Why it is tough to be a Gant collector these days...


Used polo shirt - $182.50
http://www.ebay.com/itm/vtg-YALE-CO-OP- … 416611feaa


Faded batik popover missing a button - $123.50
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-50s-GAN … 7356794821


Yo, Bastin, was it you again?

Midatlantic wrote:

@ Woolster - yeah, those prices are bonkers. I had actually seen the Gant polo myself but I had wondered if it was genuine vintage. Up till now I had never seen a *vintage* Gant polo with that kind of label on it, stating "Gant Shirtmakers". I thought that maybe it was a modern shirt from the Yale Coop Campus Store line. I guess you learn something new every day.

Yes, I thought so too at first, so I searched around a bit but I think they've only reissued button-downs for the yale co-op collection thus far. The polo looks like something from the preppy era, but could be 60s too… hard to tell without seeing it close. The white label gradually disappeared during the 70s, but maybe the Co-op kept it for a while longer, I dunno.

I think it's the hipster appeal of the Rugger range that has pushed up the prices of vintage Gant, although I have a feeling this one (maybe even both) ended up in the Bastin/Gant archives.

...speaking of rare Gant, I wonder what's the deal with this shirt?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-GANT-SPORT- … 4ab7d7663d

Anyone seen Gant Sportmakers before? A google search brings up a few hits, one to the New Yorker, so they were around in the 70s, but were they a Gant offshoot or just someone trying to cash in a bit too late. Counterfeit Ivy?

V-cleat Bass Sportocasins in 7.5EE

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-50s-BAS … 3f18537e10

The Woolster wrote:

A very nice Palm Beach madras, 40R:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-70s-PALM-BE … 2c65e202b1

Great madras. Very tempted. Here is a nice Brooks one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-BROOKS- … 4166ad8583

^^^

How about that for a logo!

Last edited by colin (2012-06-07 15:48:17)

Something a bit different, anyone either considered a french workers jacket? Striped (for that pyjamas vibe)or navy blue. Not too far from a slack jacket, I suppose, even more casual (fwiw I don't think I would, but someone might)

Last edited by colin (2012-06-09 16:28:22)

without the patch pockets, you're looking at a pair of seersucker pjs.

I love it. I'd wear it for sure.

I remember summer holidays in Ibiza when I kid and there was always this one old local guy who used to walk up and down the sea front every evening talking to people. He would wear a workers jacket in I guess a chambray with a collarless white shirt underneath and some pretty baggy cotton pants. I think maybe very plain white plimsolls too. That guy was cool as hell. A good look for Summer in Europe. Especially if you are a bazillion years old.

Do you know of any pictures of Mods in these ice cream jackets? I know the sort of jackets you mean and I've heard the term but I don't think I've ever actually seen one worn.

The Thin Repp wrote:

Scotch Ivy?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-60s-Men … 564ac268de

A white horse walks into a pub and asks for a whisky.

The barman says 'We have a whisky named after you.'

The horse replies 'What?  A whisky called  Eric?'

Deadstock Towncraft popover for $20:



http://www.etsy.com/listing/98850006/vi … h_type=all
Size Large.

The Thin Repp wrote:

The Woolster wrote:

Deadstock Towncraft popover for $20:

http://img1-ec.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.336298197.jpg

http://www.etsy.com/listing/98850006/vi … h_type=all
Size Large.

Woolster, does your employer know you search the internet for Ivy clothes all day?

It's bloody hard work, I tell you, so I think it's only fair that I should get paid for this.