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#1 2015-01-29 08:26:25
- Worried Man
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The length of your... vent?
One thing I don't like about many post-boom years jackets is the exceedingly long vent. I guess in a way it's more functional, but I'll take a 6 or 7" vent any day over one that terminates half way up my back. I think I'd be less perturbed by this if I were a bigger and taller man, but on my frame, a huge vent just flapping around back there seems ludicrous. I think this reached its zenith in the seventies and eighties. I was looking at a nice tweed blazer the other day, and I think it would have fit me great, but then it had this monstrous vent in the back that went almost up to the center of the back. So, I placed it back on the rack. I guess closing up the vent a bit would be an exceedingly easy alteration. Anyway, what say ye, fine gentlemen? Pay you any mind to this?
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#2 2015-01-29 12:33:40
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Re: The length of your... vent?
Seriously? Nobody? Dang.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krF8bU43GRw
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#5 2015-01-29 13:44:42
- Armchaired
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Re: The length of your... vent?
Degenerate !
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#6 2015-01-29 13:52:55
- woofboxer
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Re: The length of your... vent?
Prurient smut.
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#7 2015-01-29 14:14:34
- Worried Man
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Re: The length of your... vent?
F#ck all y'all.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#8 2015-01-29 16:41:15
- stanshall
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Re: The length of your... vent?
although Thee Captain is the Prince Among Men, so are you li'l bro
so here are center vent measurements just taken with fabric tape from a Brooks Brothers USA Makers half-lined 3/2 tweed sack with unpadded round shoulders, patch pockets and two on the sleeve in size 43R:
outside of center vent = 10¾ inches
inside vent measurement = 10 inches
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#9 2015-01-29 16:58:43
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Re: The length of your... vent?
So, what you're telling me, is that it's from a '70s leisure suit? Is it also a poly blend and does it have a lapel measurement of about 7"?
Nah... I jest. I know I'm being a finicky little nitpicker, but I'm also built like a premature beanpole. I feel like the humongoid vent just ejects my backside out of any consideration for any female onlookers.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#10 2015-01-29 17:05:13
- stanshall
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Re: The length of your... vent?
nah perv, it's really fine ...... for me .... enough now stop looking at me bum ......
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#11 2015-01-29 17:06:35
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Re: The length of your... vent?
hahaha. Aight....
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#12 2015-01-29 17:07:31
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Re: The length of your... vent?
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#13 2015-01-29 17:09:57
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Re: The length of your... vent?
Let's just go ahead and turn this thread into a "Worried Man Mockery Thread". Free reign. Have at me, bitches. A good old "roast" if you will.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#14 2015-01-29 17:17:10
- Joey
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Re: The length of your... vent?
The tallest vent I have is on a 70s Polo tweed jacket. Don't know the exact measurement but it doesn't bother me. Then again, I'm over six feet tall so I don't have the same issues as you, WM. Matter of fact, I actually get a little iffy about too small of a vent. The Pendleton sport coats I have are pushing it, in fact. I think the short vents look sleeker and they certainly look in the style as well, but after a certain point I actually think a short vent is a little immobilizing.
#15 2015-01-29 17:21:53
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Re: The length of your... vent?
Not knocking the long vents. Just a preference thing. I'm being overzealous. Still seeking that elusive '50s sack jacket with NO vent. Come to me baby. You on eBay right now? Let me look...
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#16 2015-01-29 17:32:15
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Re: The length of your... vent?
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#17 2015-01-29 22:29:54
- woofboxer
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Re: The length of your... vent?
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
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#18 2015-01-29 22:38:40
- Oliver
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Re: The length of your... vent?
Those ultra long vents are usually found on earlier 1950's vintage of "pre-boom years".