THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO SVEN. I'm SO sick of people calling every jacket in existence a blazer. It INFURIATES ME because even professionals get it wrong. Also, I don't know how I feel about the haircut, but I'm glad you are trying new things!
Just ordered my first mtm navy blazer a few days ago. Decided to go for double breasted with silver coloured metal buttons, six on two. I'm really excited to wear it after it's ready. It's also my first jacket with a full canvas. Thank you for all the great education over the years, I wouldn't be where I am right now in my style journey without you.
I have went to the Vintage store and I picked up some tweets Blazers and a few ties I am going to take them to get them tailored thank you for your help I appreciate everything that you have sent.
Just got my first double breasted blazer with brass buttons, gonna wear it Friday with curry yellow pants for a party at a beach condo with a patio, thank you a lot for the guide!
Dear Rapjael, I love the channel and I really enjoy each of the videos. I have been subscribed for a long time and I have learned a lot with you, I really like it even though my English is basic and limited. The topics, the information and how it is presented are very good, clear and easy to understand (even for me;) I know that the channel is also in Spanish. But if I'm not mistaken, this video is not translated into Spanish, so I have watched it several times to understand better. My particular and personal style of daily dressing is a mix of what here in Spain we call "Old money" with Preppy and "nautical"... Although my job is to be a carpenter and marquetry, anyone who sees me would never say that that is my profession. In short, thank you for everything and continue sharing this culture of good dressing. Greetings from Spain. P.S. Sorry for my grammar.
This is a great video for those of us who rarely ever need to go all the way up to a business suit. I get way more mileage out of my navy blazer and my brown sport coat than any of my full suits. In my workplace I would get strange looks if I dressed beyond business casual. People would think I'm going for a job interview on my lunch break or something.
Thank you so much for the video! It was a goldmine for information when I'm planning to get a blazer made. I couldn't help but feel that your delivery style was way too similar to Antonio Centeno though...
Thanks for the great video! I want to start using blazers. I live next to the sea and feel it really goes with the vibe. My color combination inspiration is XIX and XX century cavalry regimental wear. My question is does it go with hats?
I look a lot like George Clooney, but I can't find any pictures of him in a tan or brown blazer. Should I stay away from these colors? I want something less formal than dark grey or blue. Thanks!
Thank you for this Video . Im very happy today because i found a 6 Gold Button Blazer from burberry London in our thrift shop for only 18 € . It fits me Great and that was my Big Fish today . 😊 But it Looks more Black than Navy . Maybee i cant See the difference exactly
Hello, Raphael. Great video. Should I say great videos, since I have watched around ten by now, and they are all really great videos, providing key information on how to be a real gentleman. For all your inspiring videos, thank you! I have been on the process of dressing sharp for about two year. I call it a process because I started with good shoes and long sleeve shirts, then I tried sports jackets, then pocket squares. And now I want to add another garment: the tie; in fact, I have been giving the tie a try for about a month, but picture this combination (that is my question to you :-): casual long sleeve shirts, chinos / khakis, dressing shoes, sports jacket, pocket square and, now, tie. Obviously, I am doing my best in regard to color coordination and keeping the number of different matching colors below four. May I ask you for an advice, or maybe a video regarding this topic? Again, thank you!
I have recently found a number of blazers on sale that don't have a functional breast pocket. The pocket is there but it's just cosmetic, you can't put a pocket square in it etc. Well worth checking before purchase.
Finally u hav change ur hairstyle.I think infographs are better videos and articles because just with a 30 sec i understand what u mean.I would like u to do a infograph per article.Ur videos r great.Thanks for the info.
Wonderful... Congrats... What is it that I see on 4:05... Is that a blazer, is it the lining? Interested in the burgundy with the stripes. Does it have a name? Is it a fabric? What to do? Thanks...
I have a Dunhill blazer that I bought in about 1985. It has the four brass buttons surgeons cuffs which as you know, actually unbutton and therefore can be turned up, giving the fexibility needed from time to time. However the shoulder pads which gave a stronger sillouette in those days are somewhat out of fashion today. Can I remove the shoulder pads to modernize this garment? This particular blazer was over 1000.00 in 1985,so perhaps I should leave it as it is- or should I just buy a new one?
