Justifying Tan Sports Jacket

[Al Shosty]

Hi Everyone,

I know we're quite a few months away, but I've been thinking about what I'm going to buy next spring and I thought I'd just let it out here.

I live in London. I'm going to have a certain amount of money to spend on an item or two in around March/April. For the longest time, I've been wanting to buy this tan sports jacket: https://eu.suitsupply.com/en_GB/jackets/jort-light-brown-plain-jacket/C1242.html?cgid=Jackets . I'd wear it almost exclusively with navy chinos and slim-straight dark-blue jeans, together with either (a) casual striped/houndstooth blue/white dress shirts, or (b) solid blue/white dress shirts (the latter would be /w the chinos). Shoes would be either dark brown chelseas or double-monks. Wearing them with white chinos in the summer could be an option, though I'm not sure whether I would like that as much.

I know that I would definitely like the look, but 2 questions have been starting to creep up on me:

Firstly, I'm starting to think that tan isn't a very good evening-wear colour, and a lot of the times I was imagining wearing this would be at night-time on weeknights. If my hunch is correct though, I don't really know how versatile this is going to be on paper outside of the very occasional weekend day-event. What do you guys think?

Secondly, my wardrobe is by no means complete (not that it'll ever be, but you know what I mean); my only light coat during the warmer months is coloured (purplish) navy, and I've always wanted to get either a green barbour (beaufort) or a tan overcoat to wear over these blue trousers during the spring transition. Aside from royal blue (cotton), I also don't have any non-wool sports coats yet (so no navy or light-grey linen yet, for instance). Also, I can afford it, but that's A LOT of money for me to be spending on a non-overcoat piece of clothing, and I'm wondering if spending so much on this sports jacket - especially with the versatility issue raised above - makes it worth it this time around. It's not that I'll never get the chance to make those other upgrades again in the future, but I'm wondering if I could purchase something of better value.

Thanks in advance!

 

[paxonus]

I would go for something with more texture, like a linen or a linen blend that doesn't wrinkly quite as much. The texture makes it more visually interesting. Like this:

https://us.suitsupply.com/en_US/jackets/havana-light-brown-plain/C1106I.html?q=linen

 

[Al Shosty]

Thanks for that suggestion! The full profile unfortunately isn't loading for me ('unfortunately, this item will not be out of stock'), but I'm assuming you meant something like this: https://eu.suitsupply.com/en_GB/jac...n-jacket/C1218.html?cgid=Jackets&oosPid=C1106 . That's a good one, though in my opinion it looks like it's trying to be both a grey and a brown at the same time. I honestly think you have to see those kinds of colours in person.

But I do agree with your point about texturing. How about this one? https://eu.suitsupply.com/en_GB/jackets/havana-light-brown-check-jacket/C1205.html?cgid=Jackets . I think it looks much more interesting. It's also a blend, which I think adds to the appeal.

 

[caktaylor]

Thanks for that suggestion! The full profile unfortunately isn't loading for me ('unfortunately, this item will not be out of stock'), but I'm assuming you meant something like this: https://eu.suitsupply.com/en_GB/jac...n-jacket/C1218.html?cgid=Jackets&oosPid=C1106 . That's a good one, though in my opinion it looks like it's trying to be both a grey and a brown at the same time. I honestly think you have to see those kinds of colours in person.

But I do agree with your point about texturing. How about this one? https://eu.suitsupply.com/en_GB/jackets/havana-light-brown-check-jacket/C1205.html?cgid=Jackets . I think it looks much more interesting. It's also a blend, which I think adds to the appeal.

The wool-silk-linen blend jacket will probably drape and hold its shape better than the pure linen jacket.

 

[Al Shosty]

Thanks for the responses so far! I also had another question. I'd have to physically check them out myself, but I don't think tan really suit my skin tone too well. I'm therefore wondering; what are some other alternatives out there that could be paired with both (dark) jeans and navy chinos? Perhaps sky blue, though that wouldn't work together with light blue shirts of any kind. Maybe olive, though I'm not sure how versatile that would be either, and I don't know how 'summery' that is. Maybe a light grey? I'm guessing that might also be difficult to pair. What do you guys think?

Also, I'm curious if any of you know of any alternatives to suitsupply that operate in the UK? I think a very light khaki/cream-coloured blazer *might* suit me, but suitsupply just don't offer it at a price I'm willing to pay.