tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post6615764251290204389..comments2024-03-28T06:26:01.413-04:00Comments on A Tailor Made It: Extreme stylesTerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04192103872756970288noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-53766600791763771282010-12-26T18:38:43.783-05:002010-12-26T18:38:43.783-05:00Oh I love 'Old Photos' for just that very ...Oh I love 'Old Photos' for just that very purpose. The gallery (the one that the photo is from) "American Life 1900 to 1909" goes very well with my study of Croonborg as many of the styles from the BLue Book (including many of the uniform variations) can be seen there 'in the flesh' as it were.<br /><br />Let us know (Perhaps through a PM over at the C&T forums) if Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-71227732154830887532010-12-26T17:03:39.924-05:002010-12-26T17:03:39.924-05:00I had a look at that link and I think there is ano...I had a look at that link and I think there is another name for that coat style but I can't think of it off the top of my head...<br />I'll have to find some time to browse the site as it could be a great resource.<br />ThanksTerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192103872756970288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-72272024379482256832010-12-24T22:07:44.071-05:002010-12-24T22:07:44.071-05:00Just stumbled across this splendid example of the ...Just stumbled across this splendid example of the curious American SB, not-quite-a-morning-coat frock creature: The skirt is close in degree of cuttaway the skirts of the extreme sacks of 1914. <br />http://www.old-picture.com/american-legacy/005/Honorable-Gilhams.htm<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />I.BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-57877757141793694402010-12-22T15:00:10.175-05:002010-12-22T15:00:10.175-05:00I don't think I have many other style sources ...I don't think I have many other style sources in my cache of items to compare- It would be interesting though to research what the European or English fashions of the day were, just to compare.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192103872756970288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-46808432619251134122010-12-22T12:31:29.626-05:002010-12-22T12:31:29.626-05:00That type of extremely full/baggy suit cut was app...That type of extremely full/baggy suit cut was apparently quite common (or rather fashionable) around 1910. I see this kind of cut in pictures from a number of different sources, but almost exclusively American ones.Qirrelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-90505341664231470682010-12-11T14:42:49.881-05:002010-12-11T14:42:49.881-05:00Yes Oxford bags came later if that's what you ...Yes Oxford bags came later if that's what you mean and what a turn about in shape in a short period of time!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192103872756970288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-79907701345715280222010-12-11T10:35:22.211-05:002010-12-11T10:35:22.211-05:00If I have my time-frame right, the extreme peg-top...If I have my time-frame right, the extreme peg-top trousers seem to prefigure oxford bags.andrea.at.the.blue.doorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532947489421472003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-90478181520916460832010-12-10T18:33:44.969-05:002010-12-10T18:33:44.969-05:00Well, now that I look closely at the illustration,...Well, now that I look closely at the illustration, it is labelled as a single breasted ,or "morning frock"- maybe it is the genesis of the style and certainly the length and cut of the examples from 1914 are long enough to look almost like that!lTerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192103872756970288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-91814573227294450362010-12-10T18:25:58.424-05:002010-12-10T18:25:58.424-05:00It's true there isn't a draft for a mornin...It's true there isn't a draft for a morning coat in te Blue Book, although in the back novelty section there is a "one-button novelty frock" which does have the dramatic sweeping cutaway that comes to mind when we think of morning coats today. <br />And then there's that....???...THING...in the frock coat section at the front, the "day" or "Business" or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-11495328977856824682010-12-10T12:44:01.691-05:002010-12-10T12:44:01.691-05:00Well, frock coats and morning coats to me are diff...Well, frock coats and morning coats to me are different garments- the frock coat having a full skirt- one that is seamed to the upper body right to the front edge and covers the legs in the front. It isn't cut-away or cut back. <br />Although in the Blue book you do see the SB frock coat skirt being whittled away and cut back. SB frock coats were not thought well of prior to this and Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192103872756970288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-29973486646895812612010-12-10T12:24:11.090-05:002010-12-10T12:24:11.090-05:00No, they are sack coats. I'll have to look at ...No, they are sack coats. I'll have to look at my Blue Book to see what you are referring toTerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192103872756970288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-30271729234889421922010-12-10T09:11:15.673-05:002010-12-10T09:11:15.673-05:00By any chance, are the long coats on the left body...By any chance, are the long coats on the left bodycoats?<br />This was the first thing I noted when I first got my copy of the Blue Book was the "single breasted frock" with a much more substantial and encompassing skirt than what we tend to think of when speaking of morning coats.<br />I almost think of it as an entirely diiferent animal in the bodycoat family tree.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6470691509282789478.post-44328120839636343202010-12-08T13:43:44.341-05:002010-12-08T13:43:44.341-05:00These remind me of some of our modern pattern enve...These remind me of some of our modern pattern envelope offerings (Divine Details, anyone?). Clown pants also seem to be part of the regular fare being offered up as women's fashions.Digshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146986269769790807noreply@blogger.com