Category: Jackets

Traditionally gabardine is a fabric made of wool that is woven into a patten of diagonal parallel ribs. This method gives it a smooth feeling on one side and a textured surface on the other. It sounds sexy, but get your mind out of the gutter- it was invented in the late 19th century well before sex even existed. Best known for its use in the 1940s and ’50s it was infused with rayon or other synthetics, based in bright colors and used to create shirts, pants, overcoats and dresses. But these days it’s the vintage gabardine jackets that have ... Read more

Every two weeks we scour through eBay’s past auctions and report which relics are fetching the big bucks. Even more reasons to raid your granny’s closet. Hawaiian Shirt: 1940s hand painted Kawaihau $6000.00 sold by: on*the*ameche T-shirt: 1950s Mad Magazine $449.00 sold by: rosamond07 Button Down/Polo Shirt: 1980s Ralph Lauren cycle $716.00 sold by: power24540 Pants/Jeans: 1950 Levi’s big E $895.00 sold by: sinaloacow Hat: 1940s Helm’s Bakery drivers cap $1326.99 sold by: michaelsteel Shoes: 1979 Nike Waffle II $585.00 sold by: ogsshoehead Dress: 1970s Paco Rabbane chain sequin $1723.00 sold by: cdkeurope Jacket: WWII A-2 flight jacket $1550.00 sold by: aviationetc