I froze the video at the 10 second mark. This should be good. This subject confuses SO MANY people, including me. I think Preston with his very articulate manner and attention to very specific detail, is exactly the person needed for this type of subject. Thanks.
Another very interesting video! I love hearing where some terms/words come from and "blazer" is one I won't forget. Very informative and succinct! Well done again, Preston! My favorite teacher!! :-)
I have a hypothesis regarding the blanket usage of the word blazer. I think that sport jacket/coat are commonly understood as casual jackets. Essentially denoting an active lifestyle type of garment. On the other hand a blazer will denote a type of structured garment similar in style to a suit jacket. It's utility to convey an idea (even as a misnomer) is helpful. If I wanted to thoroughly search for a suit jacket style of garment I would use Suit jacket/separates, sport coat/jacket and blazer. I think this is particularly useful for finding second hand garments.
Great video. Just to be clear when you refer to British field sports the term is "shooting" (e.g. pheasant shooting) or "stalking" for deer. Hunting refers to hunting on horseback for fox, deer etc. with hounds.
A blazer and and a matching color pair of pants or contrasting color, if you choose to go with a contrasting color of pants, go with shoes that match the pants and a shirt that compliments or is an opposite of the jacket/blazer.
In old French, and archaic English, the word “Blazon” meant “crest”. Thus the Blazer, traditionally meant any jacket with a crest on it. And then the popularity of the blazer springing from academia, brought it into the mass market.
This is the best video I have seen on this topic. Sports jackets are frequently more expensive to buy than full suits, despite being 'casual' or informal. Is there another term we could use then, as 'casual' is normally equated with inexpensive? Suits are for the city and therefore an indoor environment (the office). They therefore require a coat to cover outdoors. Sports jackets on the other hand are for the countryside and therefore contain elements of both, as they are required to offer protection from the elements. That's why they are three buttoned, slightly raised, worn with longer sleeves to cover the shirt sleeve completely. You can also wear more hardwearing trousers with a sports. That covers men. Unfortunately, women's business attire is all over the place, which suggests that gender should just stay at home or occupy themselves in traditional female roles such as nursing, childrearing or teaching.
@@seikibrian8641 Thanks for that clarification. Casual, informal or relaxed, nevertheless, have connotations of inferiority to formal. I suggest use of the term 'loungewear'.
@@rastrats Confusingly, a suit jacket is also known as a lounge jacket. When I first heard the latter, I pictured a velvet smoking jacket, but nope, it was a suit jacket. (And in eastern Europe, "smoking jacket" or its equivalent refers to a tuxedo.)
For some time I have worn a blazer with matching trousers for formal events where others would wear a suit. In a sense it is a suit because the fabric of the trousers and jacket mix, but it doesn't half stand out with the gold buttons, amongst the boring conventional suit wearers.
Instead of plain or otherwise stamped brass buttons on a blazer, I am wondering if brass buttons with ones own monogram deeply etched into them would be an appropriate addition to the look of the garment?
Thanks for the video. I have a sports jacket, which I've always referred to as such, so it's good to know I wasn't getting it wrong all this time! By the way, I love that Austin Reed poster and I have bought a vintage AR suit off eBay off the back of seeing it. Traditional British brand!
Great video 👏👏👏 I can appreciate the history behind the items. Personally I only wear suits for some reason sport coats & blazers does not appeal to my sense of style.
Of course, to further confuse the issue, are uses of terms like “sports jacket” and “suit coat.” I think it would be good to standardize terms for garments based on clear reference points from physiology. Like coat vs. jacket is really based on where the bottom hem falls in relation to the waist, correct? Jackets fall just to the waist and coats fall (any of various amounts, depending on particular style) below the waist.
It's not that simple. For example, waistcoats stop at the waist and military field jackets fall below the waist. And the top-most garment in a suit has typically been called a jacket, not a coat.
