tweedydon
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I have a whole slew of BEAUTIFUL tweeds and other jackets to pass on today--including an exceptionally a GRAIL from Constable of New York, several beautiful Harris tweeds, a tartan, several 3/2 sacks, and more!
As always, I offer FREE SHIPPING ON EVERYTHING WITHIN THE CONUS; International inquiries are also welcome, with shipping at cost!
Also as always, ALL OFFERS ARE VERY WELCOME!
Please PM with interest and offers!
1) BEAUTIFUL Classic herringbone Harris Tweed with twin vents!
This is wonderful--Harris tweed as it's meant to be! Cut from a Harris tweed of a more traditional, heavier, weight than is normally seen now, this beautiful tweed is exactly as you'd imagine Harris to be--sturdy, robust, and ready to last for decades. Moreover, this tweed is that classic wardrobe staple, grey and cream herringbone check. It also features the desirable twin vents--which, while there is no country of origin listed, inclines me to think that this was made in England.
This jacket is also half-canvassed and fully lined; it has a contemporary two button front and two button cuffs. It's in absolutely excellent condition, and so is a bargain at
just $49 > 45 > 42, or offer.
Hand tagged a 42L, this is smaller:
Chest: 20 1/4
Sleeve: 25 3/4 (+2 1/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 31
2) CLASSIC 1960's 3/2 sack in dark moss green herringbone.
This is a truly lovely jacket, and a great example of an original 1960's 3/2 tweed sack! Cut from a lovely herringbone tweed that's a base of moss green with peat and petrol blue heathered in--a colourway that is rarely seen now, but which was very popular on Ivy campuses in the 1950s and 1960s--this lovely jacket is half-canvassed and half-lined. It has a classic 3/2 roll, a single centre vent, and two-button cuffs. It was Union made in the USA. It does have some loose stitching in the vent lining, and could use a dry clean and a press, and so is conservatively in Very Good condition. As such, I'm asking
just $35 > 32 > 29, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 24 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 28 3/4
3) ANGLOPHILE TWEED! Lovely basketweave with ticket pocket and twin vents, for Gimbel's.
In 1930 Gimbel's was the largest department store corporation in the world, and was famous for creating the Gimbel's Thanksgiving Day Parade Philadelphia in 1920--four years before Macy's started its NYC version. Gimbel's closed in 1987, and this jacket dates from around a decade prior to that--and shows clearly why Gimbel's it was so successful in its heyday. Cut from a lovely basketweave tweed in brown, slate blue, and cream, this jacket features a fully functional ticket pocket, twin vents, a two button front, subtle darting, and three button cuffs. It is fully lined, and all of the football buttons are leather-covered and have metal shanks. Please note that while this jacket appears to have a shadow blemish on the front, this is actually merely a concentration of dark threads in the handwoven tweed--I checked under a loupe to make sure! This jacket was Union made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $45 > 40 > 38, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 20 3/4
Sleeve: 26 1/4 (+2)
Shoulder: 17
Length: 32 1/4
4) Basketweave tweed by Barrister for Wallach's.
Tweeds made for Wallach's by Barrister were the workhorses of their time--the East Coast Ivy equivalent of the British Dunn & Co. tweeds across the pond--although admittedly less hairy and robust than their British equivalents! This is a lovely example, being cut from a lovely basketweave tweed in charcoal, slate grey,a and petrol blue, with burnished chestnut leather-covered and metal shanked football buttons, a two button front, and subtle darting. It is half-lined, and features a single centre vent. It was Union made in the USA on February 21st, 1985--and is in excellent condition!
Asking just $35 > 32 > 29, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 26 1/2 (+ 1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 32
5) GORGEOUS Classic Harris Tweed!
This is absolutely beautiful! Cut from a classic brown herringbone Harris tweed, this lovely jacket features classic vertical GHarris striping in Spring Green, Sky Blue, and Bracken throughout--it's lovely! This jacket has a contemporary two button front, and three button cuffs. It is half-canvassed and half-lined, and features a single centre vent. It was Union made in the USA on November 13th, 1984--but it could just as easily have been purchased last week. It's in absolutely excellent condition.
Asking just $45 > 42 > 39, or offer.
Chst: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 17 1/4
Length: 30 1/2
6) MADE IN ITALY herringbone tweed.
SOLD
Cut from a lighter tweed cloth than the other jackets listed, as you'd expect from Italian tailoring, this lovely jacket has a wonderfully complex colourway, being a mixture of dark brown, dark cream, and moss green, with subtle stripes of burnished chestnut running vertically throughout. It has a contemporary two button front and subtle darting, two button cuffs, and is unvented, in Flusser approved style. The pockets are jetted. It is fully lined, and in excellent condition. It was Made in Italy.
Asking just $35 , or offer.
Tagged a "39", this measures:
Chest: 20 1/4
Sleeve: 25 (+1)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 30
7) UNWORN and MADE IN CANADA Lauren 3/2 tweed in ALPACA and WOOL.
This is absolutely lovely! First, this is cut from a blend of 70% wool and 30% alpaca, which cloth has a lovely hand and drape. The patterning and colourway are also lovely; a black peat on cream puppytooth, with a subtle overcheck of burnished chestnut; this is a really beautiful jacket. the lapel has a 3/2 roll, although this is not a sack, having subtle darting. It is half-canvassed and fully lined. Moreover, this is unworn--all of the exterior pockets are still basted shut, and this is in absolutely excellent condition. It was Made in Canada.
Asking just $50 > 45 > 42, or offer.
Tagged a 43R, this measures:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 23 3/4 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 3/4
Length: 31 1/2
8) 38S GORGEOUS Harris Tweed in flecked birdseye!
This is wonderful! The flecked Harris Tweeds are my favourites for everyday wear--the fabric is often held to be evocative of the Scottish islands that it is woven on, and the flecked tweeds really live up to this, having the colours of the landscapes on which they were grown, dyed, and woven heathered into them. And this jacket is a truly beautiful example of a beautiful cloth. Cut from a charcoal birdsye Harris, this is flecked throughout with moss green, sky and sea blues, with the berry reds and oranges adding dash.
This jacket is half-canvassed and fully lined. It has a contemporary two button front, and three button cuffs. It has a single centre vent, and was Made in the USA. It's in absolutely excellent condition--and is that rare size, a 38S!
Asking just $49 > 45 > 42, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/4
Sleeve: 23 1/2 (+2 1/4)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 28 1/2
9) Hickey Freeman for Barney's of New York, Glen Plaid in lambswool.
Cut from lambswool cloth, this lovely jacket has a wonderful soft hand and a beautiful drape. The colourway is lovely; a combination of moss greens and brackens in a classic glen plaid pattern. This was Made in the USA, and is fully canvassed and fully lined. It has a contemporary two button front and four button cuffs; it features a single centre vent. It is in absolutely excellent condition.
Asking just $45 > 42 > 39, or offer.
Tagged 42R, this measures:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 30 1/2
10) GRAIL! Arnold Constable & Co. tweed--THREE PATCH POCKETS, GORGEOUS vintage colouring!
