Red Gabardine Blazer - What Say You?

[J. Cogburn]

Should I do it? The W.W. Chan tour which I'm hitting next week is the perfect time to order one for the fall. Scabal has a super 100 gab in cardinal red that just looks tremendous. The idea would be to pair it with cream linen or gab trouser, sorta like this.

Yeah or nay?

 

[CashmereLover]

Originally Posted by J. Cogburn

Should I do it? The W.W. Chan tour which I'm hitting next week is the perfect time to order one for the fall. Scabal has a super 100 gab in cardinal red that just looks tremendous. The idea would be to pair it with cream linen or gab trouser, sorta like this.

Yeah or nay?

It looks great! It's only a matter of being able to pull it off. If you would feel comfortable in such a blazer, go for it!

 

[HarleyBob]

I've been wondering the same thing. I have a red camel hair that I wear during the winter holidays and so I was wondering about getting a lighter fabric for other times of the year. I decided that I am not going to do it. Not that I don't like the look, because I do, but I came to the conclusion that it simply wasn't something that I was completely comfortable pulling off.

 

[designprofessor]

when you say- for the fall. The illustration looks to be a spring outfit paired with the spectator.
so i assume with cream trousers its delivered in the fall and you'll wear it in the spring?

 

[tim_horton]

I think a dark red/maroon would look better, but just MHO.

 

[J. Cogburn]

Originally Posted by designprofessor

when you say- for the fall. The illustration looks to be a spring outfit paired with the spectator. so i assume with cream trousers its delivered in the fall and you'll wear it in the spring?
It would be appropriate for either spring or fall it seems to me. That's when gabardine is at it's best comfort-wise and the dark red color would work in either season.

Originally Posted by tim_horton

I think a dark red/maroon would look better, but just MHO.
It might at that. But I have not been able to locate a cloth any darker than Scabal's cardinal red that would be appropriate during the shoulder seasons. Cardinal red is on the dark side of red anyway.

 

[niidawg3]

cardinal red is a nice color ...

cardinal red/mid-brown khaki pants/cordovan (shell) shoes ... white shirt with a stripe tie.

do it!!!

 

[Annadale]

Originally Posted by niidawg3

cardinal red is a nice color ...

cardinal red/mid-brown khaki pants/cordovan (shell) shoes ... white shirt with a stripe tie.

do it!!!

http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=h...ed=0CD8Q9QEwBQ

I think it would be perfect for your new life in a British holiday camp. Perfect, just sayin'.

 

[niidawg3]

Originally Posted by Annadale

I think it would be perfect for your new life in a British holiday camp. Perfect, just sayin'.

cardinal, not tomato red noob

fix the contrast on your monitor ...

 

[Annadale]

The first Redcoat was Norman Bradford. When Sir Billy Butlin opened his first Butlins in Skegness he realised that the his guests were not engaging with activities in the way he had envisioned, most kept to themselves, and others look bored. He asked Norman (who was engaged as an engineer constructing the camp) to take on the duty of entertaining the guests which he did with a series of ice breakers and jokes. By the end of the night the camp was buzzing and the Butlins atmosphere was born. From that point on, entertainment was the very heart of Butlins. The same night Butlin decided that for his camp to work he would require an army of people to carry out the same job as Norman, and the role of Redcoat was formed.[1] [edit] Uniform Redcoats at Butlins Minehead 2007. In order to make his new army to stand out, Butlin asked Norman to purchase a uniform. Norman later returned with a jacket in the camp colours of, blue, primrose yellow and white, however Butlin found the look to be too authoritarian and decided they should wear red blazers with white lapels and the famous Redcoat uniform was born. The first uniforms were made by Billie Ditchfield who became one first two female Redcoats (The other was Kay Berry). Over the years the uniform has changed several times, but has always retained the core component of a red blazer (despite a proposal to replace them with red jumpsuits in the 1970s).[1] In the 1960s and 1970s, braid and badges were added to the blazers. Famous designers such as Jeff Banks and Zandra Rhodes have redesigned the uniforms. The current uniform, launched in January 2011 to mark Butlins 75th anniversary, is very similar to the original design consisting of Red Blazer with dark braiding and a badge with the letters "BHC" on (standing for "Butlins Holiday Camps") and white trousers or skirt. Redcoats now have two uniforms, the traditional formal uniform (called their number 1's) and a new casual outfit (their number 2's) to match their additional role as children's entertainers.[2] Again, just sayin.

 

[JLibourel]

I am inclined to think that red or maroon blazers tend to look sort "uniform-ish"--hotel staff, that sort of thing.

 

[Geezer]

I'd say go for it.

Just try not to look like a cabin steward on Virgin Airways.

 

[Annadale]

Originally Posted by Annadale

http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=h...ed=0CD8Q9QEwBQ

I think it would be perfect for your new life in a British holiday camp. Perfect, just sayin'.

JLibourel\tI am inclined to think that red or maroon blazers tend to look sort "uniform-ish"--hotel staff, that sort of thing.


On the pain of repeating myself, British holiday camp children's entertainer. This is something that you will only be able to wear stateside. You would be literally be hounded by everyone in the British Isles, taunted with the cries of "C'mon Redcoat, you're havin' a larf, in'cha?" Please don't do it.

 

[JLibourel]

Of course, here in the States "Redcoat" has different connotations--the chaps we fought 1775-1783 and 1812-1815.

 

[TRINI]

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