+Malaquias Alfaro Not really. If you have the opportunity buy a charcoal grey or black suit, it is very versatile and will you serve on many other occasions. If this is no option: the trousers should be dark grey. Wear a white shirt and a black tie (a navy tie might look better but the black tie is more appropriate for a funeral... remember usually the silk facings on a night blue tuxedo are black, not blue). And wear black leather shoes, no brown, and never sneakers.
Two remarks: (1) A navy DB-Blazer I would prefer worn with ALL buttons closed and maybe with no vents. It emphasizes the uniform character of this type of blazer. (2) I think jeans are always wrong with a DB blazer and even with a SB blazer if it is worn with a tie. Otherwise it is an option. However, the jeans should be a pale oder medium blue shade and of course it must not show a destroyed look.
Is there anything innately wrong with a black blazer? I have one I bought a LONG time ago that I don't get to wear much. Would there be anything wrong with khakis and a black blazer, or is that too much contrast?
Good question. I have one in the back of my closet that I got from a poorly-lit self-service shop years ago. I thought it was Navy. I've worn it to "artsy" evening events with a turtleneck and grey trousers and didn't feel wrong among all the black-attired hipsters.
Oh, you look great with the new haircut! A bit more modern and it definitely makes you more handsome. Great video though. P.S. How does a shirt with this collar called? I want one for myself.
Can anyone recoomend places to buy really bold bright blazers? I love the boat racing look - especially the multicolored stripes. No one seems to stock them! Only shade of blue and grey, (yawn!). Thanks!
Great video as usual sir.....but this hairstyle doesn't suits u.....it affects the gentleman image of yours.....keep it simple & do you recommend Black Blazer? I think it really looks nice......!
+Mandeep Baweja Never black for anything but eveningwear and the most formal suits. (And casual clothing, of course.) It looks all too much like a suit jacket, and you will probably have a hard time finding blazers (or sport jackets) in black anyway. The only exception I might grant is an unstructured, corduroy or velvet jacket for that somewhat scruffy, creative look.
so i bought a vintage brown velvet chalk striped jacket because i really couldnt resist but i'm looking for tips with what to wear like without tie and waistcoat any tips?
So if if understand your video on the blazer jacket it is more of a casual piece and not to be worn at a more formal event? thanks for the information.
+Frank Gadson Yes, it is casual, at least more casual than a suit. However, given the casuality of todays society the outfit composed of a blue blazer and chinos is called a "Californian Tux" and worn on quite formal events. This might not obey the strict rules of traditional dressing, but it is a fact. If you are in doubt: a suit (with a tie and preferably a pocket square) is always the safer way to go. You feel maybe overdressed, but if you want to wear "correct" dress then you are almost necessarily overdressed because of the casualness in clothes today. If you feel uncomfortable because of this fact, then dress casual. If you can bear it and wear traditional clothes well, then don't worry about being overdressed. You are not overdressed, in fact the majority of people is underdressed. And you are a warrior fighting for the survival of elegant attire...
What area/region of the US does Sven come from? I'm asking because I don't recognize his accent. I'm pretty new to the channel so I'm not familiar with his background yet.
Even after this video, I am still unclear as to what exactly differentiates a blazer from a blue sport jacket. I had taken it to be the metal buttons, but you grant alternatives. Take SuitSupply, for instance. The exact same Havana model is available as a suit jacket, sport jacket and (at least by your specifications here) a blazer, so it cannot be only a matter of cut. Indeed, I have a brown checkered suit and an almost-navy suit that I also use as separates (thanks to unstructured shoulder, patch pockets), and the blue one has slightly contrasting, brown buttons (probably deliberately so as to be subtle enough for a suit but not look off separately). So is that blue jacket, when I'm not using it with the trousers, a blazer or a sport jacket? Not that I really care about semantics, and no doubt there is great cultural and historical variation in the terminology, but I am curious!
+Olli Watch it again. Contrasting buttons in combination with navy make it a blazer. SuitSupply is not interested in the proper use of custume history terms, they just want to sell more stuff, no matter what it is called.
