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Rep Costume from 1924
« on: Thursday 06 October 22 14:31 BST (UK) »
On the newspaper report of a wedding in 1924 the bride is wearing a 'brown rep costume, with hat to match.'
Searching for rep costumes in the newspaper archives gives quite a few matches, and I will post from an advert (of 1925) to confirm the spelling.  Looking on the internet gives lots of 'rep' as in 'holiday rep' hits.
Does anyone know what a rep costume was?

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Re: Rep Costume from 1924
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 06 October 22 14:40 BST (UK) »
A costume is what is today called a suit.

I've no idea what rep means, in that context
Mullingar, Westmeath Ireland: Gilligan/Wall/Meagher/Maher/Gray/O'Hara/Corroon (various spellings)
Bristol: Woodman/James/Derrick
Bristol/Somerset: Saunders/Wilmot
Gloucestershire:Woodman/Mathews/Tandy/Stinchcombe/Marten/Thompson
Wiltshire: Mathews
Carmarthen: Thomas, Lewis
Australia: Mary Lewis, transportee, married Henry Brown - what happened to her?

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Re: Rep Costume from 1924
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 06 October 22 14:43 BST (UK) »
There's a photo in the Daily Mirror of 19 March 1923, page 5, of two models, one in a rep coat, the other in a rep costume

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Re: Rep Costume from 1924
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 06 October 22 14:48 BST (UK) »
Hotham, Guilliatt, Brown, Winter, Buck, Webster, Mortimore
Richards, Meredith, Gower, Davies, Todd, Westmacott, Hill
Mid C19 Cardiff and Haverfordwest, the Marychurch family.


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Re: Rep Costume from 1924
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 06 October 22 14:49 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the picture, very useful.

However, why is that a rep costume/coat as distinct from a normal sort?

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Re: Rep Costume from 1924
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 06 October 22 14:51 BST (UK) »
Thank-you for the fabric result.  One lives and learns.