Size Guide
| Size |
|---|
Body Measurement: Women Outerwear
| SIZE | US | BUST (IN) |
|---|---|---|
| XS | 4 | 33 - 34 |
| S | 6 | 35 - 36 |
| M | 8 | 37 - 38 |
| L | 10 | 39 - 40 |
| XL | 12 | 41 - 43 |
| XXL | 14 | 44 - 46 |
| XXXL | 16 | 47 - 49 |
Very sixties
Something about the round neck and the row of buttons that reads like an old film. In a good way, not a costume way. It has aged well as an idea and it looks current.
Buttons do the work
With no collar and no lapel there is nothing else going on, so the five buttons become the detail. They are a good weight and set in a clean line, and the buttonholes are properly finished rather than raw. That is where a plain jacket lives or dies.
Better than the department store
I tried on four jackets of roughly this shape in town at two and three times the price and they were all thinner in the cloth and sloppier at the seams. Ordering blind felt like a risk and it turned out to be the better decision by a distance. I have not been back into town since. That is money and two Saturdays saved every season.
Fits over a dress
Sits at the hip so it works over a dress without cutting the shape in half. Most of my jackets stop at the waist and look wrong with anything flowing. This one solves that and has made three dresses wearable again.
Shirt collar sits oddly
The jacket itself is lovely and well made. Because there is no collar, a shirt underneath has nowhere to sit and the points end up splayed over the front. It works over a polo neck or a plain top, but not over a proper collared shirt. Worth knowing before you buy. I wear it over a fine knit instead and it is perfect.
Elegant without effort
I am seventy two and most things aimed at my age are either shapeless or fussy. This is neither. It is a clean shape with no decoration, which is what elegance actually is, and it does not make me look like I am trying to be thirty. I have worn it to two weddings and a christening already. Nobody has commented on my age since I started wearing it.
Sleeves finish right
They stop at the wrist bone rather than covering half my hand, which for me almost always means a trip to have them shortened. Shoulders were right too. It went straight into use with nothing altered at all, which never happens.
Sits close and neat
Regular fit but shaped, so it follows the body without being tight anywhere. There is room for a fine knit and no more. I went with my usual size and it was right, though I would size up if you want to layer properly.
Shape has held
Worn twice a week since February and hung up properly between wears. There is no sagging at the elbows and the front still closes cleanly with no pulling at the buttonholes. The round neck has not stretched out, which was the thing I thought might go first.
No collar suits me
I have a short neck and anything with a lapel makes it worse. A collarless round neck opens the whole thing up and I look longer rather than squashed. It is the first jacket in years I have been happy in photographs wearing. The five buttons keep the front clean so nothing competes for attention up there. It is the cleanest neckline I have found on anything.
Pockets pull the front
Really good jacket and the fit is excellent. If you put anything heavier than a phone in the patch pockets the front pulls forward and loses its line. I keep them empty now and use a bag, which is a shame because they are a nice size.
Bought it twice
The first one went to my sister after she saw it on me and would not let it go. I ordered a replacement the same week and it arrived identical, same fit, same shade, same finishing. Consistency between orders is the thing that makes me trust a brand more than any single good jacket does. I will be going back for a third one before long.
Wife wears it constantly
Bought it for a birthday off a photograph she had shown me, and I was braced for it to be wrong. It was not. She has worn it to work most weeks since she recieved it and to two evening things. I am claiming this as a win.
Navy over black
I have stopped reaching for black jackets entirely. Navy is softer against the face and it does not go dusty looking after a season the way black does over time.
Bought for a funeral
Needed something respectful at very short notice and did not want to buy black. This arrived in three days and was exactly right, formal without being severe. I have since worn it to two much happier occasions, which is not what I expected when I ordered it. It has turned out to be the most useful thing in my wardrobe. I did not see that coming when I ordered it.
Navy reads black indoors
Beautiful jacket and I wear it constantly. Under indoor lighting it looks black, so I have twice put it on with black trousers thinking they matched and discovered in daylight that they did not. Entirely a me problem but it has happened more than once.
Goes over a polo neck
This is what it is for. A fine polo neck underneath and the round neckline frames it perfectly instead of fighting a collar. I have three of them in different colours and the jacket works over every one. It has completely changed what I wear from October onward, and I did not expect a jacket to do that. It has quietly reorganised my whole wardrobe for the winter.
Lining is properly done
Turned it inside out before wearing it, which I always do. The lining is stitched in rather than glued, the seams are bound, and the sleeve heads are set cleanly. For the price I was suprised to find that much care.
Wore it to the races
Needed something smart that was not a dress and this was ideal. Formal enough for the enclosure, comfortable enough to stand about in all afternoon. The navy is definately a relief when everyone else is in black or a loud print.
Neat under a coat
With no collar and no lapel it lies completely flat under a winter coat, so there is nothing bunching at the neck when you put the coat on over it. That is a small thing that makes it wearable five days a week rather than only on mild ones.
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