Gentleman's Gazette Ok; so you would say contrasting buttons are the definitive marker, regarldess of cut. In SuSu's defense, they don't call their products blazers or sport jackets, just vaguely "jackets". The distinction was mine: if being navy with contrasting buttons is enough to make a blazer, then that exact same cut can be a suit jacket, blazer or sport jacket depending on fabric alone. Which is cool, if that's really the case. But this raises the question whether there is such a thing as a navy sport jacket at all. It's a general rule of thumb of sport jackets, too, that the buttons will be more noticable than in suits (where they generally aim to be invisible). The view that swapping your white mother-of-pearl buttons for something subtler would turn the exact same piece from a histrorically proper blazer into a sport jacket is a little iffy. Then there is the matter of color. You yourself mention traditional solid alternatives to navy (bottle green, red), and sometimes the distinction between sport jackets and blazers is made based on whether it's patterned. What of a solid gray flannel jacket, then? Certainly not a historical "sport coat" in the sense checkered tweed is, and semantically/in register closer to the blazer, but not within its typical definition. If historicaly accuracy is our goal, I don't think it's very descriptive to call an unstructured cotton jacket with patch pockets a blazer in the same sentence as a double-breasted, brass-buttoned worsted wool blazer with a crest. Blazers are traditionally considered more formal that sport jackets. Ultimately, I think we should admit the distinction between blazers and other sport jackets is fuzzy and partly unnecessary. There are some archetypal jackets that are readily identified as blazers, but for the most part the general term "jacket", "sport jacket" or "separate jacket" is adequate and more descriptive of the current variety of jackets and how they are used. Sorry for the monster post! I don't mean to discredit anything you said, it is just that this specific question of semantics has bothered me for a while and I have failed to find an adequate answer in any authrotitative source. That terminology varies between languages, between UK and US, and between different periods, doesn't make it any easier.
~Raphael, you have given us such incredible advice and information, so the comment I am going to make is stated with respect. ~That haircut does not suit your face and head▬perhaps it is the volume on top that is the offender. There is an element of slightly more youthfulness, but at the cost of your style which is always at 100%. ~Just a suggestion from an anonymous youtuber ahaha, but I am sincere. Thank you for this incredible video that I've only seen 1 other video on youtube address, about the proper points of a blazer. I believe it was Lord Willy's? ~I love the yellow knit tie! Very Unique. ~R.
It's absurd to say that centre vented blazers are only for horseback riding. That being said in the same video where you give the okay to wearing jeans with a blazer makes no sense. If centre vents are only for equestrians, then jeans are only for miners.
+Daniel Iger Historically, center vents came from horseback riding and they serve no other purpose. I suggest you spend some time studying costume history if you don't believe it.
+Daniel Iger Historically, center vents came from horseback riding and they serve no other purpose. I suggest you spend some time studying costume history if you don't believe it.
+Daniel Iger Ideally double vent looks best and doesn't bunch up when your hands are in your pockets, but a center vent is fine too. It's a matter of preference for sure.
Good tips. But What's with "advanced dressers" and "beginner dressers"? Good outfits are good outfits, so are ugly outfits, regardless how "advanced" you are.
I'm going to use the example of the brightly coloured blazers, while you can pull them off and they can look very dapper, they will not get nearly as much use as a plain navy blazer, so a beginner with not many fine clothes should invest in the Navy first wheras an advanced dresser would already own that so they could start to expand their blazer choice into the more bold
The only way I'd wear a blazer is if I had one made Ralph Lauren style, to wear with jeans and a white dress shirt. Blazers are too steeped in club/activity tradition to bother making it seem street worthy. There are way to many great sport coats out there to choose from rather than trying to work this fashion dinosaur into your wardrobe
I love it when your hair has more volume like that Sven, it looks good!
my biggest men's style pet peeve is when someone calls a sport coat a blazer. Thanks for setting the record straight.
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO SVEN. I'm SO sick of people calling every jacket in existence a blazer. It INFURIATES ME because even professionals get it wrong. Also, I don't know how I feel about the haircut, but I'm glad you are trying new things!
Infuriates? Calm down.
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Just ordered my first mtm navy blazer a few days ago. Decided to go for double breasted with silver coloured metal buttons, six on two. I'm really excited to wear it after it's ready. It's also my first jacket with a full canvas. Thank you for all the great education over the years, I wouldn't be where I am right now in my style journey without you.
Thank you Sven for incredibly informative videos!
I have went to the Vintage store and I picked up some tweets Blazers and a few ties I am going to take them to get them tailored thank you for your help I appreciate everything that you have sent.
