Alice Carey's Vintage

I always look forward to meeting up with Alice Carey, hearing about her latest adventures, and of course seeing what she is wearing. Alice's pieces are mostly thrifted and have such great stories attached to them. Here is a list of what Alice is wearing in the photos above. Make sure to check out her wonderful memoir HERE.
Messenger JacketOriginal label (stapled to pocket): METROPOLITAN POLICE Messenger
Date - London 1942
Owners name - Williams
Tailor - J. Compton & Webb Ltd. London (Derbyshire, England, since 1899 now dissolved).
Decorations:
Two gold crown insignia on collar representing The Crown
Two braided chevrons on sleeves

I bought this jacket last summer in an antique store going out of business, in Grey Abbey, Belfast, Ireland.
The owner said it had been there forever.  As usual it cost more to tailor it, that to buy it. Cost around $25- Tailoring - $100-

HatHARRODS door mans cap circa 1970s
Patent leather visor, gold braded H

This hat belonged to memoir writer, Alfred OMahony, retired HARRODS doorman, whom I met on a train in Ireland last year.
Alfies memoir, The Way We Were is about time his spent as an orphan in the Irish industrial schools of the 50s

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