This is absolutely wonderful, and give its quality, condition, cut, colourway and provenance readily qualifies as a Grail piece.
This jacket is from Constable's flagship store at Fifth Avenue--the "Palace of Trade", which served New York's elite, including Grover Cleveland, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and John D. Rockefeller. Constable's was thus no ordinary department store, but something seriously special--including being the oldest department store in America when it closed in 1975, having opened in 1825.
The breeding of this jacket is thus impeccable!
And its quality lives up to Constable's reputation. Cut as a high-roll three button front jacket, the lapel roll on this is superb, as are the beautifully narrow lapels, perfect for the Golden Age of Ivy Style from when this dates. This jacket also features three patch pockets, with the breast patch pocket set at just the right tilt for a hacking pocket, and ease of use. The buttons are all leather-covered football buttons, with the highly desirable leather shanks; they are all firmly attached with no weakening of damage to the leather. This jacket is fully canvassed, and quarter-lined, all the better to show off the impeccable workmanship hat went into it. And the colourway is wonderful--a dark peat black base, with subtle dark moss green and dark petrol blue checking--the sort of patterning and colourway that was so popular on Ivy campuses until about 1968. This features single button cuffs, and a single vent. It was, of course, Made in the USA.
This jacket is in strikingly excellent condition--shockingly so, for its age, for it was Union made in the USA on November 10th, 1961! Yes, this jacket is almost 52 years old--and you would never guess, apart from the cut and colourway! The only minor , minor flaw is some minor repair to the lining in the cuff hems.
This beautiful, rare, and wonderful jacket is a steal at just $79 > 69 > 59--you really won't find another like it, and certainly not in this condition!
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 27
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 31 1/2
11) WONDERFUL HEAVY Dunn & Co jacket from England, in highly complex tapestry weave!
This is another wonderful, rare jacket! This isn't rare because of its maker--Dunn & Co. jackets aren't common, but they are nowhere near the rarity of Constable jackets--but because of the heft, patterning, and colourway of the tweed it's cut from. This is a serious piece of kit--you couldn't dog sled across Antarctica in it, but it wouldn't mind you trying, and would happily survive your demise to be used for decades after your body is found by someone else. This is a VERY heavy piece of tweed--the sort that crusty old colonels would refer to as bullet-proof. This is tweed as it's supposed to be--heavy, durable, beautiful, and pretty much ready to last for the better part of a century with routine care.
In addition to the sheer heaviness and hard-wearingness of the tweed, the complex patterning and colourway (a heathery mix of bracken, moss green, peat black, and cream) is wonderful! This is a lovely example of hardwearing tapestry--my pictures just do not do it justice, but its' a wonderfully complex medley of textures and colours, and utterly striking while still being conservative enough for everyday wear.
This is a very rare and lovely cloth indeed!
And the jacket lives up to the cloth. Cut with a traditional English three button front, this features single button cuffs and a single centre vent. It appears to be fully canvassed, and, while there is no country of origin, it is clearly made in England. It is fully lined.
The tweed itself is in excellent condition. The lining in the armpits and on the right hand side has undergone minor repairs, but these won't be seen at all when worn. There is also some minor loose stitching in the vent, which is an easy fix. As such, and only because of the minor lining issues, this is in Very Good condition.
As such, this is a steal at just $50 > 45 > 42, or offer--a bargain for a jacket of this quality, in this smaller size!
Measurements:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 24 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 28 3/4
12) BEAUTIFUL Autumnal Plaid jacket by Lauren
This is a lovely jacket! The patterning and colourway are terrific--a lovely dark moss green base with a forest green, bracken, and berry red overchecking, this really is beautiful! This jacket also features two flapped patch pockets on the front, as well as a hacking-slanted breast pocket--which is still basted shut. It is half-canvassed and fully lined, as is that modern rarity, a two button sack. It has four button cuffs, complete with faux buttonholes, and desirable twin vents. This jacket is in absolutely excellent condition--it is likely unworn.
Asking just $49 > 45 > 42, or offer.
Tagged 42S, this measures:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 24 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/4
Length: 29 1/4
13) Barry Bricken 3/2 sack in camelhair--with three patch pockets!
This is terrific! Although there is no fabric content listed, this is clearly camelhair. Cut as a 3/2 sack, this has three front patch pocket, is half-canvassed, and fully lined. This is unvented, in Flusser-approved style, and is in absolutely excellent condition. It was Union Made in the USA.
Asking just $49 > 45 > 39, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+2)
shoulder: 19 7/8
Length: 31 1/2
14) LIKELY UNWORN Hunter Coggins Harris tweed in classic herringbone.
SOLD
This is wonderful! A lovely example of that wardrobe classic staple, the cream and grey herringbone tweed, this lovely jacket is cut from Harris Tweed. It is half-canvassed and fully lined, and is a contemporary two button front model with subtle darts and four button cuffs. It has a single centre vent, and is likely unworn, since all of the external pockets are still basted shut. It is, of course, in excellent condition.
Asking just $55 > 49, or offer.
Tagged a 42L, this measures:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 26 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/8
Length: 32
15) Beautiful brown herringbone Harris tweed.
This is lovely! A classic light brown herringbone Harris Tweed with the classic Harris Tweed vertical striping in light Spring green and sky blue, this lovely jacket is a current two button front model, with subtle darts and a single centre vent. It was Made in the USA, and all of its buttons are the classic leather-covered, metal shanked football buttons. This is half-lined. It is in excellent condition, except for a small snag hole on one sleeve, as shown. Because of this, this jacket is
just $25 > 22 > 20, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 25 3/4 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 32
16) GORGEOUS Tartan jacket by Polo!
This is absolutely beautiful! The tartan of this jacket is wonderful--please see my pictures, and remember that the thumbnails are clickable! And the cut of the jacket lives up to te cloth--this features three patch pockets, subtle darting, and a current two button front. It also appears to be half-canvassed, and is fully lined, with a single centre vent. It has four button cuffs, and was Union Made in the USA. It does have one very small flaw--a very, very small snag hole on the left hand sleeve, as shown--but this can hardly be seen owing to the complexity of the tartan, and would be an easy fix. Otherwise, this jacket is in excellent condition.
Asking just $65 > 59 > 55, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 25 3/4 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 32
17) OLD SCHOOL JAB 3/2 herringbone sack.
This is a lovely, classic 3/2 sack in absolutely excellent condition! Cut from a lovely charcoal and brown herringbone tweed, this jacket has a very high lapel roll, almost a 3/2.5, is half-canvassed, and fully lined, with a single centre vent. It features classic Ivy two button cuffs, and was Made in the USA. It's in excellent condition.
Asking just $40 > 35 > 32, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 23 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 30 1/4
18) Basketweave Harris Tweed with leather-covered buttons
This is a lovely, versatile tweed! Cut from basketweave cloth, this is one of the classic Harris tweeds with flecks of colour throughout, reminiscent of the natural colours of the islands where it was woven; here, forest green, gorse yellow, and berry red. This jacket is a current two button front with subtle darts, and features the classic leather-covered, metal shanked football buttons. It is half-canvassed and half-lined, and is in Very Good/Excellent condition--the buttons do have some minor patina to them! This is a bargain at
just $35 > 32 > 30, or offer.
