What you have here is a 1908 St. Louis Americans Warm Up Jacket. That’s baseball. We’re looking at trying to replicate this as our big fall project. We’re perplexed about the fabric choice, though. What do you think? Corduroy? Flannel? Boiled wool? Nothing seems just right, and all we’ve got to go on is a photo in an auction catalog Josh picked up at Powell’s. The plan we’re thinking about right now is to go for a gray corduroy (because it’s relatively cheap) for the first one, pretty much copying the styling as much as we can—with the exception of the wacky button placement. Then, if that works out, maybe Josh will go for a Cincinnati Reds-inspired version in red wool.
It’ll also give Josh a chance to mess around with his favorite sewing technique—appliqué. No, we’re not kidding. Josh loves appliqués.
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Believe it or not, those guys wore wool flannel uniforms. That’s probably what that uni jacket is made from. It may also be that the button placement is weird because it was sewn on wrong..IMO.
It might be worth doing some further research on the net. I wonder what Cooperstown has on old baseball uniforms.
It looks like a fun project; can’t wait to see how it turns out!
Thanks!
Yeah, Josh has spent a lot of time reading about vintage baseball uniforms—it’s a favorite hobby. He’d like it to also be marginally passable as wearable fashion.