A new blazer

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uppercase
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Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:16 pm

Gentlemen, I am in need of your advice after my blazer pictured below was stolen last week.

What cloth, maker and style would you like to see for a Fall/Winter replacement blazer?

TIA

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fontana1
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Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:35 pm

Uppercase

I would propose SB, 12-13 ounce flannel from Smith Woollens in a 'blue' navy, made by A&S. I have this coat and find it both practical and elegant.

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Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:36 pm

UC

Great look as usual. :D

Sorry to hear of your loss. Harrisons has (had) a good navy flannel (not too dark blue) that would replace the coat you are showing.

Cheers

Michael
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Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:11 am

Just read of your sad loss Uppercase, and I am sorry to read that someone has stolen your blazer.I must say I am curious to know under what circumstances was it stolen; not that it alters the fact. Were you too hot and had taken it off?
The first time I saw that photograph of your blazer, ( somewhere on this site) I can remember thinking that it was the sort of blazer that I would like. I seem to remember asking you what weight it might be etc., and you kindly replied.
For my own blazer project , I put together all the advise that I had gathered, and my tailor put it all together to I think great success.
I don't yet know how to put up a photo here but basically tailor picked a heavy but fairly dark serge ; which is now double breasted with interchangeable buttons, which I have find very useful but made inside pockets difficult to position. The brass crested buttons tend to swivel around a bit which irks Tailor more than me.
I do think that Michaels idea of lighter flannel a good one, but I do like the feel of a double breasted, especially for winter.
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Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:35 am

Uppercase, may I ask what kind of buttons you have on that blazer?
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Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:02 pm

I have a similar blue worsted flannel in Smith 2597 12/13oz - very nice color, similar to your picture with a lot of depth.
uppercase
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Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:28 pm

They not only stole my blazer, they stole my underwear.

I'm going to miss that blazer. Although it was relatively new (a mere 2-3 years old, a youth, just getting broken in) I had become attached to it. I think that it was the cloth which endeared it to me: Lessers flannel, probably 12 ozs., it offered reassuring weight and warmth. This was also the first coat I owned whose cloth was first class, I found it wonderfully tactile, and the brighter blue shade, charming. It felt good on my shoulders and slipping it on just put me in the right mood. The blond horn buttons made it just that little bit more mine.

I've come to depend on a blue blazer for all of my travel needs. One in Summer weight, one in Winter. It's all I need. Wear it with jeans, grey flannel, khakis, cords. With tie, ascot, button down or polo shirt. Fold it, toss it in the duffel and I'm set for any occassion. Just reaching for a blazer helps make my packing simple, straight forward and lightweight. I've always found a blazer an elegant, versatile solution when travelling.

So now it's gone, all the more the pity, as this coat was the closest to getting the pattern right where I wanted it with this particular maker.

Well, I guess that the only consolation is that I've enjoyed it while it was mine. And now I have the pleasant prospect to consider what to have made.

I don't think that I can go back to A&S. But I have been wanting to give Richard Anderson a try. I've tried some of his try coats on and thought the silhouette superb. However the rather stuffed, square shoulder may be a bit too severe for a blazer which I think of as essentially a casual coat, whether SB or DB. The choice of maker to get just the right shoulder - soft yet structured, rounded though not round, distinguished though not distracting - is a bit of a dilemma, well nigh impossible in London, I'm afraid, and I may have to visit Italy this Spring for this project.

Is it artichoke season then?
tteplitzmd

Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:11 pm

Sorry for your loss. A bit esoteric, I have a single breasted H Lesser cashmere navy blazer, in what seems to be a woven cashmere (not worsted cashmere). Incredibly warm and soft.
(Your photo reminds me why I never check a coat at hotels, bars, restaurants.)
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Wed Jan 26, 2011 11:16 pm

uppercase - so sorry to hear about your loss. I can only imagine how frustrating that must be. I actually just started a thread on blue blazer fabrics so perhaps it can benefit us both! Best of luck in finding a suitable replacement.
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