Tagged 46R, this measures smaller:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 24 3/4 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 30 1/2
19) GORGEOUS Flying Scotsman 3/2 sack with all the Ivy desiderata!
This is WONDERFUL! Cut from a beautiful honey-coloured birdseye tweed with a wonderful hand and drape as though it is cut from lambswool, this jacket is a classic Ivy 3/2 sack with a wonderful lapel roll. It also has two front flapped patch pockets, and lapped seams down the sleeves and the centre back. It has a single centre hook vent, and is half-canvassed and half-lined. Even the interior label is wonderfully cool and evocative! Naturally, this was Made in the USA. It's in absolutely excellent condition, and is a truly beautiful jacket packed with tradly details!
This is a steal at just $65 > 55 > 49, or offer!
Measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 25 3/4 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 31 1/4
20) LOVELY Country Glen Plaid 3/2 sack tweed by Brooks Brothers
This is lovely--a classic country tweed by Brooks Brothers! The colouring and patterning on this jacket are lovely--please see my close-up pictures for them. This is a 3/2 sack with a lovely lapel roll; naturally, it has two button cuffs. It is also half-canvassed and fully lined, and features a single centre vent. It was, of course, Union Made in the USA. It does have two dark ink spots on the lining, as shown, and so this is in Very Good condition. As such, it's a bargain at
just $39 > 35 > 32, or offer.
Tagged 44R, this measures smaller:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 31
21) Basketweave Harris Tweed with football buttons!
This is another lovely, sturdy Harris tweed, in basketweave. This jacket features lovely leather-covered, metal-shanked football buttons, a current two button front, subtle darting, three button cuffs, a single centre vent, and a half-lining. It was Made in the USA, and is in excellent condition. The colouring of this jacket is absolutely lovely, and only apparent on close inspection, being a heathery mix of lavenders, blues, greys, and creams.
Asking just $35 > 32 > 29, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/4
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 31 1/2
22) Brooks Brothers charcoal glen plaid jacket
A lovely, classic jacket, this Brooks Brothers charcoal glen plaid jacket is a current two button front model with subtle darts. It has a full lining, a single centre vent, appears to be half-canvassed, and was Union made in the USA. It's in excellent condition, and hence is a steal
at just $35 > 32 > 29, or offer.
Tagged a 40S, this measures:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 29 1/2
23) Hitching Post of Princeton NJ, 3/2 tweed sack in Autumnal/Winter Plaid!
The Hitching Post of Palmer Sq., Princeton started life as a "speciality shop for husky boys" between the sizes of 8 and 20 under "The Prep Shop Management"--although which of the prep. schools near Princeton ran this I've no idea. Commercial pressures being what they are, by the early 1960s THP had expanded its range of clothing to be a men's clothier, although it still focussed on boy's sizing. Alas, there weren't that many "husky" boys in Princeton, nor was it able to compete with the more established clothiers such as Langrock, Hilton, and The English Shop, and so THP didn't last as long as it might have done.
That's a shame, though, if this jacket is anything to go by. Dating from when THS carried menswear as well as boy's sizes, this lovely jacket is a bold yet conservative plaid that's a medley of forest greens, burnished chestnut, and tan background. Half-canvassed and half-lined, this is a lovely 3/2 sack with a lovely lapel roll. It was, of course, Union made in the USA, and has a single centre vent. It has a tiny start of a fray by the corner of one interior pocket, and could use a few stitches at the lining at the vent, and so it's in iverlal Very Good condition.
Asking just $25 > 22 > 20, or offer, for this little corner of Americana!
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 24 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 29
24) GORGEOUS Plaid Jacket from Austin Reed
The colourway of this jacket is simply wonderful--a lovely lighter navy blue and dark red base plaid, with subtle green accents and cream overcheck striping. The hand is lovely and warm, and the cut is terrific. This is another perfect Fall and Winter jacket! This jacket is also half-canvassed and half-lined, and has a single centre vent. It features three button cuffs, and a standard two-button front. The buttons are leather covered and metal shanked football buttons. It is subtly darted, and was Union made in the USA. This is truly a delicious jacket, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $32 > 30 > 28 , or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/4
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 3./4
Length: 32
25) Lovely Classic Houndstooth Tweed
This is lovely! Cut from a classic houndstooth tweed in a medly of moss green, chestnut brown, and peat black on a dark taupe background, this jacket has a contemporary two button front and subtle darts. It has three button cuffs, and all the buttons are classic football style with metal shanks. This appears to be half-canvassed, and is half-lined. It has a single centre vent. It's in excellent condition.
Asking just $22 > 20, or offer.
Tagged a 39R, this measures:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 29 3/4
26) Lovely Country Tweed--with throat latch, patch pockets, and elbow patches!
This is lovely! Cut from a lovely slate blue chevron weave tweed, this gem of a jacket features everything that you'd want in an everyday country tweed--suede elbow patches, a fully functional and adjustable throat latch, three patch pockets, and leather-covered, metal-shanked buttons. It also has a bi-swing back for ease of movement. It has a two button front and three button cuffs. It's half-canvassed and fully lined, and has a single centre vent. It was made in the USA.
It does have some minor rumpling from storage, a small stain on the top of the right-hand elbow patch, and some minor lining sag at the hem, but these are all minor and readily overlooked in a weekend tweed. Because they are there, though, this is in very Good condition, and hence is just $20 > 19, or offer.
Measurements:
Tagged 43R, but closer to 43S.
Chest: 23
Sleeve: 22 3/4 (+1)
Shoulder: 19 3/4
Length: 28 1/2
27) Deansgate tweed jacket
A very nice tweed in herringbone and barleycorn from Deansgate, this is half-canvassed and fully lined. It has four button cuffs and a two button closure, with subtle darts. It has a single centre vent. It was Union Made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $18 > 16, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/4 (+ 1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/4
Length: 30 3/4
28) Made in the USA Cricketeer Tweed
SOLD
Like the Anderson and Little, above, this is another lovely staple tweed from one of the mainstay American makers. Cut from a light grey herringbone tweed with vertical blue striping throughout, this is half-canvassed and half-lined. It features neat flat buttons--two on the front and three at the cuffs--and a single centre vent.
It does have two minor issues: The buttons have some patina, and there are three small mis-weave holes on the left-hand sleeve where the warp and weft failed to meet, the worst of which is shown. As such, this jacket is in Very Good condition, and so is just $15 > 13, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 23 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 31
29) BEAUTIFUL Southwick Houndstooth 3/2 sack tweed with overcheck
This is beautiful! made by Southwick, one of the classic tradly American clothiers, this lovely tweed is a classic 3/2 sack with a lovely lapel roll. It is cut from a lovely dark houndstooth tweed that's a medley of very dark moss green on a dark taupe base, with an overcheck of autumnal bracken. This beautiful jacket is half-canvassed and fully lined; it has a single centre vent and three button cuffs. It was, of course, Made in the USA. Apart from some minor smudges in the lining, this is in excellent condition, and is a bargain at just $32 > 28 > 26, or offer.
