Peak Lapel SB corners - round or square?

[The Happy Stroller]

Should a 3-button peak lapel single-breasted jacket have full square cut front bottom corners similar to those of a double-breasted jacket, or should the corners be curved just as those of almost all notch lapel single-breasted jackets are?

 

[Tomasso]

Originally Posted by The Happy Stroller

front bottom corners
The front quarters would be rounded as are most SB's.

 

[j]

Originally Posted by Tomasso

The front quarters would be rounded as are most SB's.
+1. Square quarters would make it some sort of shirt-jacket-leisure-suit hybrid.

 

[King Francis]

Didn't the suit Tom Cruise wore in Collateral have square quarters? I mean, it had a lot of stylistic quirks, but I'm just double-checking; my eyes might have deceived me. It looked pretty odd when I first noticed it, but then I couldn't imagine it having rounded quarters.

As for the OP's question, I would definitely go with rounded. I didn't think single-breasted peak lapel jackets usually had that many buttons, though.

 

[Jovan]

Nope, they're rounded. His jacket is just single buttoned.

I never really like squared off quarters on single breasted jackets.

 

[Tomasso]

 

[Jovan]

 

[jml90]

Originally Posted by King Francis

Didn't the suit Tom Cruise wore in Collateral have square quarters? I mean, it had a lot of stylistic quirks, but I'm just double-checking; my eyes might have deceived me. It looked pretty odd when I first noticed it, but then I couldn't imagine it having rounded quarters.

As for the OP's question, I would definitely go with rounded. I didn't think single-breasted peak lapel jackets usually had that many buttons, though.

They were rounded but, the jacket was a slight cutaway.

 

[The Happy Stroller]

Well, it's actually the jacket with patch pockets of a candy red seersucker suit to be used for strolls in the parks.

The question is whether it is correct according to sartorial rules; whether it's a respectable descendant of the lounge suit. BTW, did the lounge suit descend from the Cutaway or from the Frock Coat? Perhaps that may be a factor to consider.

Originally Posted by j

+1. Square quarters would make it some sort of shirt-jacket-leisure-suit hybrid.

 

[Ludlow]

Is it more square than this?
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/i/5...aultDept=False

or this?
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/i/4...aultDept=False

For something as casual and warm weather - focused as a seersucker suit, I'd actually prefer to see something cutaway much more aggressively. Unless you plan on selling balloons while you are strolling through those parks.

 

[The Happy Stroller]

Wish the corners were as rounded as those, but nope, the front bottom corners are 90 degree square cut, exactly like those found on double-breasted jackets.

Do you mean those two jackets are not agreesively cutaway enough for non-balloon sellers? I'm afraid selling balloons is out of the question because my hands are full carrying a Malacca cane and holding a book (currently reading The Origin Of Wealth). That book is too large for the pocket. As it's currently Winter, I'm wearing something else, together with a topcoat and a grey Fedora. The seersucker is intended for late Spring (as part of a 3-piece), Summer (2-piece) and early Autumn (3-piece again) wear. By then, perhaps a paper may replace the book, and a straw boater will replace the Fedora.

Strange that the Isaia seersucker suit with patch pockets has a usual retailing price of $2,550, while that of the Haspel which has flap pockets is only $295.

My 3-button seersucker jacket has lapels even longer than those of the 2-button Haspel. Maybe that's why it's even cheaper than the Haspel

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Originally Posted by BobLudlow

Is it more square than this?

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/i/5...aultDept=False

or this?
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/i/4...aultDept=False

For something as casual and warm weather - focused as a seersucker suit, I'd actually prefer to see something cutaway much more aggressively. Unless you plan on selling balloons while you are strolling through those parks.

 

[jml90]

Originally Posted by The Happy Stroller

Strange that the Isaia seersucker suit with patch pockets has a usual retailing price of $2,550, while that of the Haspel which has flap pockets is only $295.
This is like saying the Bostonians with laces are cheaper than the Edward Green's without laces.

Are you saying patch pockets=lesser quality?

 

[j]

So this is a jacket you have? You could have the quarters altered. I wouldn't be surprised if your jacket used to be a double-breasted, though.

 

[The Happy Stroller]

I thought patch pockets would be cheaper to make than flap pockets.

Originally Posted by jml90

This is like saying the Bostonians with laces are cheaper than the Edward Green's without laces.

Are you saying patch pockets=lesser quality?

 

[The Happy Stroller]

Yes, the jacket will be sent for alteration by a seamstress.

The original tailor was provided with 14 metres of virgin seersucker cloth, surprised?

Originally Posted by j

So this is a jacket you have? You could have the quarters altered. I wouldn't be surprised if your jacket used to be a double-breasted, though.