Indeed. It's just that I'm considering emigrating to somewhere a lot warmer than the UK, in which case such a suit would be largely redundant . . . otoh I may never do that and therefore it would be useful as a halfway house suit. It's a tricky one and all arguments certainly have their merits, but the fact that the trousers aren't lined yet keep their shape well suggests that the jacket may indeed be fine without the lining.

Alden tassels…

http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show?id=Tasseled-Loafers_7439

It wasn't inadvertent it was deliberate.

I'd love to make it to Miami one day!

Hmmm. I'm also one of the anti-tassel brigade so that possibility is definitely not happening ever. I'll stick to the pennies and when I get some new desert boots I will try them too. Roll on the summer!

Generally, shun adornment (e.g., tassels) and embrace simplicity (e.g., pennys).

It's one part of the OPH I take issue with, if I may dare blaspheme the Good Book.

Amazing flannels, Bradley. Stuff like that is harder and harder to find.

Acton rides again!

Is it possible that the earlier versus later models had different specs?

Here's a pair on Etsy for instance, with an advertised 11" front rise and rear pocket stitching (unlike mine which were listed as NOS with a 12" rise) -

https://www.etsy.com/listing/222745668/vintage-1960s-penneys-ranchcraft-denim?

I like how all of these old in-house department store brands like Penney's and Sears had a western label, a workwear label, a sportswear label, and often a "campus" or young men's label. It's funny that Ranchcraft were made by Lee because I was totally thinking that my Foremost jeans were an obvious Lee "ripoff". Whoda guessed!