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 |
Wear it constantly
Bought it for one occasion in September and it has been out most weeks since. Work, dinners, a christening, and once just to the pub because I could not be bothered to think about it. It has earned its money several times over.
Arrived pressed and ready
Came folded in tissue in a garment bag with cardboard in the shoulders, so nothing was crushed. Two soft creases across the back dropped out overnight on a hanger. It was wearable the next morning without any steaming at all, which was just as well given the timing.
Good for the price
I looked at three blazers at twice this and could not work out what the extra money was for. The cloth here has body, the lining is stitched properly and the buttons are heavy. If there is a difference I have not found it yet.
Double breasted done casually
Most double breasted jackets are stiff, formal things you wear once a year. This is not, and the patch pockets are why. It has the shape and the presence of a double breasted front without the occasion attached to it, so I can wear it on an ordinary Tuesday without looking like I am off somewhere important. That is a harder balance than it sounds.
Cuffs are snug
Very good jacket overall. The buttoned cuffs sit closer than I am used to and over a shirt cuff with a watch they are tight. I wear the watch on the other side now, which is a silly solution but it works.
Navy earns its keep
A navy blazer is the single most useful thing in a mans wardrobe and I had been without one for years. This one covers everything from a client lunch to a Saturday dinner. Over grey trousers it reads smart, over jeans it reads relaxed, and it does not look like half a suit in either case. That is the whole trick of a good navy blazer.
Summer wedding sorted
Dress code was smart with no tie and this was exactly the right level. Comfortable enough to sit through a long meal without wanting it off, and the wool is light enough that I was not suffering outside during the photographs. I have worn it twice more since to things where a full suit would have been too much. It has become the default for anything in between.
Blue is proper navy
Deep and flat rather than the bright royal blue the photos hint at. It sits properly against grey and against stone, which is all I wanted from the colour of it.
Weight is good
Has some substance to it without being a winter weight. You can wear it indoors all day and not cook, and it still hangs properly rather than flapping about on you.
Goes with chinos
Stone chinos, a plain shirt, brown shoes and it is definately a complete outfit with no thought required. That is what I bought it for and it has done that job every week since it arrived in October without a single complaint from me.
Square will not sit
No fault with the make of it. The chest pocket is a patch rather than a welt, so a folded pocket square has nothing to hold it and slides down inside. I gave up after two attempts. Everything else about the jacket is right.
Shape survived a season
Worn most weeks from September to April and hung properly between wears. The shoulders have not collapsed, the front still hangs flat when it is fastened, and the buttons are all still tight. My previous one was sagging across the back by February and this is nothing like it. I expect several more years from it. The lining has not puckered anywhere either.
Fits off the peg
Ordered my usual chest size and it needed nothing. Shoulders clean, sleeves at the wrist, and it fastens comfortably over a shirt and a fine knit. Not having to visit a tailor is worth something on its own these days, and it saved me a hundred on top.
Not a suit jacket
Buy it knowing what it is. Double breasted with patch pockets is a casual blazer, and a very good one, but it will not do the job of a suit jacket and it should not be asked to. Over chinos and denim it is excellent. With a tie in a formal room it would look confused. Know that going in and you will love it.
Lapel rolls nicely
The notch lapel has a proper soft roll rather than being ironed flat, and on a double breasted front that matters more because there is more of it on show. I was suprised how much difference it makes to the whole front of the jacket.
Patch pockets are casual
Good blazer and I like it a lot, but be clear about what it is. The patch pockets on the front make it a casual jacket, not something that will pass as suit tailoring in a formal room. For what I wanted that is fine. For a funeral it would be wrong. It is exactly what I wanted and I am not marking it down for that.
Lining is smooth enough
Goes on over a shirt without dragging and comes off without taking the shirt sleeve with it. Sounds trivial until you own a jacket that does the opposite, which I did for three years before this one arrived and replaced it.
Ordered for my partner
He has needed a decent blazer for about five years and kept not buying one. Ordered it off the measurements of a jacket already hanging up and it fit without alteration. He has worn it to three things already this month.
Better than my old blazer
The one this replaced was single breasted, thinner in the cloth and had shoulders that had gone soft. This has structure where it needs it and none where it does not. The difference is obvious the moment you put it on and it is more obvious in photographs, where the old one always made me look rounder than I am. The shoulders are where the difference lives.
One pocket inside
Solid jacket. There is only a single interior pocket, so a phone and a wallet compete for the same space. Two would have been the obvious call to make on a jacket like this.
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