Tagged a 43Tall, this measures:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 26 (+ 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/8
Length: 32 1/2
30) STUNNING plaid tweed from Browning of Fifth Avenue
This is absolutely gorgeous! The plaid of this jacket is wonderful, a combination of slate grey, mustard yellow, pale lichen green on an applecore tan base, it's an once bold and very very classic--a true Trad tweed! Made for Browning of Fifth Avenue--one of the trio of menswear stores that also included Rogers Peet and Wallach's, and that served as the anchors of the more southerly stretch of Fifth Avenue, serving the office workers of Midtown who commuted in from Connecticut and the nicer parts of New Jersey--this jacket is fully lined. It has two button cuffs, subtle darts, and hacking pockets; it also features a twin vent. It was, of course, made in the USA.
This jacket does have some minor age stains in the lining at the armholes, and it *might* have a minor mark on the lapel--this is very hard to see, and might simply be part of the pattern anyway. Given these issues--or, possibly, issue--this is a bargain at just $20 > 18, or offer, boxed and shipped in the CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 25 1/4 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
length: 31 3/4
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31) LInen/SIlk/Wool Blend jacket
This would make a lovely jacket for Spring or early summer! Cut from a blend of linen, silk, and wool, this lovely jacket is subtly darted, has a standard two button front, a single centre vent, and three button cuffs. It is half-canvassed and fully lined. It's in excellent condition, and a bargain at just
$15 > 13, or offer.
Tagged a 42R, this measures:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 24 (+2)
Shoulder: 20
Length: 31
32) LOVELY Donna Karan linen jacket. MADE IN ITALY!
While the brand isn't Ivy at all, this jacket is, linen being one of the classic summer Trad fabrics. And this is lovely! Cut with a beautiful drape, this jacket features jetted pockets, a full lining, and four button cuffs. With subtle darts, this is unvented, in Flusser-approved style, and is in absolutely excellent condition. It was made in Italy. The colour is lovely; see the sleeve close up for the most accurate rendition of the lovely light brown of the fabric.
Asking just $18, or offer.
Tagged a 39R, this measures:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 24 3/4 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19 1/8
Length: 30 3/4
33) IVY CLASSIC! Brooks Brothers wash and wear 3/2 poplin sack.
SOLD
This is THE trad. summer classic--the Brooks Brothers Wash and wear 3/2 summer sack! Made in the USA, this is a 3/2 sack, featuring a half-lining, a single centre vent, patch pockets, two-button cuffs, and a very natural shoulder. It's in Very Good/Excellent condition.
Asking just $13, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeev: 24 3/4 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 17 5/8
Length: 32
34) NWT Brooks Brothers "Makers Brooksease" Two-Button jacket in charcoal nailhead.
SOLD
A truly lovely jacket, this is cut from three season wool in a charcoal nailhead pattern, rendering it highly versatile. A standard two button front with a single centre vent, this is half-canvassed and fully lined. This was Made in the USA. This is truly New With Tags; the sleeves are still basted, and the cuff buttons have yet to be attached--they are included in a small bag, just as they came from Brooks. One sleeve is finished, the other still needs the lining attached at the end. This is, of course, in excellent, unworn condition.
Asking just $29--a fraction of retail!--or offer, boxed and shipped in CONUS.
Tagged a 48L, this measures:
Chest: 24 1/2
Sleeve: 26 1/2 (+1)
Shoulder: 20 3/4
Length: 33 1/4
35) BEAUTIFUL English-Cut Blazer--cut from Loro Piana fabric, Made in USA!
SOLD
This is wonderful! First, it's beautifully cut and styled--it features slightly slanted pockets, including a fully functional ticket pocket, twin vents, darting, and a three button front with just the hint of a lapel roll. It also features pick stitching throughout--on the lapels, on the closure edge, and in the lining. The buttons are all crested, and metal, and heavy. The fabric is from Loro Piana, of Italy, and the jacket was Union made in the USA. The lining is a lovely awning lining, and it is lined in scarlet on the sleeves. It's also half-canvassed.
This is a beautiful jacket!
It does have a few minor thread pulls, especially on the front right quarter, but these are very hard to see, and blend with the texture of the fabric. There is also a very small fray on the seam of the lining. Given these minor flaws, this is in Very Good condition, and hence this beauty is just $22 > 20, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 20
Length: 30 1/2
36) STUNNING AND RARE! Beautifully tailored mid-century Harris Tweed from Austin Reed, Regent Street, London.
This is absolutely gorgeous--this is close to the Platonic Form of Harris Tweed! First, the cloth: This is a beautiful, heavier Harris from the middle of the C20th, not the flimsy stuff that can sometimes be found today. This is cloth designed and woven and intended to last decades--and this one is doing its job well, and is ready for more! This has exactly the heft you'd expect from a heavier British tweed jacket, intended for use in the country by the sporting classes. The colourway is also lovely, being a complex basketweave in sky blue, burnished chestnut, and cream. And note the label--this is an uncommon label even for the 1950s, when the classic "Orb" labels were in play (for the real Harris Tweed, and not its competitor, the "Harris tweed" that was sold as such but woven on the mainland, and not on the islands--a fact that prompted a lawsuit and the legal ruling that all Harris tweed must be loomed on the islands, and not just have wool from their sheep.) But, those who affixed the label knew this was Harris, as the orb stamp would have been on the bolt of cloth this was cut from.
It was made in the 1950s by Austin Reed in Regent Street, when Austin Reed offered excellent tailoring services. As such, it's a beautiful classic mid-century British cut--the sort that Ralph Lauren dreams of. As well as having the heft that you'd expect, then, this jacket has a three button front, single button countryside cuffs, and twin vents. It also has padded military shoulders to give its wearer the "V" look so desired by the sporting set, and as all of the men wearing this tweed at this time would have been in uniform a decade before. The jacket is also fully canvassed and fully lined, and the lining has been carefully cut and sewn so that it conforms to the silhouette of the jacket. This jacket has one main wallet pocket inside, and a divided pencil and pen pocket on the other side.
Part from some minor rust makings on the lining, as shown, this jacket is in absolutely excellent condition, and is ready to give you service for the next 50 years.
This is a bargain at just $49 >45 > 42, or offer--you won't find a comparable jacket anywhere at this price!
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/8
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 17 1/4
Length: 30
37) BEAUTIFUL Striped Harris Tweed
SOLD
This jacket is wonderful! The tweed that this is cut from is beautiful--a wonderful striped Harris of the sort that is almost never made anymore, and which is redolent of the Ivy campuses of the late 1950s and early 1960s. This is a classic two button sack--rare and desirable in its own right--and features classic two button cuffs. It's half-canvassed and half-lined, and features a single centre vent. It was, of course, Union made in the USA, and features a lovely vintage Harris Tweed "Orb" label. This is a beautiful tweed in a rare patterning and colourway, and a rare cut, and so
is a steal at just $32 > 30, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 25 (+ 1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 30 1/4
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1) BEAUTIFUL Classic herringbone Harris Tweed with twin vents!