SeikiBrian they do now, but waistcoats in centuries past used to go well below the waist with large pocketed skirts. When you talk about “field jackets” I’m not sure where the term was first coined, but for the U.S. Army, the M1938 and later M1941 field jackets were only waist-length. So, the later evolution of field jackets in the U.S. parlance only seems to suggest that the term “field jacket” was kept in use despite how the garments changed (falling below the waist as you suggest). I would be interested in that term’s use with other countries to see how it matches with hem lengths. And perhaps the top part of a suit is now usually called a jacket, but when the suit we know today came about (more or less the 1860s - yes, I mean the decade of the Civil War, not the Civil Rights movement) the terms for the top piece in the ensemble were “lounge coat” in British English and “sack coat” in American English. Yikes! That’s confusing for sure haha. Also, there is a phrase that I think might still be in common use, “coat and tie,” that to me suggests that it was still being called a coat into more recent times. My entire point of the first comment was (hopefully) to recognize that there IS confusion but to espouse standardization. Maybe it’s all a pipe dream!
Great video. I have a wedding to attend and it will be informal at noon time. I am planning to wear white pants and a blazer ( which I still have to buy).
Great video as always, guys. I've always admired tweed jackets, though I've never owned one. I'm going have a browse through your older videos to see if you've done one on different ways to wear a tweed jacket today.
I agree. It looks particularly bad with an overly slim cut and gives the effect that something is missing. Seeing that looks like one wore their younger brother's pants and forgot socks.
I have been searching online to find out what type of pocket I found on a Jack wills jacket at a thrift store. Was hoping you could help me! It has a curved snap-closure opening around the second of 3 buttons on the front. I can’t find info on it anywhere! Any ideas?
this could very well be the best video on YT! i am really tired of people saying eww youre in a suit for no reason. or why are you wearing a blazer to go out to walk. and im just like umm sport jacket and jeans, look it up sometime. then theyre like um that doesent look athletic and im just like *faceplant*
I am stuck with the collar. I am trying to understand this collar for a blazer. I have never sew a coat, blazer or jacket, this is my first one and I am confused...
He also said they are working on a collection of odd vests (waistcoats). I asked them in a comment on one of their videos and Sven said that they are still working on them.
Preston: Do you have a video explaining why a casual style is named as "sport"? Specially because in current times the image of an "sport jacket" may be very different for each age group. Even for me, an "sport" garment is that used for the practice of an sport.
I wear a felt leather cowboy hat, caimen boots, cowhide gun leather belt, denim pants, and a oiled duster when the weather turns. How did the algorithm figure to put this in my feed? Thumbed ya up anyhoo.
I was able to pull the suit, jeans, shirt and sneakers combination. I went all black. Black shirt, black suit jacket, black jeans (slim fit, I bought them before I started lofting weights so my legs grew into them therefore jeans were straight) and all black sneakers. I dare to say it didn't look bad considering the fact that it was last minute decision
Hello could I ask y’all a question what would the most formal type of hat feather be in trying to find a new feather for my top hat and I’m trying to be a formal as possible with it
Wear a feather that does not have that much colors in it or just a few. Maybe red or blue could be an option but be careful dont took to bright colors that screams for attention and could ruin the hats look. If you want to wear it at evening wear you should skip the feather i think.
@@megairishmom try a hawk feather or an owl feather, these feathers are usually more earth toned and have a nice size and shape. I had a red hawk feather in my cowboy hat back when I was ranching and it looked awesome
@@megairishmom If you are going for a feather in your hat go with any hat but not with top hats and bowlers. They are to formal for feathers. If you check out Fred Astaire in "Easter parade" at one point he wears a pink ribon with a bow on the side.
Excellent as usual! I liked Preston posing in a very classic gentlemanly way... chin up, hand nonchalantly in blazer's pocket, almost like Michael Cane does in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" ;)
Austin Reed poster behind you - elegant. I recently stumbled upon a full suit at my local thrift store by Austin Reed. I love it! Are Reed suits vintage and worth alot of money?
I honestly didn't know that there was an official term for putting a suit jacket on with something else. Good to know; although I doubt I'll ever use spezzato in a casual conversation.
I need to make a trip to Blakey Mitchell which it the only suit shop we have in the entire area. I wish I did have the money to build my wardrobe the way I would love to.
As someone who has spent many years in the retail menswear industry, it annoys me to no end to hear people calling sport coats "blazers", among other misnomers
Great video Preston. I get tired of people calling my suit jackets Blazers, and now all I have to do is show them this video.
Preston's face in the thumbnail is priceless.
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He looks cute with those massive eyes!
Mmmmhmm... giggity...
I froze the video at the 10 second mark. This should be good. This subject confuses SO MANY people, including me. I think Preston with his very articulate manner and attention to very specific detail, is exactly the person needed for this type of subject. Thanks.
I like the little liquor table in the background.
I would love to know where you can find a liquor table like that one. Thank you.
This is EXTREMELY informative! I almost couldn't handle it all, but I can always watch it again. Now I need to check out more of your channel.
I just met you at a whataburger in San Antonio! True gentleman!
Is that where he is based?
I have basically been wearing a sports coat for a while now and most people think its a suit. They have no idea.
I picked up a deep green blazer with rich brown buttons not too long ago. Absolutely love it. It is probably my most worn jacket now
Another very interesting video! I love hearing where some terms/words come from and "blazer" is one I won't forget. Very informative and succinct! Well done again, Preston! My favorite teacher!! :-)
I have a hypothesis regarding the blanket usage of the word blazer. I think that sport jacket/coat are commonly understood as casual jackets. Essentially denoting an active lifestyle type of garment. On the other hand a blazer will denote a type of structured garment similar in style to a suit jacket. It's utility to convey an idea (even as a misnomer) is helpful.
If I wanted to thoroughly search for a suit jacket style of garment I would use Suit jacket/separates, sport coat/jacket and blazer. I think this is particularly useful for finding second hand garments.
Great video. Just to be clear when you refer to British field sports the term is "shooting" (e.g. pheasant shooting) or "stalking" for deer. Hunting refers to hunting on horseback for fox, deer etc. with hounds.
In America, its all hunting. Unless its alligator, then they call it fishing, because you catch them on a line and then shoot.
Thank you tho, for non english-speaking such info is very useful!
Just to be clear, who cares.
@@nikkingmanI do.
With the UK in a lockdown I'm dusting off the informal smoking jacket! The content on this channel is brilliant. Keep up the good work chaps.
You shall emerge like a dapper Phoenix. Smoke and all eh?
I love this channel. It's nice to know not only WHAT we wear but WHY and HOW.
A blazer and and a matching color pair of pants or contrasting color, if you choose to go with a contrasting color of pants, go with shoes that match the pants and a shirt that compliments or is an opposite of the jacket/blazer.
Thank you for creating this fantastic guide for the modern man.
In old French, and archaic English, the word “Blazon” meant “crest”. Thus the Blazer, traditionally meant any jacket with a crest on it. And then the popularity of the blazer springing from academia, brought it into the mass market.
I certainly learned something, but didn't expect to. Great video!
Preston's diction is classy and perfect.
I'd like to hear him recite the lyrics to "Stagger Lee"...
The Italians call it "Spezzato." I call it "saving money on clothes"
I like it
This is the best video I have seen on this topic. Sports jackets are frequently more expensive to buy than full suits, despite being 'casual' or informal. Is there another term we could use then, as 'casual' is normally equated with inexpensive?
Suits are for the city and therefore an indoor environment (the office). They therefore require a coat to cover outdoors. Sports jackets on the other hand are for the countryside and therefore contain elements of both, as they are required to offer protection from the elements. That's why they are three buttoned, slightly raised, worn with longer sleeves to cover the shirt sleeve completely. You can also wear more hardwearing trousers with a sports.
