Bespoke Velvet Smoking Jacket
A beautifully tailored velvet smoking jacket is the perfect alternative to the DJ. Paired with conventional dinner trousers or trews and fine shirt, a bespoke smoking jacket is both comfortable and undeniably elegant.
The concept of an elegant jacket for evening entertaining has never been lost on the purveyors of good quality clothing and far from making rare appearances for a special occasions, the smoking jacket is embraced as an alternative type of formalwear that imparts at-ease stylishness.
Cut in classic dinner jacket styling, either single-breasted with shawl lapels and one-button closure, or double-breasted with one-, two- or three-button closure is traditional. Yet, as one would expect, a good bespoke smoking jacket will speak of your own personal style and taste. Shawl collar or peak lapels? Are they velvet or silk? The coat length? Braided loop closing? Lined in which colour and design?
Silk velvet is our cloth recommendation for bespoke smoking jackets; we have availability of some extraordinarily rich colours, notably deep midnight blue, and plush black. Silk enhances the colour and comfort of velvet cloth by adding depth, lustre and softness.
Its origins lie in the noble tradition of gentlemen exchanging their jackets for one used exclusively for smoking, thus protecting their other clothes from residual tobacco odors. Today, the smoking jacket is the dependable choice for those wanting an alternative, subtly different evening jacket yet still with classic luxurious style.
