A Gentleman’s Wardrobe – A Style Counsel – Part 2 – The Jacket
Welcome to the 2nd part of our Gentleman’s wardrobe – Style Counsel
This post we will be adding jackets to your wardrobe.
An essential item of clothing when a suit is not required but being elegant and smart is. Winston Churchill once said that ‘a Gentleman should never remove his jacket’ showing just what an important piece of clothing the jacket is.
Not only can they be used for smart occasions, but increasingly, the jacket is now being worn as a casual item of clothing dressed up with jeans and trainers.
There are however a minimum of four jackets that every Gentleman should have in their wardrobe.
Firstly – a plain navy blue blazer. Slightly old school but will never be wrong. To make it a little bit more special, have it cut a bit closer than a normal blazer and find some amazing metal buttons that you can have put on it making it more personal. If you are in the Armed Forces then have your regimental buttons, or have a Hunt or club buttons. Single or double breasted is a personal choice but steer clear of double breatsed if you are under 50.
Secondly – A linen / see sucker jacket. A must for summer and is a great way to dress up a summer drinks party whilst staying cool, look smart on flights and use instead of a jumper in the cooler september evenings.
Thirdly - A slightly more casual jacket made probably from cotton that you can wear with jeans. Never wear a blazer with jeans, it is just wrong! Have a nice cotton jacket made that is cut in a sixties style, hour glass shape if you are thinner and add some little extras like a coloured button hole to make it a little bit cooler.
Lastly - A Tweed jacket. A quintessential piece of English clothing and a must for every wardrobe. Don’t be scared of tweed, you don’t have to have an old boring tweed, there are lots of fantastic little mills that produce great patterns and stunning colours so that you can have something made that isn’t too old and quite trendy. Tweed is fantastically hard wearing and is great in the colder months.
So, this will hopefully help a bit with your selections for your jacket wardrobe and with last posts suits you shoudl be starting to build an absolute corker of a wardrobe! Just make sure that you keep it as individual as you are. Add your own extras and little personal bits.
