Outfits for Goodwood Revival?

[zcacogp]

Chaps,

I'm off to Goodwood Revival this Saturday, and I need some help with thinking about an outfit to wear on the day. The website says that 50's and 60's fashion is the sort of thing to aim for, and has this page as well:

http://www.goodwood.co.uk/revival/thelook/gents.ht...

... however, I am pretty poor with this sort of thing, and other suggestions would be most welcome. (If you can link to webpages with pictures as well, that would be even better!)

I'm off to Oxfam (or similar) this lunchtime to see what I can find, so pointers would be most welcome.

Thanks!


Oli.

[vetteheadracer]

Nazi uniform including jackboots and get a friend to drive you in the back of a 1930's Mercedes.........just hope your real name is not Harry Wales.

[Paul Dishman]

zcacogp said:

Chaps,

I'm off to Goodwood Revival this Saturday, and I need some help with thinking about an outfit to wear on the day. The website says that 50's and 60's fashion is the sort of thing to aim for, and has this page as well:

http://www.goodwood.co.uk/revival/thelook/gents.ht...

... however, I am pretty poor with this sort of thing, and other suggestions would be most welcome. (If you can link to webpages with pictures as well, that would be even better!)

I'm off to Oxfam (or similar) this lunchtime to see what I can find, so pointers would be most welcome.

Thanks!


Oli.

Easy- flat cap, stripey tie & sports jacket (dog-tooth tweed), baggy cord trousers, shiny shoes. You could get away with pale chinos for the trousers if you can't find cords.

[HiRich]

A tip for when you start panicking: willing is more important than accuracy. Something vaguely in the spirit, even though it is obviously modern, is a quantum leap on from that Ferrari puffa jacket & jeans.
You may be able to make up a "minimum spec" outfit from your existing wardrobe (and a raid on your Dad's):
- Plain white/blue shirt and traditional tie (plain, stripes)
- Linen or chino trousers
- Dark blue blazer or sports jacket
- Proper shoes
If you can rustle something like that up, you only need to add or improve it with secondhand stuff:
- Flat cap, straw boater, etc.
- Tweed jacket
- Simple waistcoat, braces, more suitable shirt, tie, etc., etc.
Another tip is that accessories can make or break an outfit. A golfing umbrella (unbranded if possible), suitable sunglasses rather than those Oakley Blades.
Final tip: unless you're an extrovert, don't try to stand out. Normal period "day out" clothes are best, RAF is OK, but it's best to just blend in with the crowd.

[AdeTuono]

I went last year, and fretted over what to wear for a while (not something I ever do, normally!)
In the end, cream Chino's, linen jacket, Panama hat & brogues. I thought I looked ...... my mates said I looked like George Melly

[bobthemonkey]

If you do go down the Forces uniform route, don't go over the top and start 'walting' about with a chestful of medals and a dress saber.

[RobM77]

I actually just wore a modern dark suit like I'd wear to work with a Trilby hat. I looked the part and I hadn't even tried! Not many people did dress up though, which was a little dissapointing.

[ganglandboss]

vetteheadracer said:

Nazi uniform including jackboots and get a friend to drive you in the back of a 1930's Mercedes.........just hope your real name is not Harry Wales.

I think it's good that a member of the Royal Family acknowledges their German roots!

[DOOG]

Brylcreemed hair.. Fake tache painted on..

Heavily bloodstained navy pin-stripe.. (3 piece)

Accessorize with a blood spattered candelabra.. (May be customised with clumps of hair or raw liver to mimic brain tissue.)

Hey presto.. Lord Lucan for the day...

[bournemouth boy]

blue overalls (with oil stains) and a flat cap job done.

[zcacogp]

Chaps,

Thanks for your comments ... I think that the point about accessories is quite accurate. While I would like to go sporting a full wide-lapel brown-and-mustard three-piece, with monacle and fob-watch, it isn't necessary.

Currently I can find in my wardrobe a rather fine Henley-esque stripey blazer (which I actually paid good money for, goodness only knows why) and some chinos with turn-ups. I can also find a navy three-piece suit with thin white pinstripes. Either would make a reasonable outfit, I think, if accesorised correctly.

An (extended) lunchtime trip 'round charity shops proved pretty fruitless. I was looking for trilby or straw boater hats, cravats and brogues. All I found was two cravats (and that took 9 charity shops!) A trilby would have been fantastic, but eluded me. As did flat caps. And I have impossibly small feet, so no brogues fitted.

So, I shall be relying heavily on a pot of Brylcreem and maybe a fob watch which I am sure was kicking around in our basement.

Overalls with oilstains sounds very good ... but to be really period then they should be white, I'd have thought!

Thanks for your help.


Oli.

P.S. Will any other PH'ers be at the revival this year?

[zcacogp]

HiRich said:

braces

Excellent! Thanks! I have a pair of stripy red ones kicking around from my student days somewhere ...

... should have added I have also negotiated the loan of a pipe from a fruit-tobacco-addicted friend.

So, from the top down, Short and aggressively Brylcreemed hair, blue shirt, cravat, red braces, stripy blazer, turn-up chinos and brown shoes.

Sound about right?


Oli.

[tomtom]

Sounds fine to me.

I'm going with Mrs tomtom, who just likes the dressing up rather than the cars, on Sunday.

Tweed jacket, white shirt, cravat, khaki trousers (well, jeans, but shhh ), brown shoes. Straw boater rounds it off.

I've never been turned away from the paddock dressed like that.

Edited by tomtom on Wednesday 29th August 17:58

[gingerpaul]

zcacogp said:

P.S. Will any other PH'ers be at the revival this year?

A few friends and I will be there all weekend. We're hopefully going to be in white Gulf overalls, which may just end up being white overalls depending on how much prep time we end up getting. I've got a flat cap though so I'm sure I'll blend in.

[condor]

I'm a volunteer helping Brooklands museum so will be at their stand and the motorcycle left helmet and other bits stand ( donations to Brooklands museum) over the weekend and also on bucket duty in the evening

[zcacogp]

Top stuff!

If any of you see a guy in a stripy blazer, walking around with a mixed bunch of other chaps (aged 18 - 65) then do say 'Hello'. It's always good to meet another PH'er!


Oli.

[abomb1969]

Look out for me with Silver Cross pram, 3 wee boys and an RAF outfit on Sunday. I suspect we will be hard to miss.

[Andy Zarse]

I shall be there on saturday and sunday. On saturday I'll be dressed in a suede waistcoat, my smart Saville Row strides and a flat cap set at a rakish angle.

On sunday I'll be dressed as the Duchess of Gloucester in a lime green crimplene twin set and matching pearl necklace.

[tomtom]

Andy Zarse said:

I shall be there on saturday and sunday. On saturday I'll be dressed in a suede waistcoat, my smart Saville Row strides and a flat cap set at a rakish angle.

On sunday I'll be dressed as the Duchess of Gloucester in a lime green crimplene twin set and matching pearl necklace.

[touching cloth]

Be there Saturday - worryingly last year managed a delightfully "old fashioned" outfit completely out of clothes I own, will likely do the same this year. I may dress old fashioned but least I haven't got to go shopping, every cloud and all that