1940s Khaki Wool Gabardine Suit

The thing with collecting and wearing vintage clothes (and we mean if you are really into it and not just following the latest trend dictated by magazines), is that you develop a deep appreciation for the quality that went into clothes made 30, 40, 60 years or more ago.  So you start collecting a decade like the 1970s and then maybe try something from the 1960s, and gradually work your way back until you're into the 1940s, '30s or '20s.  Are you shaking your head, thinking there's no way you'd be caught dead in something that old? Rest assured, the bug will bite, and you will find yourself at Wear It Again, Sam, ogling  unbelievable jackets from the 1940s and bias cut gowns from the 1930s. And you'll learn there is little like the construction that went into a suit such as this one. An unbelievably gorgeous soft wool gabardine suit in a tiny weave of threads in olive, yellow and ivory, which produces a heathered yellow-toned khaki green shade. The hourglass shaped jacket is slim and fitted, with a high shawl collar and princess seaming through the waist, and a curved and flared hip.  The front hip has a double layered petal  to give the effect of a peplum in front.  Lined in an apricot crepe, the strong shoulder and turned back cuff are requisite 1940's touches.  Details that you just don't see much anymore, but used to be de rigueur in its day, like bound button holes, intricate self-covered buttons, and an impeccable cut. The straight pencil skirt is unlined, with a side zipper and a 7" rear kick pleat with a gold stitched triangle bar tack at the top of the vent. Jacket measures: Bust 35", waist 24", hip 36", shoulder 15", sleeve, 22", length 2.5". Skirt waist is 24", hip 35", length 29".  Made by Lady Renlyn, both pieces are in phenomenally excellent condition. sold