#1830s waistcoat

[elijah-loyal]

hey guys quick question, how the fuCK do you stitch a shawl collar

the physics are evading me and i am Frustrated

[frostedmagnolias]

Waistcoat

c. 1830s

Silk satin, embroidered with silk and chenille thread

The John Bright Collection

[ghw-archive]

Evening waistcoat, 1838

[cloakandtailor]

Happy Waistcoat Wednesday!

Posting the waistcoat from my previous post in more detail.

[clove-pinks]

Men's double-breasted waistcoat, c. 1835-1845. Silk, lined in cotton, backed with silk twill, with detail of rose design:

The John Bright Collection notes that "The back is adjusted with a tape threaded through three pairs of metal eyelets on tabs. These metal eyelets, patented in the mid 1820s, were a great improvement on the stitched eyelets that preceded them, being able to take greater strain."

[spectre-ship]

the waistcoat I mentioned in my last sewing projects post! since this has a lot more moving parts and involved some more complex work than the shirts, this was something of a practice exercise, so I did it with a kinda cheap print from a quilting fabrics store. since I had a lot of fun with this I plan to make more in blue and red/gold fabrics that I have, which will hopefully, unlike the print, not leave little white marks everywhere a needle pokes through.

big note for next time is to try and pay more attention to the pocket welts (the little strips that cover the opening), since the pattern doesn't quite match up on either of them & the attachment is a bit shoddy.

...but a very exciting note for next time, or the time after, whenever I use the red/gold fabric, is that I will be using these:

these brass buttons were dated to the late 1830s by the antiques store I bought them at (a cursory Google suggests that button enthusiasts concur.) there are seven in total, which is a couple more than I need for the front closure, so I might see about making that one double-breasted and keep the seventh around for a spare or memento or what have you. hang it off my watch chain maybe.

also, it's a bit too dark to get a good image of it right now, but soon I'll have a picture to share of my "new" sewing machine! I mostly plan to use it for seams and other concealable structural elements--hand finishing is too much fun & provides too neat of a finish for me to give it up.

[bernard-the-rabbit]

Les mis doodles from MONTHS ago

[fashionsfromhistory]

Court Suit

1830s

India

Royal Ontario Museum (Object number: 2021.29.1.1-3)

[pureanonofficial]

LES MIS LETTERS IN ADAPTATION - A Providential Peep-Hole, LM 3.8.5 (Les Miserables 1925)

The wall was a thin layer of plaster upheld by lathes and beams, and, as the reader had just learned, it allowed the sound of voices and words to be clearly distinguished. Only a man as dreamy as Marius could have failed to perceive this long before. There was no paper pasted on the wall, either on the side of the Jondrettes or on that of Marius; the coarse construction was visible in its nakedness. Marius examined the partition, almost unconsciously; sometimes reverie examines, observes, and scrutinizes as thought would. All at once he sprang up; he had just perceived, near the top, close to the ceiling, a triangular hole, which resulted from the space between three lathes. The plaster which should have filled this cavity was missing, and by mounting on the commode, a view could be had through this aperture into the Jondrettes’ attic. Commiseration has, and should have, its curiosity. This aperture formed a sort of peep-hole. It is permissible to gaze at misfortune like a traitor in order to succor it. “Let us get some little idea of what these people are like,” thought Marius, “and in what condition they are.” He climbed upon the commode, put his eye to the crevice, and looked.

[elijah-loyal]

AYAYYAYAYAYYAAYAAAY I GOT SOME NEW FABRICS SO I CAN START WORK ON MY UPDATED 1830S WAISTCOAT!!!!

[vinceaddams]

That reddit post didn't add credit, but these are in the Hopkins collection, and these pictures appear to have been scanned from the book "Waistcoats: from the Hopkins Collection 1720-1950".

I highly recommend that book to anyone who's as obsessed with historical waistcoats as I am, it has soooo many good closeup pictures. (Not one I'd suggest getting if you're just starting out and need more useful sewing & patterning books though.)

Man's waistcoat and woman's dress from ca. 1830-35, both made from the same fabric which is thought to be embroidered Chinese silk satin imported to Europe, embroidered with white flowers and multi coloured butterflies.

[ghw-archive]

Waistcoat, 1835-55

[clove-pinks]

Men's vest or gilet persan with shawl collar, completely embroidered with multicolored floral motifs interrupted by oblique and straight stripes, c. 1830-1840 (Rijksmuseum). Detail below.

Men's 1837 fashion plate with embroidered or printed fabric waistcoat with shawl collar (Met Collection).

[ineffableigh]

The costume details in Good Omens never cease to amaze me

I was working on cosplay research and looked up 'men's dress shirt rounded collar' since I noticed Aziraphale's blue dress shirt collar is rounded, not pointed:

So it turns out...

"The rounded collar was part of Eton College‘s dress code beginning in the mid-1800s. Because men wanted to be perceived as belonging to this exclusive club, the rounded, or “club” collar was copied by the masses." (Source)

Between that and the fact that Aziraphale's waistcoat, from what I can find, most closely matches shawl collar waistcoat designs from the 1830s, and his waistcoat at Saint James Park in 1862 is the first one we see him wear that most closely resembles his 'modern day' one, it's safe to say our lad is stuck at the start of the 19th century.

Which COULD be hilarious given undergarment styles of the time:

Through the late 19th century - union suits! Lovely for cold London winters.

1907...

However, I suspect 1940s style to be most likely, as it seems to be what he emulated when pretending to be Crowley at the end of Season 1.

1940s undergarments:

Anyway this has been your fashion history dork brain dump LOL

[elijah-loyal]

please please please make it normal for men to wear waistcoats again

Disclaimer: I know that some folks continue to wear some or all of these items in the 21st century. This is more asking what you wish would become fashionable again so you could wear it without receiving any second glances from strangers

[fashionsfromhistory]

Court Suit

1830s

India

Royal Ontario Museum (Object number:2021.29.2.1-3)