A really rather beautiful piece of vintage. This suit was made for an athletics team from the USS Midway. Based on the tags and zippers I believe this was manufactured in the very late 1940s to early 1950s. It's outer layer is a silk/cotton satin, with an internal insulated layer for warm. The colour of the outer is beautiful, with a dark navy very slightly fading to an eggplant purple. Note the stencils on the sweat sleeve and pants waist.
Condition
Used but excellent. A few light marks on the outershell but no major damage. One of the zipper rails on the ankle arrived with my completely destroyed, I've invisibly repaired this with a nos 1950s matching rail, and retained the original zipper pull and stopper. If I didn't tell you this repair had been done, you would never notice it (humble brag)
Size
- Top tagged a size 42
- Pit to pit 24"
- Shoulder to shoulder 20"
- shoulder to cuff 24"
- Collar to hem 24"
- Bottons tagged a large
- Waist expands from 24" to 40". Comfortably fits a 32-36
- Inside leg 30"
- Outside leg 42"