Tweed is not a fabric used in blazers, he just said that in the video.
Back in the day I had three :blue, black and gray. Loved them! I am planning on getting a blue as I miss blazers very much.
Just got my first double breasted blazer with brass buttons, gonna wear it Friday with curry yellow pants for a party at a beach condo with a patio, thank you a lot for the guide!
I'm glad you mentioned the origin of the blazer with it nautical heritage.
The haircut captures your class and sophistication.
Dear Rapjael,
I love the channel and I really enjoy each of the videos. I have been subscribed for a long time and I have learned a lot with you, I really like it even though my English is basic and limited. The topics, the information and how it is presented are very good, clear and easy to understand (even for me;) I know that the channel is also in Spanish. But if I'm not mistaken, this video is not translated into Spanish, so I have watched it several times to understand better. My particular and personal style of daily dressing is a mix of what here in Spain we call "Old money" with Preppy and "nautical"... Although my job is to be a carpenter and marquetry, anyone who sees me would never say that that is my profession. In short, thank you for everything and continue sharing this culture of good dressing. Greetings from Spain.
P.S. Sorry for my grammar.
At 2:09 that's George Lazenby a model who also played James Bond in OHMSS
Damn Sven! With that new haircut!
Liked your video very informative 10/10 (y)
Really good video Mr. Schneider! I will be buying my first blazer real soon!
Thank you for the incredibly informative and entertaining video. I really love what you're doing with these videos. also, I love your new haircut.
This is a great video for those of us who rarely ever need to go all the way up to a business suit. I get way more mileage out of my navy blazer and my brown sport coat than any of my full suits. In my workplace I would get strange looks if I dressed beyond business casual. People would think I'm going for a job interview on my lunch break or something.
I've watched dozens of videos in the past three weeks. Interesting to see you in an older video looking younger.
What a thorough review!Great job loved it!!
Like the new haircut! Very sharp!
But WHEN do you wear it? To what kind of occasions?
I love your haircut here ❤️🔥🔥
I'm not sure on the haircut. I don't like how short the sides are, but I like the length and styling on top.
Thank you so much for the video! It was a goldmine for information when I'm planning to get a blazer made. I couldn't help but feel that your delivery style was way too similar to Antonio Centeno though...
Thanks for the great video! I want to start using blazers. I live next to the sea and feel it really goes with the vibe. My color combination inspiration is XIX and XX century cavalry regimental wear. My question is does it go with hats?
Great video. Came up on my search for Blazer information. I feel more informed.
Dear Sven, I have a question. Can I wear a vest with a navy blazer? And if so what colour of a vest I should wear?
Could you make a business casual how to video?
+DanielzeGreat We can add that to our to-do list. We'll see how it goes.
Congratulations Daniel, the video was made :D
Love your new hair!
I look a lot like George Clooney, but I can't find any pictures of him in a tan or brown blazer. Should I stay away from these colors? I want something less formal than dark grey or blue. Thanks!
Thank you for this Video . Im very happy today because i found a 6 Gold Button Blazer from burberry London in our thrift shop for only 18 € . It fits me Great and that was my Big Fish today . 😊 But it Looks more Black than Navy . Maybee i cant See the difference exactly
I have a Italian grey mother of pearl's buttoned blazer.
Hello, Raphael. Great video. Should I say great videos, since I have watched around ten by now, and they are all really great videos, providing key information on how to be a real gentleman. For all your inspiring videos, thank you!
I have been on the process of dressing sharp for about two year. I call it a process because I started with good shoes and long sleeve shirts, then I tried sports jackets, then pocket squares. And now I want to add another garment: the tie; in fact, I have been giving the tie a try for about a month, but picture this combination (that is my question to you :-): casual long sleeve shirts, chinos / khakis, dressing shoes, sports jacket, pocket square and, now, tie. Obviously, I am doing my best in regard to color coordination and keeping the number of different matching colors below four. May I ask you for an advice, or maybe a video regarding this topic? Again, thank you!
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I have recently found a number of blazers on sale that don't have a functional breast pocket. The pocket is there but it's just cosmetic, you can't put a pocket square in it etc. Well worth checking before purchase.
I second that advice. As a collector of vintage fountain pens, I go with a pen more often than a pocket square.
