Size Guide
| Size |
|---|
Body Measurement: Men Jacket
| SIZE | CHEST (IN) |
|---|---|
| XS | 37 - 38 |
| S | 39 - 40 |
| M | 41 - 42 |
| L | 43 - 44 |
| XL | 45 - 46 |
| XXL | 47 - 48 |
| XXXL | 49 - 50 |
Contrast collar makes it
The black collar against the charcoal body is the whole reason to buy this over a plain wool jacket. It gives the front some definition without any pattern or logo doing the work, and it means the jacket reads as deliberate rather than plain. Nobody has failed to notice it. It is the one detail on an otherwise completely plain jacket and it carries the whole thing.
Sleeve length was fine
Finished at the wrist rather than halfway down my hand, and the shoulders sat exactly where they should. It went straight into use without a trip to anyone, which for something bought without trying it on is more luck than I usually get.
Cleaner had no trouble
End of season clean and it came back with no shrinkage, the collar still properly black and the lining sitting flat inside. Two tone things can come back looking odd and this did not, which was a relief. It went straight back into a cover for the summer looking exactly as it had.
Workwear without the costume
Utility styling usually means enormous pockets and a lot of stitching. This has the flap pockets and the shape and stops there, so it looks like a jacket rather than a uniform. It is the restraint that makes the whole thing work rather than any single detail on it, and that is a harder thing to design than a pile of pockets.
Phone shows through the front
Really pleased with the jacket overall. The interior pocket is on the same side as the button placket, so a phone in it sits under the buttons and pushes the front out visibly. I use an outer pocket now instead, which works perfectly well, but it does make the inside one fairly pointless as a result.
Buttons rather than a zip
I have gone back to a button front after years of zips and I am not going back. It sits flatter under a coat, it does not snag a jumper, and you can leave the top one open without the whole thing gaping. The buttons themselves are heavy and properly shanked, which suprised me at this sort of money for a wool jacket.
Priced well
I looked at two jackets at nearly double this and could not see where the extra money would go. The cloth has weight, the seams are bound and the buttons are heavy. If there is a difference between this and the dearer ones I have not found it.
Flap pockets keep rain out
Both front pockets have proper flaps over them, so whatever is in there stays dry in a shower. Obvious detail and most jackets skip it. It is an obvious detail that plenty of jackets skip.
Knit goes underneath
Regular fit with genuine room, so a thick knit goes underneath and the buttons still close comfortably with nothing straining across the chest. That was the specific thing my last jacket could not manage at all, and it is the whole reason I ended up replacing it with this one. The sleeves are cut wide enough that a knit sleeve does not bunch at the elbow.
Same one next time
It fits, it has lasted, it goes with what I own and it has never been the wrong choice for anything I have worn it to. If it wore out tomorrow I would buy an identical one rather than looking anywhere else at all. Two seasons in and it has given me no reason to look at anything else.
He had been stalling
He had been talking about wanting something like this for about a year and doing nothing about it. Ordered it off the measurements of a jacket already hanging up. It fit first time and he has worn it four days a week since he recieved it.
Works with all of it
Jeans, chinos, work trousers and once over a shirt and tie when I was running late. The contrast collar keeps it interesting enough that it never looks like I gave up on the day. It has quietly become the only thing I take off the hook in the morning.
Collar shows lint
Very good jacket and I have no complaint about the make of it. The black wool collar picks up every bit of lint and pale hair and shows all of it against the charcoal, so a brush lives by the door now. It comes off in seconds. It is just a thing you have to do. Everything else about the jacket is exactly right and I would order it again.
Office then the pub
Smart enough that nobody blinks at it in a meeting, relaxed enough to keep on for a pint afterwards. Very little in my wardrobe covers both without looking wrong in one of them, and this manages it because of the contrast collar more than anything else. Very little else in the wardrobe covers both ends of a day like that.
Held up to daily use
Worn most days since the autumn and there is no pilling at the cuffs, no wear on the collar where it rubs and no sagging in the pockets. The contrast collar has not faded against the body either, which was the thing I definately expected to go first on a two tone jacket. For a jacket at this money that is a good deal better than I expected.
Charcoal is the right grey
Deep enough to sit against black without clashing and light enough not to look like a suit jacket. It goes with everything I own. I have not had to think about it once.
Arrived quickly and flat
Five days from ordering. Boxed with tissue in the sleeves, two soft folds that dropped out on a hanger overnight. Everything arrived exactly as it should have done, with nothing crushed.
Buttons vanish into the cloth
Good jacket and I wear it most days. The buttons are the same charcoal as the body, so on a dark morning you cannot see them and I have fastened the wrong one more than once. It only takes a moment to redo. A slightly darker button would have solved it entirely. It has not stopped me wearing it four days a week since October.
Warm for its weight
It is not a heavy jacket and yet it has kept the wind out on some genuinely cold mornings. The wool blend has more in it than the weight suggests and the lining does not let anything through the back. I have gone without a coat over it well into November.
Tailored but not stiff
It says regular tailored on the listing and that is accurate. It follows the body through the waist without gripping anywhere, and the shoulders sit on the point rather than hanging over. It looks like a jacket somebody cut rather than a bag with sleeves. That distinction is worth more than any feature list on a page.
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