Drape suit

Drape suits are a British variation of the three-piece suit introduced in the 1930s, in which the cut is full and "drapes". It is also known as the blade cut or London cut.^[1] The design of the athletic aesthetic of the drape suit is attributed to the London tailor Frederick Scholte.^[2]

The new suit cut was softer and more flexible in construction than the suits of the previous generation; extra fabric in the shoulder and armscye, light padding, a slightly nipped waist, and fuller sleeves tapered at the wrist resulted in a cut with folds, or "drapes," front and back that created the illusion of the broad-shoulders and tight-waist "V" figure of the very fit.

^ Hill, D. D. (2011). American Menswear: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century. Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press. pp. 174–175.
^ Hill, D. D. (2011). American Menswear: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century. Lubbock, Texas: Texas University Press. pp. 129–131.

[Hill174-1] Hill, D. D. (2011). American Menswear: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century. Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press. pp. 174–175.

[Hill129-2] Hill, D. D. (2011). American Menswear: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century. Lubbock, Texas: Texas University Press. pp. 129–131.

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