The Aviate

The Aviate

Early 1920s full pleated crown cap

   

Advertisement from 1921

 

   A very popular design of the period. This cap has 8 inverse box pleats wear seams would normally be on a one piece crown with a full band to close the pleats.
    These caps would always be found to be full cut (11- 11 1/2) with peak's ranging from 2 inches to 3 inches.
  It can be seen in films and in candid photography of the period being dressed up in a suit or dressed down in a shawl collar and gaiters.
   I have reproduced it and has been made available in the Haberdashery.

 

A still of a character wearing this cap from the 1921 Harold Lloyd film "A Sailor-made Man"

Back View

Working men with the cap's crown lifted up

Green Check Flannel

From a previous post I had shown the back of this jacket I had picked up a while ago and had to sell to a friend due to it being to small for me.

It's a green check flannel cloth jacket with 3 patch pockets with buttons. High 3 button stance with sloped shoulders and a pinch-back. Perfect and rare sports jacket circa 1917. Better images will come soon.

Original Advertisment of the maker 

Digging through piles of vintage photographs looking for something that will catch my eyes I found this photograph of a young man wearing a novelty jazz suit from the late 1910s. This suit has the high and close 3 button stance with an ultra long front skirt and the chest pocket is curved up on one end. It is very similar to the one posted in a previous post but without the extra piping.

And into my handpicked selection it goes.