This is wonderful--Harris tweed as it's meant to be! Cut from a Harris tweed of a more traditional, heavier, weight than is normally seen now, this beautiful tweed is exactly as you'd imagine Harris to be--sturdy, robust, and ready to last for decades. Moreover, this tweed is that classic wardrobe staple, grey and cream herringbone check. It also features the desirable twin vents--which, while there is no country of origin listed, inclines me to think that this was made in England.
This jacket is also half-canvassed and fully lined; it has a contemporary two button front and two button cuffs. It's in absolutely excellent condition, and so is a bargain at
just $49 > 45 > 42, or offer.
Hand tagged a 42L, this is smaller:
Chest: 20 1/4
Sleeve: 25 3/4 (+2 1/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 31
2) CLASSIC 1960's 3/2 sack in dark moss green herringbone.
This is a truly lovely jacket, and a great example of an original 1960's 3/2 tweed sack! Cut from a lovely herringbone tweed that's a base of moss green with peat and petrol blue heathered in--a colourway that is rarely seen now, but which was very popular on Ivy campuses in the 1950s and 1960s--this lovely jacket is half-canvassed and half-lined. It has a classic 3/2 roll, a single centre vent, and two-button cuffs. It was Union made in the USA. It does have some loose stitching in the vent lining, and could use a dry clean and a press, and so is conservatively in Very Good condition. As such, I'm asking
just $35 > 32 > 29, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 24 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 28 3/4
3) ANGLOPHILE TWEED! Lovely basketweave with ticket pocket and twin vents, for Gimbel's.
In 1930 Gimbel's was the largest department store corporation in the world, and was famous for creating the Gimbel's Thanksgiving Day Parade Philadelphia in 1920--four years before Macy's started its NYC version. Gimbel's closed in 1987, and this jacket dates from around a decade prior to that--and shows clearly why Gimbel's it was so successful in its heyday. Cut from a lovely basketweave tweed in brown, slate blue, and cream, this jacket features a fully functional ticket pocket, twin vents, a two button front, subtle darting, and three button cuffs. It is fully lined, and all of the football buttons are leather-covered and have metal shanks. Please note that while this jacket appears to have a shadow blemish on the front, this is actually merely a concentration of dark threads in the handwoven tweed--I checked under a loupe to make sure! This jacket was Union made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $45 > 40 > 38, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 20 3/4
Sleeve: 26 1/4 (+2)
Shoulder: 17
Length: 32 1/4
4) Basketweave tweed by Barrister for Wallach's.
Tweeds made for Wallach's by Barrister were the workhorses of their time--the East Coast Ivy equivalent of the British Dunn & Co. tweeds across the pond--although admittedly less hairy and robust than their British equivalents! This is a lovely example, being cut from a lovely basketweave tweed in charcoal, slate grey,a and petrol blue, with burnished chestnut leather-covered and metal shanked football buttons, a two button front, and subtle darting. It is half-lined, and features a single centre vent. It was Union made in the USA on February 21st, 1985--and is in excellent condition!
Asking just $35 > 32 > 29, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 26 1/2 (+ 1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 32
5) GORGEOUS Classic Harris Tweed!
This is absolutely beautiful! Cut from a classic brown herringbone Harris tweed, this lovely jacket features classic vertical GHarris striping in Spring Green, Sky Blue, and Bracken throughout--it's lovely! This jacket has a contemporary two button front, and three button cuffs. It is half-canvassed and half-lined, and features a single centre vent. It was Union made in the USA on November 13th, 1984--but it could just as easily have been purchased last week. It's in absolutely excellent condition.
Asking just $45 > 42 > 39, or offer.
Chst: 21 1/2
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 17 1/4
Length: 30 1/2
6) MADE IN ITALY herringbone tweed.
SOLD
Cut from a lighter tweed cloth than the other jackets listed, as you'd expect from Italian tailoring, this lovely jacket has a wonderfully complex colourway, being a mixture of dark brown, dark cream, and moss green, with subtle stripes of burnished chestnut running vertically throughout. It has a contemporary two button front and subtle darting, two button cuffs, and is unvented, in Flusser approved style. The pockets are jetted. It is fully lined, and in excellent condition. It was Made in Italy.
Asking just $35 , or offer.
Tagged a "39", this measures:
Chest: 20 1/4
Sleeve: 25 (+1)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 30
7) UNWORN and MADE IN CANADA Lauren 3/2 tweed in ALPACA and WOOL.
This is absolutely lovely! First, this is cut from a blend of 70% wool and 30% alpaca, which cloth has a lovely hand and drape. The patterning and colourway are also lovely; a black peat on cream puppytooth, with a subtle overcheck of burnished chestnut; this is a really beautiful jacket. the lapel has a 3/2 roll, although this is not a sack, having subtle darting. It is half-canvassed and fully lined. Moreover, this is unworn--all of the exterior pockets are still basted shut, and this is in absolutely excellent condition. It was Made in Canada.
Asking just $50 > 45 > 42, or offer.
Tagged a 43R, this measures:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 23 3/4 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 3/4
Length: 31 1/2
8) 38S GORGEOUS Harris Tweed in flecked birdseye!
This is wonderful! The flecked Harris Tweeds are my favourites for everyday wear--the fabric is often held to be evocative of the Scottish islands that it is woven on, and the flecked tweeds really live up to this, having the colours of the landscapes on which they were grown, dyed, and woven heathered into them. And this jacket is a truly beautiful example of a beautiful cloth. Cut from a charcoal birdsye Harris, this is flecked throughout with moss green, sky and sea blues, with the berry reds and oranges adding dash.
This jacket is half-canvassed and fully lined. It has a contemporary two button front, and three button cuffs. It has a single centre vent, and was Made in the USA. It's in absolutely excellent condition--and is that rare size, a 38S!
Asking just $49 > 45 > 42, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/4
Sleeve: 23 1/2 (+2 1/4)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 28 1/2
9) Hickey Freeman for Barney's of New York, Glen Plaid in lambswool.
Cut from lambswool cloth, this lovely jacket has a wonderful soft hand and a beautiful drape. The colourway is lovely; a combination of moss greens and brackens in a classic glen plaid pattern. This was Made in the USA, and is fully canvassed and fully lined. It has a contemporary two button front and four button cuffs; it features a single centre vent. It is in absolutely excellent condition.
Asking just $45 > 42 > 39, or offer.
Tagged 42R, this measures:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 30 1/2
10) GRAIL! Arnold Constable & Co. tweed--THREE PATCH POCKETS, GORGEOUS vintage colouring!
This is absolutely wonderful, and give its quality, condition, cut, colourway and provenance readily qualifies as a Grail piece.
This jacket is from Constable's flagship store at Fifth Avenue--the "Palace of Trade", which served New York's elite, including Grover Cleveland, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and John D. Rockefeller. Constable's was thus no ordinary department store, but something seriously special--including being the oldest department store in America when it closed in 1975, having opened in 1825.
The breeding of this jacket is thus impeccable!
