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Classic odd jackets
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:31 pm
by Guest
Odd jackets can be made of tweed, flannels, worsted, cotton, flax ... What are the classic materials?
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:38 pm
by Guest
Tweed for country and winter clothing. Doeskin for midweight jackets. Linen for summer. Flannel and hopsack for blazers. Worsted, seen more and more and more, but not really "classic" for odd jackets. Cashmere has become popular, as have hitherto unheard of blends. Those are not really "classic" either, though.
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:42 pm
by Guest
What exactly is doeskin?
What about fresco for Summer blazers?
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:31 pm
by Guest
Anonymous wrote:Tweed for country and winter clothing. Doeskin for midweight jackets. Linen for summer. Flannel and hopsack for blazers. Worsted, seen more and more and more, but not really "classic" for odd jackets. Cashmere has become popular, as have hitherto unheard of blends. Those are not really "classic" either, though.
No classic blazers in worsted?
No classic sports jackets in worsted?
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:36 pm
by Guest
Doeskin is a lighter weight flannel, with a soft nap and a sort of shiny finish.
The worsted blazer, while incredibly common today and for the last several decades, is not really a classic, at least not in the lighter weights seen today. There are tons of worsted jacketings available today, but if you look back at historical sources, you don't see them much. And when you do, they are trying to mimic other fabrics, such as the "worsted tweeds" one sees occasionally in Apparel Arts.
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:29 pm
by Guest
Where do cloths like those in Porter & Harding's Glorious Twelfth book fit in? Are they classic cloths?
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:56 pm
by Guest
They are more suitings than jacketing
Anonymous wrote:Where do cloths like those in Porter & Harding's Glorious Twelfth book fit in? Are they classic cloths?
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:07 am
by Guest
Anonymous wrote:There are tons of worsted jacketings available today, but if you look back at historical sources, you don't see them much. And when you do, they are trying to mimic other fabrics, such as the "worsted tweeds" one sees occasionally in Apparel Arts.
Historically, do we find a difference between sports jackets and tweeds - the first one for leisure actvities like tennis and golf, and the second one for vacation, hunting or work in the country side?