# Suits in 1950s

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suits-in-1950s/582964>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 24, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suits-in-1950s/582964 "2011-05-24T00:53:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suits-in-1950s/582964/21 "2011-05-24T20:49:02Z")

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> [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](#):
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> Two other things to note about suits of the era…
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> 1. They always included a vest, many modern suits do not.  
> …

Not nessesarily, the vest started disappearing during WW2.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suits-in-1950s/582964/22 "2011-05-25T00:30:59Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> [Moderating]
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> **Mahaloth** , if you think there is a problem with a question, please report it rather than making accusations. No warning issued.
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> Colibri  
> General Questions Moderator

My bad. I apologize.

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**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suits-in-1950s/582964/23 "2011-05-25T02:38:01Z")

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Don’t forget the hat. No man of that era would have gone out hatless.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suits-in-1950s/582964/24 "2011-05-26T11:10:49Z")

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May I ask why you need the suit, **Qin**?

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suits-in-1950s/582964/25 "2011-05-26T13:10:41Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> May I ask why you need the suit, **Qin**?

I wouldn’t think he’d want info about his chance to become a made man written up on a public forum!

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