Plus fours

Manu Everard on Instagram: “Had a great day today, kind of a plus4 day! . . . #vintagesuit #plusfour #1930s #vintageootd #ootd ##picking #gentlemanvintage…”

Rowan Peare-Harte on Instagram: “Juin 4.. #nomandie #jourj #saintemèreéglise #amfreville #cyclistjacket #plusfours #vintage #gentsfashion #style #truevintageootd”

A vintage Bladen half a Norfolk shooting suit. Oddly it’s a 3 piece jacket plus 4s and trousers.. and I felt it looked splendid today. Will all the expected accessories stiff collar long underwear.. boxcloth braces to name most… #fogeyunlimited #norfolkshootingsuit #bladen tweed #plus4s

Tweed trousers deserve fishtails…

"Tweedland" The Gentlemen's club: The difficult art of plus four's / SUNDAY IMAGES.

My grandfather out on a country walk

Laurent Bemtgen on Instagram: “My sporty outfit ca 1938. I really like plus fours 😁 Overall quality of this set is really great. Now I need a summer version. #vintage…”

After my last post about plus fours, someone suggested to me that women would not have worn knickers in the 1930s, and that their appearance in Cold Comfort Farm was due to Hollywood taking liberties, which we know they often do. So I decided to do some more research to see if I could find any evidence of actual '30s women wearing knickers, and did I ever! Most of the useful information and photos in this post come from this Sportswear Workshop written by the very knowledgeable FuzzyLizzie…

His sporting clothes brought out the peacock in him. ''I believe in bright checks for sportsmen,'' he once wrote. ''The louder they are, the better I like them.'' The Duke practically invented comfortable clothes. As Kerry Taylor, the Sotheby's specialist who has spent seven years preparing for this sale, explained, ''He was reacting to…