[Oviatt]

Rene Gruau does it again!

 

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View attachment 86101 Rene Gruau does it again!

 

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[drpeter]

These topcoats, with their wide, billowy quarters, look almost like a cloak. I think there was a time when loose overcoats were the proper form for men.

 

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Remember Stanley Blacker? Remember Orlon?

 

[drpeter]

I have a couple of Stanley Blacker sport coats. I like them, they are pretty functional. Mine are 100% wool, however -- no Orlon. But I remember Orlon, from reading about it.

 

[Flanderian]

Came across a couple more LIFE covers of natty Oxford(?) students from the '30's that were hiding in my archive -

 

[ran23]

I was gifted a Stanley Becker Camel Hair for my b'day. alas, it is a 38-short.

 

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I was gifted a Stanley Becker Camel Hair for my b'day. alas, it is a 38-short.

 

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So many great things in this thread...thank you, gentlemen!