Location: Neva Sky Villi
In the interest of appealing to a more economically modest set of characters, Mr. Wooster is today modeling a Peaky Blinders sort of aesthetic. We have not actually seen this television show, but understand that it does for the English underground economy set what Boardwalk Empire did for the American. This program, in contrast, is set in the English Midlands — the Small Heath section of Birmingham, to be exact — in the late teens and early 1920s, and is appropriately grey and gritty and coal-smokey in a way that Boardwalk generally was not. That is what we surmise from stills of the production, in any case.
Peaky Blinders cast, penny collars, cropped trousers, sturdy boots and all
An article in the Telegraph described in some detail the post-first World War style that marked the era, class and, consequently, the costuming on the program. There are few perfect solutions in world to affecting this look, naturally. The Deadwool penny collar shirt is hindered in its flexibility by not coming in a version that can be easily worn under jackets. The shirting poking out through the jacket fabric on the arms isn’t visible in the above photograph, only because of the way the shot is set up. How difficult would it be for the Deadwool maker to add some chest-only versions of this shirt to be worn under jackets, as Kauna and Hoorenbeek do with theirs? Surely not so very, what?
Note that the Deadwool shirt has suspenders as part of the graphic, and it is designed to go with a ‘gunslinger’ type trouser with a gun tie on the thigh. Wearing it with this trouser, our favorite at capturing an interwar aesthetic, necessitates a waistcoat. Otherwise, one is captured committing the redundancy of both suspenders and a belt.
Suggested
Jacket ~from the Kauna XIV suit. Tweed Twill Grey
Shirt ~ Deadwool, round collar shirt
Waistcoat ~ Kauna XIV in black
Trousers ~ Bastard, casual baggy in steel
Cap + Hair ~ Argrace Hunting “Very short” in light brown, color-change cap
Tie ~ W Bow Tie, striped fabrics @ SL Marketplace
Boots ~ Brii, casual military boots, black
Dressed for L$1924
Resources Consulted
The Telegraph — Your Winter Wardrobe, Peaky Blinders Style
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