Finally u hav change ur hairstyle.I think infographs are better videos and articles because just with a 30 sec i understand what u mean.I would like u to do a infograph per article.Ur videos r great.Thanks for the info.
Are you enjoying your new hairstyle Raphael? I am finding it rather difficult to accept!
love your new haircut!
Wonderful... Congrats... What is it that I see on 4:05... Is that a blazer, is it the lining? Interested in the burgundy with the stripes. Does it have a name? Is it a fabric? What to do? Thanks...
Great video. but what about shoes???
Can I wear a sneakers with a blazer for example ?
I have a Dunhill blazer that I bought in about 1985. It has the four brass buttons surgeons cuffs which as you know, actually unbutton and therefore can be turned up, giving the fexibility needed from time to time. However the shoulder pads which gave a stronger sillouette in those days are somewhat out of fashion today. Can I remove the shoulder pads to modernize this garment? This particular blazer was over 1000.00 in 1985,so perhaps I should leave it as it is- or should I just buy a new one?
I'm attending a memorial soon but don't have a full suit. Are charcoal trousers and a navy blazer appropriate?
Medium grey would look better but if u wear black shoes then only grey or charcoal will look great!! Otherwise try Khakis!
+Malaquias Alfaro Not really. If you have the opportunity buy a charcoal grey or black suit, it is very versatile and will you serve on many other occasions. If this is no option: the trousers should be dark grey. Wear a white shirt and a black tie (a navy tie might look better but the black tie is more appropriate for a funeral... remember usually the silk facings on a night blue tuxedo are black, not blue). And wear black leather shoes, no brown, and never sneakers.
Two remarks:
(1) A navy DB-Blazer I would prefer worn with ALL buttons closed and maybe with no vents. It emphasizes the uniform character of this type of blazer.
(2) I think jeans are always wrong with a DB blazer and even with a SB blazer if it is worn with a tie. Otherwise it is an option. However, the jeans should be a pale oder medium blue shade and of course it must not show a destroyed look.
Should a gentleman wear a pocket square with a blazer?
Is there anything innately wrong with a black blazer? I have one I bought a LONG time ago that I don't get to wear much. Would there be anything wrong with khakis and a black blazer, or is that too much contrast?
Good question. I have one in the back of my closet that I got from a poorly-lit self-service shop years ago. I thought it was Navy. I've worn it to "artsy" evening events with a turtleneck and grey trousers and didn't feel wrong among all the black-attired hipsters.
How do you fold your pocket square like this? Looks epic :D
Oh, you look great with the new haircut! A bit more modern and it definitely makes you more handsome. Great video though.
P.S. How does a shirt with this collar called? I want one for myself.
Thanks for the video, very informative.
And I agree with the other comments, nice job on the hairstyle.
what kind of shirt are you wearing?
Gonna gather a blazer just love them and eventually short sleeved safari jacket go full Roger Moore
Hi there, what do you think about navy blazer and black shoes?
thanks for your amazing videos!
'Rear end'
*Smiles creepily*
Can anyone recoomend places to buy really bold bright blazers?
I love the boat racing look - especially the multicolored stripes.
No one seems to stock them! Only shade of blue and grey, (yawn!).
Thanks!
I found a pre-90's Burberrys' Navy double breasted blazer for less than $200, Gentleman's Gazette, was this a lucky find for me, or what?
Hey Raphael, how do you feel about Ledbury clothes???? I'm thinking about purchasing a blazer from them!
You changed your hair. Looks good though
Are gold buttons outdated?
Dear Mr. Schinder,
My blazer has a button hole in each lapel. Can I put a boutonniere on either side or only the left side?
Thank you!
+JuliusCaesar500 yes. though most people wear it on the left
So I'm a senior high school student and I like to look nice when I go to school but is wearing a blazer suit too much?
Yes, just sitck with a casual shirt and jeans with a more casual jacket
Is blazer usually a little bitter bigger than suit? Not so streamlined nit slim... a little baggy. Is that true?
Classic blazer is ready to wear, so it look baggy, but no bespoke blazer
Nice hair cut! You look young!
I got the brass buttons replaced with plastic on mine because I didn't want the military look
Yes thank you very much for me
Great video as usual sir.....but this hairstyle doesn't suits u.....it affects the gentleman image of yours.....keep it simple & do you recommend Black Blazer? I think it really looks nice......!
