Cloth for a traditional blue blazer

[Guest]

Mr. Alden, molte grazie!

[T4phage]

Giona, what a wonderful coat! Lovely shoulder a la Milanisi! Soft yet with some structure! Excellent.

[alden]

I am not at all sure about the "kipper" ties he wears, but Prince Michael has a nice Blazer.

[manton]

I don't like the ties either, but I confess that part of me likes the high shirt collars.

[le.gentleman]

I have never seen these ties before - where can they be bought?

[Concordia]

As a footnote, I once had a near-blazer with silverish metal buttons that were engraved with a very fine siped herringbone pattern (think of the soles of the old Sperry Topsiders). I retired the blazer but kept the buttons. I think those buttons would actually do fine duty on a heavy linen coat but I don’t think I would call the result a blazer.

Just took delivery on a DB blazer in fresco (looks nearly like hopsacking) that has those very buttons, but in antiqued bronze. Should make it more useful in the evenings.