Playful elements for a Sport Coat?

[Mudhiker]

Originally Posted by pvrhye

or how about turnback cuffs with a funky liner. That way you can dress it up or down at leisure.

Sport Coats are for shooting, right?

 

[pvrhye]

Originally Posted by Mudhiker

Sport Coats are for shooting, right?

Provided he doesn't wear that to the office, more power to him for the badass costume.

 

[fxh]

Originally Posted by rmanoj

How about more prominent turnback cuffs than the picture above - four sleeve buttons all buttoning the cuffs down? Also consider pockets (including the breast pocket) with buttoned-down flaps. A belted back would be fun as well.
I was just going to suggest the above. Exactly. All traditional sport jacket styles. You are in USA aren't you? I've always liked the treatment some of the western outfit makers do - there are a few around Denver. The western cut is nice and they do some interesting detailing. If I was in USA I'd be looking to some of the western stuff for casual. My last corduroy western coat from Denver looked great with jeans etc. And I was younger and skinny.

 

[imatlas]

Originally Posted by fxh

I was just going to suggest the above. Exactly. All traditional sport jacket styles.

You are in USA aren't you?

I've always liked the treatment some of the western outfit makers do - there are a few around Denver. The western cut is nice and they do some interesting detailing. If I was in USA I'd be looking to some of the western stuff for casual. My last corduroy western coat from Denver looked great with jeans etc. And I was younger and skinny.

Western wear is very regional, and easily takes one into "costume" territory (see above).

 

[greger]

Sports coat?

Looks like a blazer to me.

 

[greger]

How is this a Semi Norfolk jacket?

I don't see any Norfolken in it.

 

[MikeDT]

Poppers instead of buttons, and zipped cuffs.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by greger

Sports coat?

Looks like a blazer to me.

With a windowpane?

 

[Sator]

Originally Posted by Complacency Kills

I like the idea of a simple sport coat that doesn't had a lot of bells and whistles to it.

The problem being that it would then just be an odd lounge jacket and not a sports jacket. It has to have sporting features to make it a sports jacket. Some would say that a sports cloth is all you need, though I personally would prefer to have more clearly distinguishing features.

Originally Posted by blahman

It is the type of response I expected from SFers when I clicked on this thread.
It's almost like asking the Amish for suggestions to blinging up.

There's a lot of truth to this.

I think that sleeves cuffs closing with links would get annoying after they lose their novelty value. A guy just wants a good coat he can thrown on and run out the door without having to fiddle with links.

Suggestion that I would consider are pleats, tucks, half or fully belted styles, as well as storm latches. I actually also like Gillie collars, or other types of fancy collars. There are more types of collar than just the usual SB and DB collar. I also like to cut with extra panels. The idea of a second chest pocket is actually a very good one - Safari jackets are cut like this. Also pocket flaps on chest pockets are a classic sporting feature. Bellows pockets are another option.

All of these help to stop the coat looking like just another boring odd jacket for business wear. That is, they make it look more like a SPORTS jacket. It's called that for a reason, you know.

 

[DocHolliday]

Why would you take the links out? I don't see how they would affect the coat's readiness for wear.

 

[Sator]

If you're going to leave them in, what is the point of them? You might as well have buttons (????)

 

[bmac11c]

Hi Mark, Did you have this done locally? Very nice! Bmac

Originally Posted by Mark from Plano

Had a light-weight, sports jacket done in a light blue with cream windowpane fabric and mother-of-pearl buttons for summer. When it came back the lapel buttonhole was done in cream thread (all other buttonholes were not contrasting). I didn't ask for it, but I also like it on that jacket. It's flashy, no doubt and I wouldn't want it on all my jackets, but I wouldn't wear this one to anything but the most casual events anyway, so I actually like it.