I recently got a John Simons popover that is a touch snug to put on. Wearing it is fine but removal is, as you say, a bit of a contortionist act. Love the look of the guy in the photo though. Despite any struggle he may have had putting that on or taking it of he is thinking "Like I give a shit when I look this good!"
Never knew his was one of Rock's 'Beaus'. Thanks for the background and of course another slew of great imagery mate.
Speaking of gay movie/TV stars, here's a short clip of Jim Nabors looking very Main Street Ivy in 1966 in a natural shoulder 3-button jacket with lapped seams (but double vented) and OCBD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyz9JbruJpU
/\ building the fury that would be unleashed on Buckley a few years later
Thinking it may be Laurence Harvey as they did appear together in THE ALAMO so could have remained pals into later years too??
It's funny, Michael Caine has dined out (or perhaps talk-showed out would be more accurate) on his John Wayne anecdote for years - "I just got famous, I was in this hotel, I didn't know anyone, I was watching for stars, a helicopter lands, it's John Wayne..." He always makes it sound like Wayne came down from Heaven just to give him advice on how to be a star, then gets in the helicopter and leaves - Caine's brush with greatness Funny to see him at the Duke's birthday party after hearing that story so many times...