1. The topcoat here is a vintage Pendleton, which is taken from the name of the town, not the man.  

    Thomas L. Kay emigrated from England as a weaver, and after working in several textile mills on the East Coast and Oregon, opened up his own in the late 1800’s.  His oldest daughter, Fannie Kae, became his assistant in running the mill, and when she married, her husband C.P. Bishop brought his family’s retail experience on board to expand the mill’s operations.

    Shortly thereafter the Bishops moved into Pendleton Woolen Mills, which had been inoperative for some time.  Initially continuing the mill’s production of blankets for Native Americans, in 1912 the company expanded & started producing wool for men’s suiting.  In the 20’s one of the Bishop’s sons, Clarence Morton, had the idea of making bright colored “sport shirts” - and in so doing began production of the ubiquitous woolen shirts that are simply known as “Pendletons”.

    The overcoat is generally meant to be worn with a jacket underneath, and thus is roomier.  Today I didn’t wear the suit jacket; you can tell by the way the arms of the overcoat are not filled out and the collar is not snug against the back of my neck.  

    It probably would have looked better.

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