Two old tailors from the city

Gentleman’s fashion in the 1930s


Danny: Yea, you remember dem suits we used ta do in Chicago?

Joey: Oh yes, boss, they was real good suits, wasn’t they boss?

Danny: Yea, when you got one of our suits, it we made it fit real good. Real good.

Joey: Dat’s right boss. Take Luigi, for instance. Always with the sharp look. He had a new suit, what, like every week?

Danny: Oh yea, Luigi, he was a smart dresser. Too bad for him he wasn’t smart all over, though.

Joey: Yeah, sheez it was like a new suit every week. But he got one of our suits and he’s been wearing it forty years now. It fits him that good.

Danny: That’s right Joey. Our suits was built to last. Oh yes. An they was waterproof too, huh?

Joey: Those were the days boss, those were the days.