help!? orphaned jacket?

[sylviam]

If a jacket does not show 'drop 7' (or 8, or 6, etc.) in the tag, does that mean that it's a blazer and not an orphaned suit jacket?

this is for a hickey freeman oakbrook.

thanks in advance.

 

[Superfluous]

I don't think you can look at it that way. Look at the fabric, pattern, and button color first.

 

[cioni2k]

I would think the buttons/pattern fabric would be a bigger tell. Describe it, photos?

 

[sylviam]

Loro Piana super 120







Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[cptjeff]

I would guess that was part of a suit. Sportcoats usually have more texture or a pattern. That said, you could probably make it work as an odd jacket.

But the lack of a drop on a tag doesn't mean much. Many suits don't even bother putting a size tag in there, much less one with a drop.

 

[Superfluous]

98% chance its a suit jacket.

A. the color
B. the texture
C. the button color
D. The "super 120s" part

 

[Tweedy]

It looks to be a suit jacket

 

[MikeDT]

Looks like an orphan to me.

This got me thinking. How come we see so many orphaned suit jackets apparently separated from their matching trousers, both here and on Ebay. What happens to all those trousers without their jackets?

 

[XKxRome0ox]



Looks like an orphan to me.

This got me thinking. How come we see so many orphaned suit jackets apparently separated from their matching trousers, both here and on Ebay. What happens to all those trousers without their jackets?

blowouts?

 

[sylviam]

Thanks very much for your help.

 

[Sanguis Mortuum]

Looks like an orphan to me.

This got me thinking. How come we see so many orphaned suit jackets apparently separated from their matching trousers, both here and on Ebay. What happens to all those trousers without their jackets?

blowouts?

Explosive diarrhoea.

 

[cioni2k]



Looks like an orphan to me.

This got me thinking. How come we see so many orphaned suit jackets apparently separated from their matching trousers, both here and on Ebay. What happens to all those trousers without their jackets?

I would think from sitting in them for a while the wool gets "shiny" and worn. Jackets last much longer for that reason.

 

[jhva3]

That has enough of a texture to it that I wouldn't think twice about wearing it as an odd coat. Maybe I'm just desensitized by the sight of so many guys in jeans and pinstriped jackets recently, but I don't think it would look bad at all. Not saying I'd buy it for that purpose, but if I already owned it as part of a suit and needed something in a pinch, I'd put it on.

 

[a tailor]



Looks like an orphan to me.

This got me thinking. How come we see so many orphaned suit jackets apparently separated from their matching trousers, both here and on Ebay. What happens to all those trousers without their jackets?

they just walked away.