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The Duke of Windsor’s Sartorial Style | Formalwear

February 8, 2009 by JP

Kenneth Jay Lane, the jewelry designer, and a friend, said he never paid too much attention to the Duke’s wardrobe when he saw him, which he considers a great compliment.  ”When you see a perfectly dressed man, you don’t think about it,” he said.  But he recalled that the Duke was very aware of fashion.

”Once when I went to dinner at their house,” Mr. Lane said, ”I was wearing one of the first black velvet tuxedos, and he commented on my ensemble right away.”

Duke of Windsor Wedding Suit

The morning coat and trousers worn to his wedding, with a different waistcoat. Jacket by Scholte is a herringbone cashmere weave and is marked H.M. The King, 25.1.36. Waistcoat matches the jacket and marked same. The morning trousers are by Forster & Son and marked 9.6.32

This was bought by the CEO of Kiton for $27,600.  Mr. Paone, who also purchased several other items from the Duke’s wardrobe, knew the Duke of Windsor and admired his style. He plans to exhibit the suit and other items in his Kiton stores and in other stores that carry his clothing around the world.

012-6

A midnight blue worsted formal evening dress suit, 1937. Jacket by Scholte of London, trousers by Forster & Son.  The Duke preferred his evening suits cut from midnight navy wool instead of black. The details in a navy suit, he reasoned, registered more crisply in strobe-light photographs.

 

013-6

A dark grey worsted 3-piece morning suit. Jacket and DB waistcoat by Scholte of London, marked 9.6.31 Trousers by Forster & Son marked 10.6.31

 

014-4

A dark green double-breasted corduroy shawl-collared dinner jacket with Beaufort Hunt buttons. by Scholte, dated 12.10.59 and a pair of H. Harris, New York, trousers in navy herringbone wool and cashmere marked 1.2.56 purchased at Sotheby’s auction by Brioni.

 

Duke of Windsor Tartan Evening suit

Hunting Lord of the Isles tartan evening suit. Jacket by Scholte dated 8.6.51, Trousers by Harris, New York.  Jacket has side vents.

 

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  1. on September 10, 2009 at 7:09 am Personlig stylist

    that is so nice, thanks for sharing it.


  2. on November 25, 2009 at 4:50 pm Keith

    These are fantastic. I really like them all. Thanks for posting these.


  3. on September 7, 2010 at 2:55 pm Dean

    I wore the Ralph Lauren knock off “Windsor” formal in my wedding. I had the money to buy one tux for my life, and after a lot of searching and thought, felt this was one suit I could wear the rest of my life.

    8 years on, it still fits, happily. I will make the effort to make that so for the next 40 or 50 years.



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