Linen Jacket

[macwilkin]

I have a linen sport coat, and it looks fine as long as I remain standing and don't bend my arms, and don't even think about sitting down. I like the look of linen, but it is impossible to keep it from wrinkling. I had another linen sport coat, and the first time I wore it I was caught in a torrential downpour, and the coat was ruined. From now on, I'll stick to linen shirts; they are much easier to care for.

As my "clothes-horse" mate Asser1 says, that's the whole point of wearing a linen jacket that's wrinkled -- to show that it is linen!

It's similar to wearing a Barbour jacket that has all sorts of patches, tears, etc. -- that's the point.

T.

[thescot]

As my "clothes-horse" mate Asser1 says, that's the whole point of wearing a linen jacket that's wrinkled -- to show that it is linen!

. . .T.

You bet me to an excellent point, Todd. Linen is supposed to wrinkle, so it's OK when it does.

And as I said on another thread the other day, there is nothing cooler than linen, yet it still looks smart. I am ordering a summer bespoke suit in linen, and I think I'm going to get a kilt jacket in the same.

BTW, for my friends across the pond: get a globe and follow the latitude lines through Atlanta to northern Africa. You may be surprised at how far south we are. Jerusalem is well north of out latitude. The point it: it gets hot here in the summer.

[macwilkin]

You bet me to an excellent point, Todd. Linen is supposed to wrinkle, so it's OK when it does.

And as I said on another thread the other day, there is nothing cooler than linen, yet it still looks smart. I am ordering a summer bespoke suit in linen, and I think I'm going to get a kilt jacket in the same.

BTW, for my friends across the pond: get a globe and follow the latitude lines through Atlanta to northern Africa. You may be surprised at how far south we are. Jerusalem is well north of out latitude. The point it: it gets hot here in the summer.

to all points, Jim!

T.