And its quality lives up to Constable's reputation. Cut as a high-roll three button front jacket, the lapel roll on this is superb, as are the beautifully narrow lapels, perfect for the Golden Age of Ivy Style from when this dates. This jacket also features three patch pockets, with the breast patch pocket set at just the right tilt for a hacking pocket, and ease of use. The buttons are all leather-covered football buttons, with the highly desirable leather shanks; they are all firmly attached with no weakening of damage to the leather. This jacket is fully canvassed, and quarter-lined, all the better to show off the impeccable workmanship hat went into it. And the colourway is wonderful--a dark peat black base, with subtle dark moss green and dark petrol blue checking--the sort of patterning and colourway that was so popular on Ivy campuses until about 1968. This features single button cuffs, and a single vent. It was, of course, Made in the USA.
This jacket is in strikingly excellent condition--shockingly so, for its age, for it was Union made in the USA on November 10th, 1961! Yes, this jacket is almost 52 years old--and you would never guess, apart from the cut and colourway! The only minor , minor flaw is some minor repair to the lining in the cuff hems.
This beautiful, rare, and wonderful jacket is a steal at just $79 > 69 > 59--you really won't find another like it, and certainly not in this condition!
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 27
Shoulder: 18 3/4
Length: 31 1/2
11) WONDERFUL HEAVY Dunn & Co jacket from England, in highly complex tapestry weave!
This is another wonderful, rare jacket! This isn't rare because of its maker--Dunn & Co. jackets aren't common, but they are nowhere near the rarity of Constable jackets--but because of the heft, patterning, and colourway of the tweed it's cut from. This is a serious piece of kit--you couldn't dog sled across Antarctica in it, but it wouldn't mind you trying, and would happily survive your demise to be used for decades after your body is found by someone else. This is a VERY heavy piece of tweed--the sort that crusty old colonels would refer to as bullet-proof. This is tweed as it's supposed to be--heavy, durable, beautiful, and pretty much ready to last for the better part of a century with routine care.
In addition to the sheer heaviness and hard-wearingness of the tweed, the complex patterning and colourway (a heathery mix of bracken, moss green, peat black, and cream) is wonderful! This is a lovely example of hardwearing tapestry--my pictures just do not do it justice, but its' a wonderfully complex medley of textures and colours, and utterly striking while still being conservative enough for everyday wear.
This is a very rare and lovely cloth indeed!
And the jacket lives up to the cloth. Cut with a traditional English three button front, this features single button cuffs and a single centre vent. It appears to be fully canvassed, and, while there is no country of origin, it is clearly made in England. It is fully lined.
The tweed itself is in excellent condition. The lining in the armpits and on the right hand side has undergone minor repairs, but these won't be seen at all when worn. There is also some minor loose stitching in the vent, which is an easy fix. As such, and only because of the minor lining issues, this is in Very Good condition.
As such, this is a steal at just $50 > 45 > 42, or offer--a bargain for a jacket of this quality, in this smaller size!
Measurements:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 24 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18
Length: 28 3/4
12) BEAUTIFUL Autumnal Plaid jacket by Lauren
This is a lovely jacket! The patterning and colourway are terrific--a lovely dark moss green base with a forest green, bracken, and berry red overchecking, this really is beautiful! This jacket also features two flapped patch pockets on the front, as well as a hacking-slanted breast pocket--which is still basted shut. It is half-canvassed and fully lined, as is that modern rarity, a two button sack. It has four button cuffs, complete with faux buttonholes, and desirable twin vents. This jacket is in absolutely excellent condition--it is likely unworn.
Asking just $49 > 45 > 42, or offer.
Tagged 42S, this measures:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 24 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/4
Length: 29 1/4
13) Barry Bricken 3/2 sack in camelhair--with three patch pockets!
This is terrific! Although there is no fabric content listed, this is clearly camelhair. Cut as a 3/2 sack, this has three front patch pocket, is half-canvassed, and fully lined. This is unvented, in Flusser-approved style, and is in absolutely excellent condition. It was Union Made in the USA.
Asking just $49 > 45 > 39, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+2)
shoulder: 19 7/8
Length: 31 1/2
14) LIKELY UNWORN Hunter Coggins Harris tweed in classic herringbone.
SOLD
This is wonderful! A lovely example of that wardrobe classic staple, the cream and grey herringbone tweed, this lovely jacket is cut from Harris Tweed. It is half-canvassed and fully lined, and is a contemporary two button front model with subtle darts and four button cuffs. It has a single centre vent, and is likely unworn, since all of the external pockets are still basted shut. It is, of course, in excellent condition.
Asking just $55 > 49, or offer.
Tagged a 42L, this measures:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 26 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/8
Length: 32
15) Beautiful brown herringbone Harris tweed.
This is lovely! A classic light brown herringbone Harris Tweed with the classic Harris Tweed vertical striping in light Spring green and sky blue, this lovely jacket is a current two button front model, with subtle darts and a single centre vent. It was Made in the USA, and all of its buttons are the classic leather-covered, metal shanked football buttons. This is half-lined. It is in excellent condition, except for a small snag hole on one sleeve, as shown. Because of this, this jacket is
just $25 > 22 > 20, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 25 3/4 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 32
16) GORGEOUS Tartan jacket by Polo!
This is absolutely beautiful! The tartan of this jacket is wonderful--please see my pictures, and remember that the thumbnails are clickable! And the cut of the jacket lives up to te cloth--this features three patch pockets, subtle darting, and a current two button front. It also appears to be half-canvassed, and is fully lined, with a single centre vent. It has four button cuffs, and was Union Made in the USA. It does have one very small flaw--a very, very small snag hole on the left hand sleeve, as shown--but this can hardly be seen owing to the complexity of the tartan, and would be an easy fix. Otherwise, this jacket is in excellent condition.
Asking just $65 > 59 > 55, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 25 3/4 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 32
17) OLD SCHOOL JAB 3/2 herringbone sack.
This is a lovely, classic 3/2 sack in absolutely excellent condition! Cut from a lovely charcoal and brown herringbone tweed, this jacket has a very high lapel roll, almost a 3/2.5, is half-canvassed, and fully lined, with a single centre vent. It features classic Ivy two button cuffs, and was Made in the USA. It's in excellent condition.
Asking just $40 > 35 > 32, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 23 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 30 1/4
18) Basketweave Harris Tweed with leather-covered buttons
This is a lovely, versatile tweed! Cut from basketweave cloth, this is one of the classic Harris tweeds with flecks of colour throughout, reminiscent of the natural colours of the islands where it was woven; here, forest green, gorse yellow, and berry red. This jacket is a current two button front with subtle darts, and features the classic leather-covered, metal shanked football buttons. It is half-canvassed and half-lined, and is in Very Good/Excellent condition--the buttons do have some minor patina to them! This is a bargain at
just $35 > 32 > 30, or offer.
Tagged 46R, this measures smaller:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 24 3/4 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 30 1/2
19) GORGEOUS Flying Scotsman 3/2 sack with all the Ivy desiderata!
