Classic odd jackets

[Guest]

Odd jackets can be made of tweed, flannels, worsted, cotton, flax ... What are the classic materials?

[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.

[Guest]

What exactly is doeskin?

What about fresco for Summer blazers?

[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.

No classic blazers in worsted?
No classic sports jackets in worsted?

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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.

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Where do cloths like those in Porter & Harding's Glorious Twelfth book fit in? Are they classic cloths?

[Guest]

They are more suitings than jacketing

Where do cloths like those in Porter & Harding's Glorious Twelfth book fit in? Are they classic cloths?

[Guest]

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?