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Steve McQueen

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McQueen’s legendary suit worn as Thomas Crown

McQueen’s legendary suit worn in the 1960’s film The Thomas Crown Affair is a medium grey three-piece suit with a muted glen plaid check pattern. The grey suit has hints of blue. Saville Row’s Douglas Hayward created the suit with classic British tailoring. Hayward  was the “tailor to the stars” during this era that also lent his hand to a few Roger Moore suits during his Bond era,

The jacket is single-breasted two-button front with notch lapel. Long side vents and fishtail-styled cuff with one large button on the sleeve and with roped sleeve-heads and a well-suppressed waist to present a strong silhouette.

There is a straight flapped side pocket and a dove grey silk handkerchief rakishly puffed in his breast pocket, known as an “Astaire”.

The waistcoat is a five-button single breasted and has a straight bottom. The trousers have side adjuster tabs, plain front and plain bottom.

Film: The Thomas Crown Affair
Release Date: June 19, 1968
Director: Norman Jewison
Tailor: Douglas Hayward

February 1935

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TWO DEGREES OF DRESSINESS FOR WINTER

The figure at the left shows a double-breasted worsted flannel suit with lapel rolling to the bottom button, an English fashion that is eatching on very quickly over here. The back of this jacket carries eight-inch side vents. The rest of the outfit consists of a blue broadcloth soft shirt with white cuffs and a white starched collar, and white cheek silk tie,
plain black ealf shoes and the newer bowler with the narrow flat a navy chinchilla guard's coat. yellow chamois gloves, malaeea cane and the inevitable dark red carnation. The other figure shows a double-breasted tweed overcoat, fur lined, with an otter collar, a single-breasted Glen plaid Saxony suit, green madras shirt with pinned soft collar, regimental stipe rep tie. brown suede shoes on a town last, green scratch felt homburg hat with stitched brim, and red capeskin gloves. The outfit is also suitable for country wear. while the other is strictly limited to town.

  • Stripe Suit
  • Double Breasted button 2 show 6
  • Worsted flannel fabric
  • Wide peak lapel
  • Side vents 8 inch

 

  • Overcoat
  • Double breasted Button 5 Show 10, fur lined
  • Tweed fabric
  • Flapped lower and breast pockets
  • Plain cuff, no buttons
1935

January 1948

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MAKING NEWS AT MIDNIGHT

At first glance you Il hardly think this pleasant scene pictures formal wear news of major importance. Other than the fact that good grooming abounds here, all seems quite normal. But if were to query the dinner jacketed fellow, he'd tell you he has never been quite so comfortable in his evening wear as he is just at present. The reason?

His midnight blue peaked-lapel jacket, with grograin lapel facings, is made of tropical worsted. This is as sensible an in novation in what-to-wear as ever we did See. for here's the obvious anser to those ever-present tropical temperatures you invariably find in the night spots. Naturally’ a heavy overcoat is necessary while making the rounds from pub to pub. It-s another step in emancipating the male.

Drawing by Kart A

Style detail

  • Double breasted peak lapel jacket
  • Button one show four
  • Grosgrain lapel facing
  • Satin taped trouser
Tuxedo 1948

January 1935

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THE FAIR HAIRED BOY OF THE BEACH WALK

January 1935. This is the semi-formal evening outfit that will be worn by the best-dressed men at Palm Beach this winter. It consists of a white shawl dinner jacket with dress trousers of black or midnight blue tropical worsted. The jacket is of light-weight washable material in the single-breasted model that finally won out over the double-breasted type in the preferences of Newport and Southampton men by the end of last summer. The soft shirt is of white silk with collar attached, worn with a black rep dress tie in the popular semi-butterfly shape. The hose are sheer black silk with a deep maroon clock, and the pumps are patent leather. The maroon silk foulard handkerchief in the breast pocket here replaces the omnipresent dark red carnation. A tan camel's hair topcoat and a sennit straw hat complement this outfit on cool evenings. A wine silk cummerbund is recommended here.

Style detail

  • semi-formal evening outfit
  • white shawl dinner jacket with dress
  • trousers of black or midnight blue tropical worsted.
  • jacket single breasted button one
  • white silk with collar attached
  • black rep dress tie
  • Trousers with silk tape
January 1935