Size Guide
×- Short
- 5'4″ – 5'8″
- Regular
- 5'9″ – 6'0″
- Long
- 6'1″ – 6'4″
Jacket Measurement
| Size | Your Chest (IN) | Garment Chest (IN) | Garment Back Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short (IN) | Regular (IN) | Long (IN) | |||
| 36 | 36 - 37 | 39 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 38 | 38 - 39 | 41 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 40 | 40 - 41 | 43 | 28.5 | 30 | 31.5 |
| 42 | 42 - 43 | 45 | 28.5 | 30 | 31.5 |
| 44 | 44 - 45 | 47 | 28.5 | 30 | 31.5 |
| 46 | 46 - 47 | 49 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| 48 | 48 - 49 | 51 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| 50 | 50 - 51 | 53 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| 52 | 52 - 53 | 55 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
Trouser Measurement
| Size | Garment Waist (IN) | Inseam | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short (IN) | Regular (IN) | Long (IN) | ||
| 32 | 34 | 29 | 31 | 33 |
| 34 | 36 | 29 | 31 | 33 |
| 36 | 38 | 29 | 31 | 33 |
| 38 | 40 | 29 | 31 | 33 |
| 40 | 42 | 29 | 31 | 33 |
| 42 | 44 | 29 | 31 | 33 |
| 44 | 46 | 29 | 31 | 33 |
| 46 | 48 | 29 | 31 | 33 |
Five pockets get used
Chest welt, two flap waist pockets and two inside. Everything has a home and nothing shows through the front when it is loaded up properly. I have stopped carrying a bag on short trips entirely because of them, which was not the plan.
Held shape for two years
Two full autumns and winters of weekly wear, hung on a proper hanger between times. The shoulders have not collapsed, the lapel still rolls the same way and there is no shine at the elbows. It is holding up far better than jackets I have paid twice as much for over the years. I have no reason at all to think it will not manage another two.
Better than the photos
The listing images flatten the weave completely. In the hand you can see the herringbone and the flecks in it and it looks a good deal more expensive than it actually is, particularly in daylight.
Went to the tailor once
Only work it needed was half an inch off each sleeve. The tailor commented on the seam allowance inside, said there was plenty to work with and that most things he sees at this price have almost none. Cost me very little and it has been completely perfect ever since that day. Over a shirt on its own there is no issue with it whatsoever.
Worth what it cost
We looked at two at nearly twice this and could not work out what the extra bought you. The cloth here has weight, the seams are finished, the buttons are heavy. If there is a difference we have not managed to find it in a full year of wear. We have both stopped looking at the more expensive ones altogether now.
Same one again
No notes at all. It fits, it has lasted, it goes with everything and it has never once let me down at a moment when it mattered. If it wore out tomorrow I would order an identical replacement without looking anywhere else.
Got it for my husband
He needed a blazer that was not navy and refused to go and look for one. Ordered this off the measurements of one already hanging up. It fit, he has worn it every week since, and I have heard about the cuff buttons more than once.
Buttons have not moved
Not one has loosened in two seasons of being fastened and unfastened daily. They are shanked so they stand off the cloth rather than pulling at it, which is why. It is the least glamorous thing you can say about a jacket and one of the most useful. I was suprised how rarely it is actually true.
No shine at the elbows
Two seasons in and the elbows are the first place I check. Nothing. No shine at all, no thinning, no bagging anywhere. Whatever the wool content is, it is clearly doing its job.
Structure without stiffness
There is canvas and shape in the chest and the shoulder, but it is soft rather than boarded, so the jacket moves with you instead of sitting on you like armour. I have worn it for ten hour days withuot wanting it off, which I could not say for the last one I owned by any stretch. Comfort in a jacket is badly underrated until the day you lose it.
Sleeve catches on a watch
No fault with the making. The sleeve is cut fairly narrow at the wrist, so a chunky watch catches when you push your arm through and the lining has scuffed slightly on that side. A slimmer watch solves it entirely, which is what I did in the end.
Cleaned and came back fine
Recieved it back from the end of season clean with no shrinkage, no change to the weave and the lining not puckered anywhere. It went back onto the hanger looking as though it had just come out of the box. Forty minutes of my time for another year of use.
Comfortable for a long day
Conference from eight in the morning until a dinner that ran late, and I never thought about it once. The armholes are cut high enough that you can reach across a table without the whole jacket lifting with you, which is where most of them fall down.
Cuffs have four buttons
Small detail that says somebody was paying attention. Four buttons on the cuff rather than two or three, set close together the way proper tailoring does it, and they are stitched cleanly.
Flaps can go either way
The waist pockets have flaps you can tuck in for a smarter look or leave out for a relaxed one. It sounds trivial and it genuinely changes how formal the jacket reads, which means it covers a good deal more occasions than one blazer normally would.
Grey is a proper grey
Mid grey with a fleck rather than the flat battleship shade the photos suggest. It sits happily against navy, black, brown and denim, which is more than my last one ever managed to do without an argument. I have stopped worrying about what goes with it in the mornings.
Second one I have bought
Bought the first two years ago and it is still going, so I came straight back rather than shopping around. The fit is identical, which tells you the sizing has not drifted between batches. I now have two and rotate them, which should see me out for a long while. Money and time very well spent for another full season of proper use.
Shows a strap mark
Very well made jacket and I have no complaint about the construction. The grey is light enough that a dark bag strap leaves a shadow across the shoulder after a long day, and it wants a brush to lift it out. Nothing permanent, just a habit you have to get into. Everything else about it is faultless. Nothing there that would stop me buying exactly the same one again.
Cloth has real body
You can feel the weight the moment you pick it up. It is not the papery stuff you get at this price, it has substance and it hangs from the shoulder rather than clinging to whatever is underneath. Whatever the blend is, they have clearly not skimped on it anywhere. You can feel exactly where the money has gone the moment you lift it.
Lapel rolls properly
The notch lapel has a soft roll to it rather than being pressed dead flat. It lies against the chest instead of standing away, and that is what makes it look tailored rather than bought in a hurry. It is a small thing that changes the whole front of it.
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