+Mandeep Baweja i wondering the same question, what about black blazer? ant help?
+Mandeep Baweja Never black for anything but eveningwear and the most formal suits. (And casual clothing, of course.) It looks all too much like a suit jacket, and you will probably have a hard time finding blazers (or sport jackets) in black anyway. The only exception I might grant is an unstructured, corduroy or velvet jacket for that somewhat scruffy, creative look.
Olli what about a little check patterned black blazer?
If the pattern is prominent and casual (i.e. it doesn't just look like a charcoal suit jacket from a few feet away) then sure!
Olli 😇
so i bought a vintage brown velvet chalk striped jacket because i really couldnt resist but i'm looking for tips with what to wear like without tie and waistcoat any tips?
It sounds very 1970s to me, maybe grey trousers or mid-blue jeans, brown Chelsea boots and a rollback jumper ?
Where can I purchase the blazers in this video? :)
dude your hair looks waaaay better this way
Why not do a slickback?
+Jonathan Bissoo Interesting suggestion. We'll see what Mr. Schneider has to say about that.
Thanks you
How can i find blazer with white stripes, like mafia worn?
So if if understand your video on the blazer jacket it is more of a casual piece and not to be worn at a more formal event? thanks for the information.
+Frank Gadson Yes, it is casual, at least more casual than a suit. However, given the casuality of todays society the outfit composed of a blue blazer and chinos is called a "Californian Tux" and worn on quite formal events. This might not obey the strict rules of traditional dressing, but it is a fact. If you are in doubt: a suit (with a tie and preferably a pocket square) is always the safer way to go. You feel maybe overdressed, but if you want to wear "correct" dress then you are almost necessarily overdressed because of the casualness in clothes today. If you feel uncomfortable because of this fact, then dress casual. If you can bear it and wear traditional clothes well, then don't worry about being overdressed. You are not overdressed, in fact the majority of people is underdressed. And you are a warrior fighting for the survival of elegant attire...
+Wolf0067 Hey! Nice comment! I share the same point of view: Majority of people are underdressed. One does not have to feel bad for dressing well.
What area/region of the US does Sven come from? I'm asking because I don't recognize his accent. I'm pretty new to the channel so I'm not familiar with his background yet.
He is from Germany. First video of his channel is about his background.
Can I wear a bow tie with a blazer?
If it not glossy satin bowtie you can
Nice shirt. Turnbull & Asser?
I am using everything you have post on you tube thank you for changing my with men fashion!
+Darren Morrison That's good to hear! We have a lot more in store for you, that you can be sure of :)
Nice Video! Where are you actually from?
+benedikt rsz The answer is here ua-cam.com/video/DvDLZ9vNcxY/v-deo.html
Even after this video, I am still unclear as to what exactly differentiates a blazer from a blue sport jacket. I had taken it to be the metal buttons, but you grant alternatives.
Take SuitSupply, for instance. The exact same Havana model is available as a suit jacket, sport jacket and (at least by your specifications here) a blazer, so it cannot be only a matter of cut. Indeed, I have a brown checkered suit and an almost-navy suit that I also use as separates (thanks to unstructured shoulder, patch pockets), and the blue one has slightly contrasting, brown buttons (probably deliberately so as to be subtle enough for a suit but not look off separately). So is that blue jacket, when I'm not using it with the trousers, a blazer or a sport jacket? Not that I really care about semantics, and no doubt there is great cultural and historical variation in the terminology, but I am curious!
Or in other words, what makes the casualish jacket you are wearing a blazer rather than a blue sport jacket?
+Olli Watch it again. Contrasting buttons in combination with navy make it a blazer. SuitSupply is not interested in the proper use of custume history terms, they just want to sell more stuff, no matter what it is called.
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Ok; so you would say contrasting buttons are the definitive marker, regarldess of cut. In SuSu's defense, they don't call their products blazers or sport jackets, just vaguely "jackets". The distinction was mine: if being navy with contrasting buttons is enough to make a blazer, then that exact same cut can be a suit jacket, blazer or sport jacket depending on fabric alone. Which is cool, if that's really the case.
