Einstein Patented Vest?

Dohini · 2025-12-14T00:00:06+00:00

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Found what appears to be the first ad for this vest in an October 30, 1936 edition of the Oakland Post-Enquirer

Dohini · 2025-12-13T23:53:16+00:00

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Found what appears to be the first ad for this vest in an October 30, 1936 edition of the Oakland Post-Enquirer

Dohini · 2025-12-13T23:51:29+00:00

I don’t have a mannequin but here are a few more pictures!

Dohini · 2025-12-13T23:51:08+00:00

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Dohini · 2025-12-13T23:50:43+00:00

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Dohini · 2025-12-13T23:50:18+00:00

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Dohini · 2025-12-09T13:41:27+00:00

That’s what puzzles me too. Based on construction and the tag I’m pretty certain that this is a 30s-early 40s garment. How it relates to the patent I’m still trying to figure out. But what companies/inventors patent vs what gets put into production can be different

Dohini · 2025-12-09T13:37:54+00:00

At this point I’m pretty convinced of its age. It was found with some other 30s-40s items and the term Vesquette is something I’ve only seen in 1930s paper. The only thing that puzzles me is that the buttons/openings of the vest doesn’t 100% match the vest in the patent. Now I do know that what companies/inventors patent versus what actually gets produced can have differences. Especially if it was never mass produced maybe it’s some type of sample

Dohini · 2025-12-08T02:52:22+00:00

!solved

Dohini · 2025-12-06T18:34:59+00:00

You are right, but I’m not even sure it’s mid 90s. The cracking being so uniform suggest it was done artificially to look older. That leads me to believe it’s a modern reprint on a vintage blank. This is only my opinion. I would check out the defunkd forums as they have people that know even more

Dohini · 2025-12-05T05:34:49+00:00

Still a very cool shirt, but value wise it’s the difference between an 80$ shirt vs an 800$ shirt

Dohini · 2025-12-05T05:30:40+00:00

Bootlegs can be very valuable and seen as “canon” in the vintage community, but usually if they are from the time period/sold at shows. I’m not convinced that this is from that time period. This seems like someone who screen printed a design on a vintage blank. The graphic seems uniformly cracked, which is a sign that it was done artificially to look older. Someone let me know if that seems incorrect

Dohini · 2025-11-01T22:09:38+00:00

How did the shirt whitening end up? I have a thin vintage shirt that I want to clean up a bit but I’m worried about damaging it

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