Vintage Geiger of Austria Boiled Wool Jacket
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Geiger of Austria beautiful boiled wool jacket. Thick and soft, this is perfect for the holiday season. Embroidered edges, quality metal buttons, pockets. Excellent condition. Please note that one button has been previously reattached (please see photos). Cover photo depicts jacket paired with a Patagonia button-down, style #54962SP16–also available in my closet!
According to the Vintage Fashion Guild, “Geiger Tyrol is a traditional Austrian clothing maker, started in 1906 by Barbara Geiger. She adapted traditional Tyrolean knit patterns and, using wool acquired locally from farmers, started a cottage industry.
By the 1950s, the company was well established and was chosen to outfit the Austrian ski team in 1954. The development for which Geiger is best known, the Tyrolean Walk Jacket, came about in 1957. Before that time, walk jackets were knit two sizes too large, and then boiled to shrink the jacket to a proper fit. Geiger developed a boiled wool fabric that could be boiled first, then cut out in the correct size.
Today, Geiger is still a family-owned and family-run business, with the fourth generation of Geigers at the helm.”
(Fuzzylizzie, https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/item/label/geiger/#:~:text=from%20a%201990s%20boiled%20wool,Courtesy%20of%20fuzzylizzie.com)
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rachel_evelyn
Hi, do you happen to know what size 40 converts to in US sizes? Small, medium, large?
Dec 01Reply

alderess7113
@rachel_evelyn Hi! EU size 40 is supposedly equivalent to an 8. I would say it’s a Large. It is roomy, and I do have the measurements listed. Do you have any measurements you like me to take?
Dec 01Reply

rachel_evelyn
@alderess7113 thank you! Would you mind taking a flat measurement of the waist area?
Dec 01Reply

alderess7113
@rachel_evelyn 40 inches :)
Dec 02Reply

alderess7113
20” when closed and buttoned
Dec 02Reply
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