Down Peak Lapels - Forgotten Style?

element02 · Jan 15, 2009

I was channel surfing and came across Bargain Hunt on BBC America. The host, David Dickinson, was wearing a tan SB suit with peak lapels that pointed downwards. Here are some examples of the DB version.

I searched the forum and could only find this post from J back in 2006 of a Chester Barrie coat with similar peak lapels.
http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...90&postcount=4

Is anyone familiar with this style? Was it a bespoke option?

Mr. Moo · Jan 15, 2009

His face is making the lapels look worse than they actually are.

HomerJ · Jan 15, 2009

This style is not forgotten on the NFL network.

CharlesAlexander · Jan 15, 2009

Originally Posted by Mr. Moo

His face is making the lapels look worse than they actually are.

+1

imatlas · Jan 15, 2009

Originally Posted by HomerJ

This style is not forgotten on the NFL network.

+1

Film Noir Buff · Jan 15, 2009

Depending on who you are and what you do, a very eccentric touch (forced or otherwise) can be useful.

chorse123 · Jan 15, 2009

Some things are forgotten for a reason.

Flieger · Jan 15, 2009

Originally Posted by chorse123

Some things are forgotten for a reason.

Chorse is absolutely correct here.
There was an Oxxford coat or jacket in a thread on this forum that had those same features. Ugly as sin.
Do Not Want.
The guy you quoted in your pics has got horrible taste. He wears the most ghastly glasses I have seen on television, worse than Dame Edna.

Despos · Jan 15, 2009

Those are not peak lapels pointed downward. If you will notice the jackets have a notch lapel shape and it is the collar that is pointed.

barims · Jan 15, 2009

Yeah... Dickinson's not exactly a style icon round these parts

Bhowie · Jan 15, 2009

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

Depending on who you are and what you do, a very eccentric touch (forced or otherwise) can be useful.

Send these pics to Avarice Bespoke

PhiloVance · Jan 15, 2009

I thought that was Dudley Moore

Kuro · Jan 15, 2009

Originally Posted by Flieger

Chorse is absolutely correct here.
There was an Oxxford coat or jacket in a thread on this forum that had those same features. Ugly as sin.
Do Not Want.
The guy you quoted in your pics has got horrible taste. He wears the most ghastly glasses I have seen on television, worse than Dame Edna.

the old school oxxfords aren't this bad..you can still see the dna in the current models, but this

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