the artisans I patronize.

[le.gentleman]

In that case I think there is enough for you to see / do in Bucharest over a few days. I'd gladly show you around and introduce you to the artisans I patronize.

Costi, that would be marvelous! I will let you know when I know for sure if or when I will be in town. In any case I won't make it before mid May though.

[marcelo]

JB: J. C. Leydencker made several illustrations for Kuppenheimer. Thanks for the information on the publication Tempered Clothing -- An Investment in Good Appearance. It seems the book cannot be read online from Google-Book-Search, but it is available at: http://openlibrary.org/b/OL20501415M

Costi: I was not able to track the thread with the discussion on the suitability of a DB raglan. Do you remember in which LL section it appeared?

Here Thomas Mann poses for a picture in July 1949, Frankfurt.

[Costi]

Marcelo, I can't post the link with my mobile phone, but search for "raglan sleeves on a double breasted overcoat" posted by gefinzi sometime in 2007.

[le.gentleman]

Marcelo, I can't post the link with my mobile phone, but search for "raglan sleeves on a double breasted overcoat" posted by gefinzi sometime in 2007.

There you go:
http://thelondonlounge.net/gl/forum/vie ... php?t=7064

[Costi]

That's it, thanks!

[marcelo]

Vielen Dank, Le-gentleman and Costi!

[Costi]

Mit Vergnügen.

[marcelo]

In the film The Shooting Party, James Mason wears a raglan coat with (what I assume to be) ghillie collar. Is it usual for this combination to have two rows of buttons?


James Mason and John Gielgud

This Youtube link shows the scene from which the still above stems. Mason's and Gielgud's characters pursue two hardly reconcilable ideals: hunting, and fighting for animal’s rights. This notwithstanding, their exchange is polite and respectful, contrasting with the rather ungentlemanly dispute among other male characters in the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYq0pHDagaQ

[marcelo]

Edward Fox as Edward VIII

[Costi]

Now, were have I seen that cloth before...?

[marcelo]

Now, were have I seen that cloth before...?

Maybe at the beginning of the thread - actor Jeremy Irons seems to be wearing the very same coat as Charles Ryder. After all, "Edward VIII & Mrs Simpson" was first broadcast on ITV, and won a prize for Best Costume Design in 1980. In the following year, "Brideshead Revisited" appeared, again on ITV. Maybe the producers thought the success of the latter TV serial would depend on that coat.

[Costi]

Impressive detective work, Marcelo! But I was less perspicacious - my reference was to this: