2016 March

As winter dwindles down, I took the opportunity to brace the cold one last time with this suit. Made from wool, flannel is a soft woven material brushed to create extra softness. The brushing process uses a fine metal brush, which rubs the fabric to create fine fibres from the loosely spun yarns. This suit is made with wool flannel from Vitale Barberis Canonico, a family-owned mill that has been spinning some of the world’s finest fabrics with a noticeably soft handfeel for 15 generations. This striking 2-button windowpane suit was paired with a 5-button navy waistcoat, and features a notched lapel, natural shoulder, functional cuffs and side vents. In terms of style, stick to a simple two-button, slim-fitting version as shown here while the icing on the cake is you can split it into separates and wear the jacket and trousers individually with other key pieces in your wardrobe.

Suit- Ermenegildo Zegna

Vest – Yves Saint Laurent Vintage

Shirt – Hawes & Curtis

Tie – Turnbull & Asser

Frames – Tom Ford

Pocket Square – Christian Dior

Shoes – Arfango by Alberto Moretti

During the fall/winter season, the one thing on our mind is to stay warm especially when outdoors. Proper layering of your attire will ensure you don’t freeze to death and that is where this body vest comes into play. Alongside your topcoat, this piece can be layered on a dress shirt, cardigan or even over your blazer/suit jacket. In this post, I elected for a 6 button double breasted vest made of 100% subalpino italian wool since the topcoat served as my only jacket. Given this is a more dressier fitted vest, you want to keep the puffiness at a minimum; it simply looks better underneath a dress coat. An extremely versatile piece even during early fall to take the dog out or a quick trip to the store, it provides the right amount of layering for those not too cool nights.