This is WONDERFUL! Cut from a beautiful honey-coloured birdseye tweed with a wonderful hand and drape as though it is cut from lambswool, this jacket is a classic Ivy 3/2 sack with a wonderful lapel roll. It also has two front flapped patch pockets, and lapped seams down the sleeves and the centre back. It has a single centre hook vent, and is half-canvassed and half-lined. Even the interior label is wonderfully cool and evocative! Naturally, this was Made in the USA. It's in absolutely excellent condition, and is a truly beautiful jacket packed with tradly details!
This is a steal at just $65 > 55 > 49, or offer!
Measurements:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 25 3/4 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 31 1/4
20) LOVELY Country Glen Plaid 3/2 sack tweed by Brooks Brothers
This is lovely--a classic country tweed by Brooks Brothers! The colouring and patterning on this jacket are lovely--please see my close-up pictures for them. This is a 3/2 sack with a lovely lapel roll; naturally, it has two button cuffs. It is also half-canvassed and fully lined, and features a single centre vent. It was, of course, Union Made in the USA. It does have two dark ink spots on the lining, as shown, and so this is in Very Good condition. As such, it's a bargain at
just $39 > 35 > 32, or offer.
Tagged 44R, this measures smaller:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 31
21) Basketweave Harris Tweed with football buttons!
This is another lovely, sturdy Harris tweed, in basketweave. This jacket features lovely leather-covered, metal-shanked football buttons, a current two button front, subtle darting, three button cuffs, a single centre vent, and a half-lining. It was Made in the USA, and is in excellent condition. The colouring of this jacket is absolutely lovely, and only apparent on close inspection, being a heathery mix of lavenders, blues, greys, and creams.
Asking just $35 > 32 > 29, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/4
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 31 1/2
22) Brooks Brothers charcoal glen plaid jacket
A lovely, classic jacket, this Brooks Brothers charcoal glen plaid jacket is a current two button front model with subtle darts. It has a full lining, a single centre vent, appears to be half-canvassed, and was Union made in the USA. It's in excellent condition, and hence is a steal
at just $35 > 32 > 29, or offer.
Tagged a 40S, this measures:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 24 1/2 (+1/2)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 29 1/2
23) Hitching Post of Princeton NJ, 3/2 tweed sack in Autumnal/Winter Plaid!
The Hitching Post of Palmer Sq., Princeton started life as a "speciality shop for husky boys" between the sizes of 8 and 20 under "The Prep Shop Management"--although which of the prep. schools near Princeton ran this I've no idea. Commercial pressures being what they are, by the early 1960s THP had expanded its range of clothing to be a men's clothier, although it still focussed on boy's sizing. Alas, there weren't that many "husky" boys in Princeton, nor was it able to compete with the more established clothiers such as Langrock, Hilton, and The English Shop, and so THP didn't last as long as it might have done.
That's a shame, though, if this jacket is anything to go by. Dating from when THS carried menswear as well as boy's sizes, this lovely jacket is a bold yet conservative plaid that's a medley of forest greens, burnished chestnut, and tan background. Half-canvassed and half-lined, this is a lovely 3/2 sack with a lovely lapel roll. It was, of course, Union made in the USA, and has a single centre vent. It has a tiny start of a fray by the corner of one interior pocket, and could use a few stitches at the lining at the vent, and so it's in iverlal Very Good condition.
Asking just $25 > 22 > 20, or offer, for this little corner of Americana!
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 24 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 1/2
Length: 29
24) GORGEOUS Plaid Jacket from Austin Reed
The colourway of this jacket is simply wonderful--a lovely lighter navy blue and dark red base plaid, with subtle green accents and cream overcheck striping. The hand is lovely and warm, and the cut is terrific. This is another perfect Fall and Winter jacket! This jacket is also half-canvassed and half-lined, and has a single centre vent. It features three button cuffs, and a standard two-button front. The buttons are leather covered and metal shanked football buttons. It is subtly darted, and was Union made in the USA. This is truly a delicious jacket, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $32 > 30 > 28 , or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/4
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 18 3./4
Length: 32
25) Lovely Classic Houndstooth Tweed
This is lovely! Cut from a classic houndstooth tweed in a medly of moss green, chestnut brown, and peat black on a dark taupe background, this jacket has a contemporary two button front and subtle darts. It has three button cuffs, and all the buttons are classic football style with metal shanks. This appears to be half-canvassed, and is half-lined. It has a single centre vent. It's in excellent condition.
Asking just $22 > 20, or offer.
Tagged a 39R, this measures:
Chest: 20 1/2
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 18 1/4
Length: 29 3/4
26) Lovely Country Tweed--with throat latch, patch pockets, and elbow patches!
This is lovely! Cut from a lovely slate blue chevron weave tweed, this gem of a jacket features everything that you'd want in an everyday country tweed--suede elbow patches, a fully functional and adjustable throat latch, three patch pockets, and leather-covered, metal-shanked buttons. It also has a bi-swing back for ease of movement. It has a two button front and three button cuffs. It's half-canvassed and fully lined, and has a single centre vent. It was made in the USA.
It does have some minor rumpling from storage, a small stain on the top of the right-hand elbow patch, and some minor lining sag at the hem, but these are all minor and readily overlooked in a weekend tweed. Because they are there, though, this is in very Good condition, and hence is just $20 > 19, or offer.
Measurements:
Tagged 43R, but closer to 43S.
Chest: 23
Sleeve: 22 3/4 (+1)
Shoulder: 19 3/4
Length: 28 1/2
27) Deansgate tweed jacket
A very nice tweed in herringbone and barleycorn from Deansgate, this is half-canvassed and fully lined. It has four button cuffs and a two button closure, with subtle darts. It has a single centre vent. It was Union Made in the USA, and is in excellent condition.
Asking just $18 > 16, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/4 (+ 1 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/4
Length: 30 3/4
28) Made in the USA Cricketeer Tweed
SOLD
Like the Anderson and Little, above, this is another lovely staple tweed from one of the mainstay American makers. Cut from a light grey herringbone tweed with vertical blue striping throughout, this is half-canvassed and half-lined. It features neat flat buttons--two on the front and three at the cuffs--and a single centre vent.
It does have two minor issues: The buttons have some patina, and there are three small mis-weave holes on the left-hand sleeve where the warp and weft failed to meet, the worst of which is shown. As such, this jacket is in Very Good condition, and so is just $15 > 13, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 23 1/2
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+2)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
Length: 31
29) BEAUTIFUL Southwick Houndstooth 3/2 sack tweed with overcheck
This is beautiful! made by Southwick, one of the classic tradly American clothiers, this lovely tweed is a classic 3/2 sack with a lovely lapel roll. It is cut from a lovely dark houndstooth tweed that's a medley of very dark moss green on a dark taupe base, with an overcheck of autumnal bracken. This beautiful jacket is half-canvassed and fully lined; it has a single centre vent and three button cuffs. It was, of course, Made in the USA. Apart from some minor smudges in the lining, this is in excellent condition, and is a bargain at just $32 > 28 > 26, or offer.
