Sundazed (West Germany) 50s, Glen Check, Pre-Mini Silhouette

Sundazed (West Germany) 50s, Glen Check, Pre-Mini Silhouette SUNDAZED & OUTSIDE SOCIETY S.O.S. | sundazed.io/sos ...The 1958–63 Glen check overcoat fuses postwar tailoring discipline with mid-century femininity—structured, darted, and exquisitely matched across all panels. Synthesizing heritage textile fluency with precise mid-century women’s tailoring, the double-breasted Glen check overcoat exemplifies a critical moment in the evolution of European ready-to-wear—when practical outerwear absorbed the visual language of couture while remaining resolutely accessible. Though unsigned, the coat’s construction, silhouette, and textile composition locate it firmly within the postwar continental atelier or department store atelier system that flourished across France and West Germany between the late 1950s and early 1960s. Its tailored articulation, from the princess-seamed torso to the darted back belt panel, signals the hand of an accomplished regional tailor or house—one steeped in the logic of form-enhancing garments, translating the vocabulary of femininity into structured citywear. Brands such as Lener Cordier or early Etienne Aigner provide contextual parallels, representing a wave of mid-market tailoring that reconciled refinement with utilitarian discipline. Patterned with bold Glenurquhart plaid woven in a 2/2 wool twill, the cloth itself is an eloquent articulation of British textile heritage, reinterpreted through the lens of continental taste.