Most navy blue odd jackets are solid colors but a wardrobe is better served when some of them are not. Every season can support at least one change of pace navy jacket that is almost but not quite blazer-like. A discrete pattern helps reduce the formality that is the daytime limitation of a blazer while leaving it completely appropriate for cocktails. In winter, for example, a blue Donegal tweed is a lot easier to wear during the day than a conventional twill.
In the photo, a patterned (and wrinkled as there is minimal lining) navy 3 roll 2 summer odd jacket in a gray overchecked 9 ounce Minnis silk and wool from the Ascot book. It is worn with mid-gray fresco trousers, a light blue shirt from Tessitura Monti's textured voile, a navy blue silk knit necktie with tan stripes from the ASW store and a tan and blue pocket square. Below the waist, light gray barleycorn socks and brown tasselled loafers.
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5 comments:
Would have liked to see the full look on this one. Regardless, can't go wrong with blue-ing yourself.
Oh, most satisfactory. I am planning a Fresco jacket for next spring and you have just given me an alternate idea. Thank-you.
I love the jacket and the overall look. However, for some reason, the jacket looks like it might be part of a suit. Perhaps it's my mental association of windowpanes with suits?
In any case, how might we best choose a blue patterned jacket and not make it look like an orphan from a suit?
Patch pocketed triple windowpane suits are very rare if they exist at all, and paired with gray trousers the thought that it might be a suit jacket never crossed my mind. And that is the answer to your question I guess.
OK. Sounds good to me! Thank you for the explanation.
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