But this raises the question whether there is such a thing as a navy sport jacket at all. It's a general rule of thumb of sport jackets, too, that the buttons will be more noticable than in suits (where they generally aim to be invisible). The view that swapping your white mother-of-pearl buttons for something subtler would turn the exact same piece from a histrorically proper blazer into a sport jacket is a little iffy.
Then there is the matter of color. You yourself mention traditional solid alternatives to navy (bottle green, red), and sometimes the distinction between sport jackets and blazers is made based on whether it's patterned. What of a solid gray flannel jacket, then? Certainly not a historical "sport coat" in the sense checkered tweed is, and semantically/in register closer to the blazer, but not within its typical definition.
If historicaly accuracy is our goal, I don't think it's very descriptive to call an unstructured cotton jacket with patch pockets a blazer in the same sentence as a double-breasted, brass-buttoned worsted wool blazer with a crest. Blazers are traditionally considered more formal that sport jackets.
Ultimately, I think we should admit the distinction between blazers and other sport jackets is fuzzy and partly unnecessary. There are some archetypal jackets that are readily identified as blazers, but for the most part the general term "jacket", "sport jacket" or "separate jacket" is adequate and more descriptive of the current variety of jackets and how they are used.
Sorry for the monster post! I don't mean to discredit anything you said, it is just that this specific question of semantics has bothered me for a while and I have failed to find an adequate answer in any authrotitative source. That terminology varies between languages, between UK and US, and between different periods, doesn't make it any easier.
what is up with the sound ?
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Thank you good sir. :)
That dude looks uncannily like Mr. Toomy from Steven King's "The Langoliers". :O
~Raphael, you have given us such incredible advice and information, so the comment I am going to make is stated with respect.
~That haircut does not suit your face and head▬perhaps it is the volume on top that is the offender. There is an element of slightly more youthfulness, but at the cost of your style which is always at 100%.
~Just a suggestion from an anonymous youtuber ahaha, but I am sincere. Thank you for this incredible video that I've only seen 1 other video on youtube address, about the proper points of a blazer. I believe it was Lord Willy's?
~I love the yellow knit tie! Very Unique.
~R.
+- Rossetti Thanks for the feedback
Someone has been watching Peaky Blinders a lot lately! ;)
Hello! Can you please tell me where the shirt your wearing is from ?!
very nice haircut.
I have a shirt just like that
Kulas Cape
god this is mr raphael sure while every thing is a gradual process
my Ermenegildo Zegna $3200 blazer has black buttons... did he screw up?? ;)
It's absurd to say that centre vented blazers are only for horseback riding. That being said in the same video where you give the okay to wearing jeans with a blazer makes no sense. If centre vents are only for equestrians, then jeans are only for miners.
+Daniel Iger Historically, center vents came from horseback riding and they serve no other purpose. I suggest you spend some time studying costume history if you don't believe it.
+Daniel Iger Historically, center vents came from horseback riding and they serve no other purpose. I suggest you spend some time studying costume history if you don't believe it.
+Gentleman's Gazette No, you see, you missed what I said there.
+Daniel Iger Ideally double vent looks best and doesn't bunch up when your hands are in your pockets, but a center vent is fine too. It's a matter of preference for sure.
Daniel Iger I like centre vent. Seems less fussy and I'm slim and don't have a large rear!
That double breasted blazer is worn by veterans of the royal tank regiment
if i were you, i would have shortened my videos to 5 minutes each!
Good tips. But What's with "advanced dressers" and "beginner dressers"? Good outfits are good outfits, so are ugly outfits, regardless how "advanced" you are.
I'm going to use the example of the brightly coloured blazers, while you can pull them off and they can look very dapper, they will not get nearly as much use as a plain navy blazer, so a beginner with not many fine clothes should invest in the Navy first wheras an advanced dresser would already own that so they could start to expand their blazer choice into the more bold
Blazer with jeans is the worst!
1st
The only way I'd wear a blazer is if I had one made Ralph Lauren style, to wear with jeans and a white dress shirt. Blazers are too steeped in club/activity tradition to bother making it seem street worthy. There are way to many great sport coats out there to choose from rather than trying to work this fashion dinosaur into your wardrobe
+huberfloover We certainly respect your opinion. To each his own, I guess. :)
go back to that hair style.
Horrible hairstyle. Looks anti-intellectual.
you speak too slowly
You type too much