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Apparently finding that auction for the pink silk velvet J.Peterman waistcoat has sent me on a J.Peterman kick. I've been digging out my various garments made by them and carefully, oh so carefully, altering the ones that need it. Because, for whatever reason, stuff from J.Peterman works for me.
Which leads me to the other item by them I'm hoping will turn up on eBay in my size. You see, J.Peterman once made my Perfect Jacket. Black wool, shawl collar, princess-seamed bodice, four fabric-covered buttons, and a curved, maybe 3/4 circle peplum that hit about 3"-4" above the knee in the back. (I can be ridiculously specific because my long-cherished version is sitting on Miss Lucinda the dress form right now.)
I think it was available in 1997 or 1998. I want to say it was called something like "The Ascot Jacket" or "The Ascot Suit". The catalog page showed it with a long, slightly flared matching black wool skirt, and a Serious Hat with a swooping brim and pheasant feathers. The description was the usual sort of ridiculous sell text; something about being the mystery woman at the race, how you obviously must own the winning horse, something something oh-so-dashing, dahling. (If you are at all familiar with the J.Peterman catalog, you know what I'm talking about.)
I *want* another copy of that jacket. In my current size. It was one of the most flattering garments on the planet for me, and while I have very carefully tailored my original one down, I still long for another copy. I'm going to ask the Infamous BlueJay if she can duplicate it for me (not "if" really, because I know she's capable of it, but when she may have the time to). But I still obsessively search for it.
If I thought writing the current incarnation of the J.Peterman company about this jacket would do any good, I would. But I have no idea if they keep an archive of old catalogs, let alone previous designs.
Which leads me to the other item by them I'm hoping will turn up on eBay in my size. You see, J.Peterman once made my Perfect Jacket. Black wool, shawl collar, princess-seamed bodice, four fabric-covered buttons, and a curved, maybe 3/4 circle peplum that hit about 3"-4" above the knee in the back. (I can be ridiculously specific because my long-cherished version is sitting on Miss Lucinda the dress form right now.)
I think it was available in 1997 or 1998. I want to say it was called something like "The Ascot Jacket" or "The Ascot Suit". The catalog page showed it with a long, slightly flared matching black wool skirt, and a Serious Hat with a swooping brim and pheasant feathers. The description was the usual sort of ridiculous sell text; something about being the mystery woman at the race, how you obviously must own the winning horse, something something oh-so-dashing, dahling. (If you are at all familiar with the J.Peterman catalog, you know what I'm talking about.)
I *want* another copy of that jacket. In my current size. It was one of the most flattering garments on the planet for me, and while I have very carefully tailored my original one down, I still long for another copy. I'm going to ask the Infamous BlueJay if she can duplicate it for me (not "if" really, because I know she's capable of it, but when she may have the time to). But I still obsessively search for it.
If I thought writing the current incarnation of the J.Peterman company about this jacket would do any good, I would. But I have no idea if they keep an archive of old catalogs, let alone previous designs.
