Is a 100% silk sport jacket for a tropical climate suitable?

[Naive Jr.]

There is a silk jacket advertised as porous and ideal for the tropics, yet online are various judgments that silk is not suitable for humidity?!

And my great aunt says if I wear a silk jacket, it will get hot because silk warms in warm weather, chills in cold weather.

The article of clothing in question is a sport jacket.

If it is true a silk jacket is comfortable and cool in a hot wet climate (a disco for example), would seersucker yield because silk is somehow a superior stuff?



Please advise me.

 

[BrooksLauren77]

I have read that silk wears warm, I think you would be better off with jackets made from seersucker, linen or tropical wool.

 

[Cedric]

in my personal experience, my silk blend jackets were warmer for tropical weather. I decided to put them away or wear them at night when its cooler.
For tropical weather, stick to cotton, linen, or mohair.
ou can pull off wool if you're in A/C

 

[Naive Jr.]

Thanks! Incredible that the tailors claim the silk is suitable for tropical wear because
porous?!