Waistcoat
A brown double-breasted velvet waistcoat with lapels... I think there has only ever been
one of these of the face of the earth - and John Hurt was wearing it.
I happen to wear waistcoats all the time and have a couple of shabby old brown suede leather ones, only single-breasted but I might hack 'em about a bit and see what I can come up with.
Meanwhile... found a possible-better-starting-point on eBay,
it's a ladies waistcoat with lapels the wrong shape - but it says it's brown and velour or something. Anyhow I bought it for £6 and I'll see what it looks like when it turns up!
it's here...
Looks pretty good - actual colour is a bit more reddy-brown than the picture shows.
The right image shows it after reversing the front, changing the buttons and pinning back the lapels (I'll sew 'em up later)
I originally thought the buttons were domed brass
(which I got off eBay, see the
buttons page),
but the right-hand image in the above strip shows they are not - and they have a pattern.
Also see:
Chain and keys
