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!
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!
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