The "Blue Blazer".

[Subvet642]

...The single breasted blue blazer is worn by many building security guards in NYC.

Why would that make them undesirable? [huh]

 

[bburtner@moran]

poly blazer

Undesireable?Certainly not,strange question.

 

[Subvet642]

Undesireable?Certainly not,strange question.

He made it seem as though he would prefer double breasted because NYC building guards wear single breasted blazers.

 

[Feraud]

Double breasted is my preference for a blue blazer.
My observation about single breasted blazers and NYC building security guards is simply an observation based on the direction of the conversation. I work in the city and encounter this every day. The building guards wear single breasted blazers en masse.
I don't view it as good or bad.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

I was "made" to wear one all the time in college, I'm still kind of burnt out on them after all this time. What I really want is a nice white or cream linen jacket. Still looking.

 

[Tomasso]

A sure way to avoid being mistaken for security when wearing a blazer is to wear a pocket square.

 

[Subvet642]

Double breasted is my preference for a blue blazer.
My observation about single breasted blazers and NYC building security guards is simply an observation based on the direction of the conversation. I work in the city and encounter this every day. The building guards wear single breasted blazers en masse.
I don't view it as good or bad.

I am a guard at a "Harvard Teaching Hospital" in Boston, and I guard a research building, but I'm in a "hard" uniform. For years, at another site, I wore a blazer, though I think ours were wool (my company spends a lot on our uniforms). I think the difference lies in the stupid red clip-on tie and the company patch on the breast pocket. With a Robert Talbott paisley tie, off-white linen pocket square and grey fur or straw fedora, they look pretty darned sharp.

I was "made" to wear one all the time in college, I'm still kind of burnt out on them after all this time. What I really want is a nice white or cream linen jacket. Still looking.

Gee, that would look good with navy blue trousers; sort of a reverse look. A pretty good ensemble for all of those navy blue hats out there that no one seems to know what to do with.

 

[Subvet642]

I was "made" to wear one all the time in college, I'm still kind of burnt out on them after all this time. What I really want is a nice white or cream linen jacket. Still looking.

Men's Wearhouse: http://www.menswearhouse.com

 

[J. M. Stovall]

Men's Wearhouse: http://www.menswearhouse.com

I left out the word "vintage" in my last post. New ones are easy.

 

[Subvet642]

I left out the word "vintage" in my last post. New ones are easy.

Oops! :eusa_doh: If I see anything, I'll shoot you a PM.

 

[Talbot]

Sport coat, jacket, blazer.. I've always been a little confused about what those terms are meant to differentiate. Will the educated among you please tell me why some are called one thing and some are called the other? Are they just interchangeable terms?

In any event, yes, I guess, would be my answer. I just shudder to think of having only one lapeled jacket in my closet.

Down here they are generally referred to as 'Reefer Jackets' - go figure

 

[Tomasso]

'Reefer Jackets'

That's from old Savile Row, where gaudy striped school/club jackets were termed blazers.

 

[Talbot]

Thanks

Just so long as its old, I'll keep using it

 

[tonypaj]

I think I understand what you are saying here.
When we are talking about wearing a regiment tie or Squadron Crest badge.
But buttons? And not even the official RAF Blazer Buttons (They can be bought)

But you do not earn buttons..

Exactly. And I'd like to have buttons that look like yours for my navy blazer. I think they look cool, that's all... I'd also wear buttons made of industrial metal, silverish color, if I could find them. They'd look equally cool to me...

 

[Panache]

In my opinion, every gentleman should have a blue blazer and a tweed sport coat in their closet.

The two of these work wonderfully in a myriad of different situations and looks.

Cheers

Jamie

 

[Talbot]

Exactly. And I'd like to have buttons that look like yours for my navy blazer. I think they look cool, that's all... I'd also wear buttons made of industrial metal, silverish color, if I could find them. They'd look equally cool to me...

Pewter or tarnished silver buttons look great on a reefer jacket. Good choice.

 

[Aloysius]

Men's Wearhouse: http://www.menswearhouse.com

 

[Subvet642]

Oh, they're not that bad! I simply cannot find my size in vintage or afford bespoke, except on very rare occasion, so I make due with what I can find. What I do, is adapt modern pieces to a vintage aesthetic. :cool2:

 

[Viola]

A brushed nickel or other aged silver-finish or a dark bronze button is a good way to add a bit of individuality and tailoring to a perhaps uninspired or unexciting blue blazer. Not recommending the rampant rehauling of vintage jackets but its an option for modern pieces or jackets that require repair.

It also reduces the accusations of boringness or looking like its a uniform that get levelled at the look.

Rhinestones, however, are only recommended for the ladies and possibly performers at the Grand Ol' Opry.