Tagged a 43Tall, this measures:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 26 (+ 1/2)
Shoulder: 19 1/8
Length: 32 1/2
30) STUNNING plaid tweed from Browning of Fifth Avenue
This is absolutely gorgeous! The plaid of this jacket is wonderful, a combination of slate grey, mustard yellow, pale lichen green on an applecore tan base, it's an once bold and very very classic--a true Trad tweed! Made for Browning of Fifth Avenue--one of the trio of menswear stores that also included Rogers Peet and Wallach's, and that served as the anchors of the more southerly stretch of Fifth Avenue, serving the office workers of Midtown who commuted in from Connecticut and the nicer parts of New Jersey--this jacket is fully lined. It has two button cuffs, subtle darts, and hacking pockets; it also features a twin vent. It was, of course, made in the USA.
This jacket does have some minor age stains in the lining at the armholes, and it *might* have a minor mark on the lapel--this is very hard to see, and might simply be part of the pattern anyway. Given these issues--or, possibly, issue--this is a bargain at just $20 > 18, or offer, boxed and shipped in the CONUS.
Measurements:
Chest: 21 3/4
Sleeve: 25 1/4 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19 1/2
length: 31 3/4
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31) LInen/SIlk/Wool Blend jacket
This would make a lovely jacket for Spring or early summer! Cut from a blend of linen, silk, and wool, this lovely jacket is subtly darted, has a standard two button front, a single centre vent, and three button cuffs. It is half-canvassed and fully lined. It's in excellent condition, and a bargain at just
$15 > 13, or offer.
Tagged a 42R, this measures:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 24 (+2)
Shoulder: 20
Length: 31
32) LOVELY Donna Karan linen jacket. MADE IN ITALY!
While the brand isn't Ivy at all, this jacket is, linen being one of the classic summer Trad fabrics. And this is lovely! Cut with a beautiful drape, this jacket features jetted pockets, a full lining, and four button cuffs. With subtle darts, this is unvented, in Flusser-approved style, and is in absolutely excellent condition. It was made in Italy. The colour is lovely; see the sleeve close up for the most accurate rendition of the lovely light brown of the fabric.
Asking just $18, or offer.
Tagged a 39R, this measures:
Chest: 21
Sleeve: 24 3/4 (+1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19 1/8
Length: 30 3/4
33) IVY CLASSIC! Brooks Brothers wash and wear 3/2 poplin sack.
SOLD
This is THE trad. summer classic--the Brooks Brothers Wash and wear 3/2 summer sack! Made in the USA, this is a 3/2 sack, featuring a half-lining, a single centre vent, patch pockets, two-button cuffs, and a very natural shoulder. It's in Very Good/Excellent condition.
Asking just $13, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/2
Sleeev: 24 3/4 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 17 5/8
Length: 32
34) NWT Brooks Brothers "Makers Brooksease" Two-Button jacket in charcoal nailhead.
SOLD
A truly lovely jacket, this is cut from three season wool in a charcoal nailhead pattern, rendering it highly versatile. A standard two button front with a single centre vent, this is half-canvassed and fully lined. This was Made in the USA. This is truly New With Tags; the sleeves are still basted, and the cuff buttons have yet to be attached--they are included in a small bag, just as they came from Brooks. One sleeve is finished, the other still needs the lining attached at the end. This is, of course, in excellent, unworn condition.
Asking just $29--a fraction of retail!--or offer, boxed and shipped in CONUS.
Tagged a 48L, this measures:
Chest: 24 1/2
Sleeve: 26 1/2 (+1)
Shoulder: 20 3/4
Length: 33 1/4
35) BEAUTIFUL English-Cut Blazer--cut from Loro Piana fabric, Made in USA!
SOLD
This is wonderful! First, it's beautifully cut and styled--it features slightly slanted pockets, including a fully functional ticket pocket, twin vents, darting, and a three button front with just the hint of a lapel roll. It also features pick stitching throughout--on the lapels, on the closure edge, and in the lining. The buttons are all crested, and metal, and heavy. The fabric is from Loro Piana, of Italy, and the jacket was Union made in the USA. The lining is a lovely awning lining, and it is lined in scarlet on the sleeves. It's also half-canvassed.
This is a beautiful jacket!
It does have a few minor thread pulls, especially on the front right quarter, but these are very hard to see, and blend with the texture of the fabric. There is also a very small fray on the seam of the lining. Given these minor flaws, this is in Very Good condition, and hence this beauty is just $22 > 20, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22
Sleeve: 25 1/2 (+1 1/2)
Shoulder: 20
Length: 30 1/2
36) STUNNING AND RARE! Beautifully tailored mid-century Harris Tweed from Austin Reed, Regent Street, London.
This is absolutely gorgeous--this is close to the Platonic Form of Harris Tweed! First, the cloth: This is a beautiful, heavier Harris from the middle of the C20th, not the flimsy stuff that can sometimes be found today. This is cloth designed and woven and intended to last decades--and this one is doing its job well, and is ready for more! This has exactly the heft you'd expect from a heavier British tweed jacket, intended for use in the country by the sporting classes. The colourway is also lovely, being a complex basketweave in sky blue, burnished chestnut, and cream. And note the label--this is an uncommon label even for the 1950s, when the classic "Orb" labels were in play (for the real Harris Tweed, and not its competitor, the "Harris tweed" that was sold as such but woven on the mainland, and not on the islands--a fact that prompted a lawsuit and the legal ruling that all Harris tweed must be loomed on the islands, and not just have wool from their sheep.) But, those who affixed the label knew this was Harris, as the orb stamp would have been on the bolt of cloth this was cut from.
It was made in the 1950s by Austin Reed in Regent Street, when Austin Reed offered excellent tailoring services. As such, it's a beautiful classic mid-century British cut--the sort that Ralph Lauren dreams of. As well as having the heft that you'd expect, then, this jacket has a three button front, single button countryside cuffs, and twin vents. It also has padded military shoulders to give its wearer the "V" look so desired by the sporting set, and as all of the men wearing this tweed at this time would have been in uniform a decade before. The jacket is also fully canvassed and fully lined, and the lining has been carefully cut and sewn so that it conforms to the silhouette of the jacket. This jacket has one main wallet pocket inside, and a divided pencil and pen pocket on the other side.
Part from some minor rust makings on the lining, as shown, this jacket is in absolutely excellent condition, and is ready to give you service for the next 50 years.
This is a bargain at just $49 >45 > 42, or offer--you won't find a comparable jacket anywhere at this price!
Measurements:
Chest: 21 1/8
Sleeve: 25 (+2)
Shoulder: 17 1/4
Length: 30
37) BEAUTIFUL Striped Harris Tweed
SOLD
This jacket is wonderful! The tweed that this is cut from is beautiful--a wonderful striped Harris of the sort that is almost never made anymore, and which is redolent of the Ivy campuses of the late 1950s and early 1960s. This is a classic two button sack--rare and desirable in its own right--and features classic two button cuffs. It's half-canvassed and half-lined, and features a single centre vent. It was, of course, Union made in the USA, and features a lovely vintage Harris Tweed "Orb" label. This is a beautiful tweed in a rare patterning and colourway, and a rare cut, and so
is a steal at just $32 > 30, or offer.
Measurements:
Chest: 22 1/4
Sleeve: 25 (+ 1 3/4)
Shoulder: 19
Length: 30 1/4
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