Extraordinary Vintage Morning Suits

Two vintage morning dress outfits have recently arrived on our hands. Each featuring at least one particularly interesting detail which we’d like to share with you.  The first is a grey three-piece suit, bespoke tailored in 1971. It is rare enough to come across a decent grey suit with all three pieces intact;

Ooh...

Rarer still to find a waistcoat with lapels;

Ooooh...

But practically unheard of for those lapels to be peaked, elegantly reflecting those on the coat:

Ooooooh!!!

And who made this beautiful outfit?

Why, Minc of course! Or is that MinC? Or Min C? Or M. Inc.?

Well that was exciting wasn’t it? On to the next suit. On the surface, this suit is not altogether extraordinary, though a very good example nonetheless;

Pretty good.

Coat and waistcoat are cut from a lovely thick black barathea in a very classic style. Made by Simpson Clothes for Callaghan’s, we would guess from around the 1930s though the date and all other info have faded from the label, which is a rather nice label all the same;

Pretty, pretty good.

But this is the really interesting part, though it’s probably only interesting if you get excited easily by morning dress. The cashmere stripe trousers actually have a subtle blue stripe in them. Yes! BLUE!!!

Pretty, Pretty, PRETTY Good.

What a week for morning dress. I think I need a lie down.