On 16/01/2018 12:58 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 1/16/2018 11:39 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:41:07 -0800 (PST), Oculus Lights
wrote:

Anyone have pictures or know of vintage 40's clothing sources?
I'm seeking to assemble outfits to wear when riding and exhibiting my
1946 Schwinn.
Ideally, period era outfits in a style that would have been worn
by a teenager, like my father would have when riding his bike in
the the immediate post-WWII years.
tia,Â* Barry

I can find plenty of photos and advertisements showing women riding
bicycles for the 1940's, but few showing men's fashions.Â* My guess(tm)
is that teenagers did not dress specifically for cycling at the time.
They wore ordinary street, school, or work clothes when riding.
Something like this:
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/eb/78/b5/eb78b5ce779b091a56a4f8eb2b1e3832.jpg
Turned up cuffs on jeans were common.Â* Horizontal striped shirts were
NOT and rarely appear in men's fashions (because it makes one look
short and fat).Â* Replace with flannel shirt.Â* Black and white tennis
shoes were everywhere.Â* In some parts of the country, wearing a hat
outdoors was mandatory.

This photo might be closer to the mark.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0d/23/71/0d2371ae82b3e23b4199ddf45714c4d3.jpg


Please note that if you follow advertising drawings, you're likely to
be dressed in the manner of someone's illusion of how teenage bicycle
riders were expected to dress in the late 1940's, rather than how they
actually dressed, as seen in photographs instead of advertising
renderings.Â* That's fine because the illusions or stereotypes are
often more convincing than reality.Â* How convincing you're going to
appear as a teenager will be decided more by your acting abilities
than your choice of clothing.

Nobody went bicycle riding dressed like these drawings:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6d/df/ed/6ddfed6681d4fcfc4ddd59e65b5ff1b3.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/70/01/f4/7001f4731c7448ccd3cca2b5c82b7999.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ac/60/f7/ac60f702d68ad1ff433e36d6f6f4d809--s.jpg

(Notice that the kickstands are on the wrong side of the frame).

It might be worth browsing through these images:
https://www.pinterest.com/jason5266/classic-bicycle-advertising/?lp=true

Again, the advertising drawings are the illusion, which is what you
want.

Don't forget the Bicycle playing card and clothes pin attached to the
front fork as a noise maker.

Good luck.




+1 on the black hi-tops, turned blue jean cuffs & baseball cap:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/53sports.jpg

Maybe not so much with the stripes. Real men rode in racing jerseys with
collars and front pockets:

https://legenducyclisme.files.wordpr...0/08/barta.jpg


The front pockets were necessary to hold the cigs.