Sports coat construction

[hugh51271]

I'm thinking about a sports coat. It will be tailored.
It would be my first. Thus I have no experience with them.

What is the typical construction regarding shoulders, lining, length, shape, fused, semi fused, canvassed etc?

cheers.

 

[Superfluous]

Originally Posted by hugh51271

I'm thinking about a sports coat. It will be tailored.
It would be my first. Thus I have no experience with them.

What is the typical construction regarding shoulders, lining, length, shape, fused, semi fused, canvassed etc?

cheers.

This is a hard question to answer. It depends how much you're planning to spend, and where you're planning to spend that money.

 

[Klobber]

Originally Posted by hugh51271

What is the typical construction regarding shoulders, lining, length, shape, fused, semi fused, canvassed etc?

Construction could be anything. Give examples.

 

[a tailor]

Originally Posted by hugh51271

I'm thinking about a sports coat. It will be tailored.
It would be my first. Thus I have no experience with them.

What is the typical construction regarding shoulders, lining, length, shape, fused, semi fused, canvassed etc?

cheers.

length enough to at least cover your butt. or a little more if you wish.
bemberg i think is the nicest. something a bit fancy.
canvassed naturally
at least some waist shaping not boxy.
a sport coat looks the part when it has patch pockets.

 

[comrade]

Originally Posted by a tailor

length enough to at least cover your butt. or a little more if you wish. bemberg i think is the nicest. something a bit fancy. canvassed naturally at least some waist shaping not boxy. a sport coat looks the part when it has patch pockets.
What is this craze of patch pockets? I've owned sport coats since the '60s. Never with patch pockets. I hate patch pockets.

 

[Nicola]

+1

 

[Matt S]

Not really a patch pocket fan myself. Especially not patch breast pockets. But I'd like to get a patch pocket sports coat at some point. I typically prefer hacking pockets.

 

[Saturdays]

Try on different SC's and take note of the strengths and sizing you want to incorporate into yours.

 

[johnnyhooks]

Originally Posted by Matt S

Not really a patch pocket fan myself. Especially not patch breast pockets. But I'd like to get a patch pocket sports coat at some point. I typically prefer hacking pockets.

I hate patch breast pockets as well....although I will admit there are times it looks ok; personally i will never buy a jacket with one though.

However, I think a navy SJ with patch pockets looks really sharp, esp if it has pick stitching.

With a pair of slim trousers it really does look sharp.

I love patch pocket so much i bought a jack victor SJ with patch pockets for 160 i liked it so much and the armholes are so low and fits so terribly i want to burn it.

Thought you may care lol

 

[hugh51271]

Thanks for the replies.

I assume from some of the replies that the same points when having a suit jacket made applies for the Sports Coat.

I have tried a few on and they don't fit properly.
But the ones I tried on all had no lining and the padding in the shoulder was barely there.

 

[RogerC]

Which essentially means they're summer sports coats. Before you go any further, do yourself a big favour:

 

[Nicola]

Maybe. The jacket I was wearing yesterday is unlined and in no way summery.

 

[Tano]

What details should someone look for in choosing their first sports jacket? eg One solid navy colour and fullly lined?

It seems some/most people dont like patch pockets or brass buttons (blazer) so what makes sport coats unique from suit jackets/blazers?

 

[Maccimus]

One can write a book about this topic.

 

[Tweedy]

I find that tweed sports coats are very popular with patch hip pockets in the UK, as are navy blazers...