Today we feature a random assortment of vintage images that have been lying around in an old shoe box, metaphorically speaking.
And yes that’s a pun on “shoe;” after all, some of these images are from Yale.
This one, however, is from an altogether different kind of campus shop:
College men were once the leaders of fashion and closely watched by the trades:
Then they went on to join the rat race/old boys network, and probably ended up looking something like this:
At least until the reunion.
I don’t care to meet myself ten years from now because I most likely will have been canceled by then. I’m currently feeling as obsolete as the Bell Telephone System… fugit!
The HIS Post-Grads, although described as slim and tapered, appear to fit nicely, depicted with a slight break without “cloth puddling”. I do prefer just a touch more width at the cuff, and if cut too slim at the hips, the front pockets flare. I wonder if the rear pocket flaps could be neatly tucked in.
“College men.” Now, there is an oxymoron in the 21st century. Wonderful images though.
Best Regards,
Heinz-Ulrich
The chappie in the Yale Co-op sweater ad is holding up a copy of “Wife” magazine. I wonder if this was before Playboy came out.
Hardbopper
I would advise always buying trousers to fit at the hips and have the waist altered.
Pleats. The solution to all of that…
Lots of pinned club collars, of which I to am fond. I particularly like the look of the chap in the POW suit and repp stripe, and the photo above it of a nice houndstooth tweed. My guess is that the former is from the 50s and, judging form the width of the hat brim, the latter is 1940s. The pipe-smoking lads campus illustrations above these also look great in a 1930s way. Am I close on the dates?
Sorry for the typos above. That’s what I get for multitasking.
I can’t see why this comments section could have a bad rap. It’s a place where we politely point out the subtleties of punctuation and apologize for typos.