Thread: The Gentlemanly Arts & the Real World

Originally Posted by Greaser350

... but must ask where on earth you were able to find a flared lapel jacket? I have found a few, but all far out of my current price range. Lately, I've been making due attempting to pass off a single breasted jacket as a sack coat.

It was actually a gift from my Grandfather... Bluntly put, they are LOADED. I mean, my family is well off, my father makes a great income, I'm in a nice college, etc... But... My grandmother could buy this college... They were, before the economical downfall, on the verge of millionaire-ism... They lost a chunk when they cut out of the stock market, but... Well, the money they lost could probably put me through the next year of college if I had no financial aid... With my financial aid, that loss could pay all 4 years, and some of grad school... And this loss barely dented their estate...

I feel guilty saying this... but I've kissed enough ass that I know something in the will has my name on it...

Wow, way off topic...

Point being, my grandfather was also fond of eccentric attire and, delighted that he FINALLY had a grandson with the same interests, set me up with the suit... It's a black Jacket (I don't want to say coat tails, but it has the extended back, with the slit up the middle... Like a peacoat?) with flared lapels (think Circus Ringmaster, but not as ostentatious) with a crushed emerald waist coat (3 buttons on each side, full vest, not a faux back), Plain white shirt, Black Cravat, fitted pants, and a pocketwatch.

It was a great gift, that was when I was 17 (about a year and a half ago) and thankfully it still fits (although the chest is a little snug, damn you college food)

The jacket looks somewhere between these two

Victorian Formal Tailcoat

and

Victorian Cutaway Coat - Black

The top of the front is like the first link, but the bottom of the front doesn't cut away like that... it's more like the second link.. But the back, and the length are a good approximation...

It's still one of the best gifts I've ever gotten, and since then I've added a Reproduction Crush Cap to it (An Opera Top hat, the kind that you can "crush" flat, and slip into the jacket, then pop back open) and a brushed silver cane.

Whew, that was lengthy, sorry guys!

Edit: The waistcoat is the color of the Cutaway coat, but a little more green, but the style is more akin to the tailcoat... God, I wish I had a digital camera... Trying to describe all this is so much more difficult than a picture >.<