1930s

Eddie

The origin of the "Oxford Bags" is attributed to dressing habits of the students at Oxford College in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The story goes like this. As you may be aware it was widely unacceptable for young men to wear knickers to school. Knickers were intended for use in sport and were inappropriate attire for any other activity. At the time golf was extremely popular and the men who attended Oxford were quick to get to the links after classes. Because they didn't wish to bring a change of pants with them to school, the men had their trousers made extra wide in order to hide their knickers underneath them. Once classes were over for the day, the men would drop their trousers and be ready for golf. Thus the name for this style of trousers was called the "Oxford Bags". (You may have noticed Buster Keaton wearing a pair of Oxford Bags in his first scenes in Steamboat Bill, Jr.)

These high-waisted, tropical weight wool trousers in slate blue plaid have deep double pleats set in extremely wide legs that measure 32" at the cuff. The waistband is full 3" wide and comes to a point at center front with an interior and exterior button. You will note the cut-away pockets in the front. The back of the trousers sport welt pockets and side tabs in order to cinch in at the waist. There are suspender buttons stitched into the interior of the waistband.

Eddie is intended to be paired with this double-breasted, fitted vest. The front of the vest is made in the same wool fabric as the trousers while the back of the vest is made of tan cotton sateen. The vest has angular lines with the pointed lapel made of navy blue wool gabardine that finishes at the waist when the cut of the vest reverses course and creates a double peak at the base. The back of the vest has ties in order to cinch the vest in at the waist.

This attractive dress shirt was pattern from a vintage shirt from the mid 1930s. What defines the shirt silhouettes of the period is the sweep in of the seams of the shirt from armpit to hem as opposed to the straight lines seen in the 50s and in contemporary men's shirts. This creates a close fitting shirt consistant with the very slender men's silhouettes of the period. The shirt is made of white tone on tone herringbone and made of Egyptian cotton. The yoke for the period is much more shallow than the shirts of today whose designers have seemed to have forgotten that the yoke must be shallow and high on the shoulders in order to accommodate the double pleats of the shirt back. This allows for the full range of movement with the arm especially when the tailoring of the shirt is close to the body. The Eddie shirt has a pointed collar and a hansome pointed button plackets above each cuff.

Trousers and vest are dry clean only.
Shirt may dry cleaned or machine washed in cold water.

Trousers: $140

Suspenders: $20

Shirt: $125

Vest: $120

Shirt:

White Egyptian cotton herringbone shirting