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#1 2008-08-09 00:13:26

ito
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blazers that "blaze"

i mean the boldly striped kind. what fabric or specific pattern were they? what was the proper cut?

 

#2 2008-08-09 03:38:51

formby
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Re: blazers that "blaze"


"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin

Souvent me Souvient

 

#3 2008-08-09 08:58:21

Film Noir Buff
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Re: blazers that "blaze"

I would do a jacket like this today in a spun, worsted cashmere and forget about what they actually wore in the past.

I actually have a length for a jacket that I haven't gotten made up yet. I would take the regatta out of it and make it a hip jacket for going out in.

 

#4 2008-08-09 11:35:50

Jeeves
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Re: blazers that "blaze"

These were usually school or club blazers, more often the latter. The stripes are either all equally sized and broad (the awning look that Formby refers to) or narrower stripes of around 1/2 inch broadly spaced. The former are usually club and the later can be either club or school. The cut is normally patch pocket often with the badge on the breast pocket and plastic or horn buttons. Sometimes brassy metal buttons are used with the club crest on them.

A school's Old Boy association may have a similar blazer although these have often been discontinued over the years, in the case of my old school it was ended in the 1930's. In that case it was a regatta style in the school colours with horn buttons. At one school we had straw boaters for smart dress - small boys can destroy these at an alarming rate.

My feeling is that these blazers are bordering on costume outside their intended setting but that said in the right setting or with the right attitude it can be happily pulled off. In England they have the same limitations as striped ties although I suspect people would be less upset provided you did not use the club badge.

 

#5 2008-08-09 20:43:16

ito
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Re: blazers that "blaze"

great thanks! so the colors are actually that of the club and not white and blue?

 

#6 2008-08-09 21:56:56

Film Noir Buff
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#7 2008-08-09 22:11:48

Jeeves
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#8 2013-04-25 06:48:43

jamzbond
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Re: blazers that "blaze"

Thanks for the information. the trailer really looks like BSG.

 

#9 2013-04-27 09:09:19

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