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#1 2011-05-01 06:41:01
- Hard Bop Hank
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Double Breasted Madras jackets
Anyone seen one in the flesh?
There's a nice picture in Claxton's Jazz Life on p386:
William Wood, Lonnie Hellyer, Charles McPherson and Ira Jackson in front of the Ford factory's Rouge River plant in 1960, Wood and Hellyer both sporting DB Madras jackets and dark shades.
Nice. Couldn't find it on the net. Someone who's got that book might be able to scan it.
Maybe a little costumey nowadays, but that could be said of Madras jackets in general.
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#2 2011-05-02 05:11:29
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: Double Breasted Madras jackets
Last edited by Hard Bop Hank (2011-05-02 08:43:24)
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#3 2022-01-11 12:36:53
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Re: Double Breasted Madras jackets
Nice to revive this one. Hank raised an interesting subject and found no response.
Double-breasted does not often, I don't think, find favour. Didn't with me until recently. But the navy Baracuta raincoat I bought for a song a couple of weeks ago is not only double-breasted but so square it's hip, hip, hip...
And so, yes, I would wear a double-breasted Madras jacket.