{"id":33034,"date":"2020-05-27T09:47:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T07:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lhonoremagazine.com\/2020\/05\/27\/the-blazer-to-be-handled-with-care\/"},"modified":"2022-11-12T19:17:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T18:17:46","slug":"the-blazer-to-be-handled-with-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lhonoremagazine.com\/en\/2020\/05\/27\/the-blazer-to-be-handled-with-care\/","title":{"rendered":"The blazer, to be handled with care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What’s the one piece of clothing you can wear on Friday at the office as well as Saturday night at the theater or Sunday for brunch<\/em> with your sister’s annoying new fianc\u00e9? If you’re thinking about your sneakers, I don’t congratulate you: it was all in the title. <\/h3>\n\n

By Rapha\u00ebl Sagodira<\/h4>\n\n
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(Atelier de Luca)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

The blazer is not only a jacket without matching pants<\/a>: it is also a garment that meets many codes. Done right, these rules make you the most elegant man in the room: not too dressed up, not too dressed down. Conversely, ignoring these codes makes you look like a nostalgic UDR or, worse, a bad auctioneer. <\/p>\n\n

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(custom workshop)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

If the word blazer brings to mind terrible weather,\ngin and tonic and a certain idea of humor that is not without annoying the\nFrench in you, it is right: the blazer is an English garment. It would\nhave appeared in 1825, worn by members of the rowing club of the prestigious Saint John’s College<\/em> in Cambridge. Members\nof the Lady Margaret Boat Club<\/em> on\nwere then wearing “a bright red”, which translates into\nlocal dialect by “a\nblazing red<\/em>“. A very practical short jacket, at a time when we\nit was common to dress in frac and frock coat! It is also said that the\nblazer becomes a garment so popular among civilians in the nineteenth<\/sup> century\ncentury that it is even adopted as a uniform by the British Navy: it\nis then plain blue or striped with white and gold buttons. Some legends mention\nthis blazer port on board the HMS Blazer<\/em> to\n1837… but nothing proves it. What is certain, however, is that the blazer\nwas an essential piece of clothing for the Mods<\/em> of Swinging London<\/em>. From\nits origin, remember only the cool of the Beatles and forget the martial evocations.\n<\/p>\n\n

I know that you are afraid of the too big, too long, gold-buttoned, even crested<\/em> “blazer” that your mother forces your father to wear to go to the Automobile Club. Don’t worry: the one you need<\/a> has nothing to do with that. Yours is modern and simple. Shorter than your usual jackets, it’s cut from a textured sheet such as a wool batting to really stand out from your suits. It’s a two-button straight jacket with a sporty notch and medium-width lapels – leave the small lapels to those who want to remain eternal interns. Why not choose a model with patch pockets? Your jacket will look more casual. <\/p>\n\n

If you like to dress up, you can always wear the full outfit: a blazer with a striped club tie, medium gray pants and a pair of tassel loafers. But there’s no need: you’ve been telling everyone about your famous summer semester at Oxford! Go for a more contemporary look with a light, unbuttoned shirt and mouse grey pants that can be white in summer. For dinner with your colleagues, jeans are acceptable. On the other hand, wearing them in a restaurant could be a valid reason for divorce. As for shoes, leave the Richelieu in the closet: a nice pair of derbies with two eyelets will be perfect in the evening, while a pair of hunting derbies in grained leather will be ideal with jeans. <\/p>\n\n

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(Andreas Weinas )<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

If the occasion is special, before you leave, don’t forget to complete your outfit with a colorful silk clutch, quickly stuffed into the breast pocket. Hurry up, finally! The cab to the theater is waiting for you.<\/p>\n\n

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