Double breasted men's blazers

Once upon a time, a jacket was a wardrobe item for men - women did not wear them. Perhaps that's why the jacket is the epitome of masculinity. This wardrobe detail is aimed at demonstrating the brutality and advantages of a man's build. A properly selected jacket makes a male representative more stately, visually increasing the shoulders, correcting the shape of the face. Historically, the jacket has undergone quite serious changes.

Today, designers offer men a choice from a fairly serious number of models. The double-breasted men's jacket is periodically at the peak of its popularity, the cyclical fashion sometimes raises it to the top, then subverts it. Now this look is definitely becoming relevant, especially in the business sphere, especially since the variety of shades and prints allows you to really decorate your ensemble: black, white, gray, colored, checkered and other variations can be freely purchased in the store. In order to correctly choose a jacket according to the type of figure and combine it correctly with other elements of the image, you need to know a few subtleties.

The military wardrobe has always been a source of inspiration for designers. The jacket came to everyday men's fashion from there. If single-breasted mankind owes cavalry, then double-breasted - to the English fleet. The double-breasted jacket was part of the high-ranking uniform. That's why even now this wardrobe item is called "naval". About 100 years after its creation, at the beginning of the 20th century, the naval classics migrated into civilian fashion. However, this model reached its peak in the 70s.

Prim, strict forms and lines faded into the background, everything free, comfortable, non-trivial came into fashion. In the 80s, they were worn by everyone - from the youngest males to mature and confident men. Jaeger launched a new collection of double-breasted jackets in 2011 specifically for the uniform of employees at Kensington Palace. Today, double-breasted models are relevant along with single-breasted ones, so the choice remains individual, and it must be done correctly.

Single and double-breasted jackets differ in the number of rows of buttons. In the first version, it is one, in the second - there are two of them. The number of buttons can be from one to three. The most popular models have four or six buttons. In each of the rows, respectively, there are 2 or 3.

First of all, it is important to understand who such models are for. If a man is tall, slender, lean, rather thin - you can safely consider the double-breasted type.

In a double-breasted model, you will look even more bulky, obese.

For a long time, there was a rule in fashion: the jacket must be buttoned up with all the buttons. Today stylists consider him outdated, on the contrary, a tightly buttoned man seems outdated.

This applies to all types of styles. However, it is allowed to fasten the lower button, if the upper one is unbuttoned. This simple method allows you to visually make your shoulders wider. In a loose ensemble, the jacket may not be buttoned at all - this is not considered bad form.

The choice of a jacket should not be approached lightly, since this wardrobe item is central to the ensemble. Any, even the most spectacular image can ruin a jacket that does not match it.

It is very important to know how and with what to combine double-breasted styles. Stylists recommend taking into account the type of event first. The whole ensemble is selected from how formal your image is.

• If you have a business meeting, pick up set with trousers of the same tone. Add a light shirt to your outfit: white, pale pink, pale blue. About 1.5-2 cm of the shirt can be seen from the sleeves. Shoes are of great importance. In this case, it is better to opt for traditional leather or suede shoes.

• A casual look gives you more options for bold combinations... For example, you can wear a jacket with jeans, cotton trousers, corduroy. In general, street style allows a combination of different textures.

As for the selection of clothes by color, follow the recommendations:

• if the base is a dark jacket, it is better to choose trousers either a little lighter, or a little darker - a difference of 1-2 tones is enough;
• a black jacket looks good with a bottom shade of lead, coal;
• boldly combine a blue jacket with light jeans or white trousers;
• a white jacket is a summer option, so it is better if paired with cotton light trousers, black, blue, blue jeans.

First of all, determine the correct length, since a jacket that is too short or too long looks ridiculous and out of proportion to the silhouette.

The low waist, so fashionable in recent years, began to dictate its terms: double-breasted jackets are worn more elongated in this variation. Remember that such models correct figure defects well, visually make the silhouette taller, more graceful.

In terms of fabric, the most popular materials are:

• wool;
• tweed;
• velveteen;
• camlet.

They all keep their shape perfectly. Kamlot jackets can be used as outerwear, as it is a very dense woolen type fabric.

Double-breasted styles do not have to be loose at all. Fitted silhouettes are popular today. The cage is the hit of the season.

A neutral color blazer with darker buttons looks elegant with a white shirt and dark ink pants.

The dark blue model looks luxurious in tandem with snow-white trousers and a shirt.

It is optimal to complement a brown suit with a double-breasted jacket with a cold-tone shirt.

A warmed jacket worn over a turtleneck will perfectly warm you in the cool season. The color scheme in this image is preferable to warm.

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