That covers men. Unfortunately, women's business attire is all over the place, which suggests that gender should just stay at home or occupy themselves in traditional female roles such as nursing, childrearing or teaching.
"... 'casual' is normally equated with inexpensive..."
I've never used it that way. "Casual" means "relaxed" or "informal," but not "inexpensive."
@@seikibrian8641 Thanks for that clarification. Casual, informal or relaxed, nevertheless, have connotations of inferiority to formal. I suggest use of the term 'loungewear'.
@@rastrats Confusingly, a suit jacket is also known as a lounge jacket. When I first heard the latter, I pictured a velvet smoking jacket, but nope, it was a suit jacket. (And in eastern Europe, "smoking jacket" or its equivalent refers to a tuxedo.)
So, the elegant uniforms with the club's emblem on the chest pocket worn by football players are blazers, right?
Learned a lot today. Thank you!
For some time I have worn a blazer with matching trousers for formal events where others would wear a suit. In a sense it is a suit because the fabric of the trousers and jacket mix, but it doesn't half stand out with the gold buttons, amongst the boring conventional suit wearers.
Thank you!!! I have been very curious about this topic.
Hey!!!
I remember you! You're the one who taught me about watches!
Fancy as always sir!
Instead of plain or otherwise stamped brass buttons on a blazer, I am wondering if brass buttons with ones own monogram deeply etched into them would be an appropriate addition to the look of the garment?
Thanks for the video. I have a sports jacket, which I've always referred to as such, so it's good to know I wasn't getting it wrong all this time!
By the way, I love that Austin Reed poster and I have bought a vintage AR suit off eBay off the back of seeing it. Traditional British brand!
A deep dive on sport coats and where to find them would be good to watch
Cheers for this informative vid Preston 👍
This guy was great in this breakdown I want him to explain more things! 😃
The video i never knew i needed ! Thank you so much. Cheers from Colombia amigo!
That pocket square is spectacular.
Great video 👏👏👏 I can appreciate the history behind the items. Personally I only wear suits for some reason sport coats & blazers does not appeal to my sense of style.
I’ve got a half sport coat; it’s not patterned but it’s got patch pockets.
Of course, to further confuse the issue, are uses of terms like “sports jacket” and “suit coat.” I think it would be good to standardize terms for garments based on clear reference points from physiology. Like coat vs. jacket is really based on where the bottom hem falls in relation to the waist, correct? Jackets fall just to the waist and coats fall (any of various amounts, depending on particular style) below the waist.
It's not that simple. For example, waistcoats stop at the waist and military field jackets fall below the waist. And the top-most garment in a suit has typically been called a jacket, not a coat.
SeikiBrian they do now, but waistcoats in centuries past used to go well below the waist with large pocketed skirts. When you talk about “field jackets” I’m not sure where the term was first coined, but for the U.S. Army, the M1938 and later M1941 field jackets were only waist-length. So, the later evolution of field jackets in the U.S. parlance only seems to suggest that the term “field jacket” was kept in use despite how the garments changed (falling below the waist as you suggest). I would be interested in that term’s use with other countries to see how it matches with hem lengths. And perhaps the top part of a suit is now usually called a jacket, but when the suit we know today came about (more or less the 1860s - yes, I mean the decade of the Civil War, not the Civil Rights movement) the terms for the top piece in the ensemble were “lounge coat” in British English and “sack coat” in American English. Yikes! That’s confusing for sure haha. Also, there is a phrase that I think might still be in common use, “coat and tie,” that to me suggests that it was still being called a coat into more recent times. My entire point of the first comment was (hopefully) to recognize that there IS confusion but to espouse standardization. Maybe it’s all a pipe dream!
Great video. I have a wedding to attend and it will be informal at noon time. I am planning to wear white pants and a blazer ( which I still have to buy).
Great video as always, guys. I've always admired tweed jackets, though I've never owned one. I'm going have a browse through your older videos to see if you've done one on different ways to wear a tweed jacket today.
I must say, I will be very glad when the current trend of "high water" pants (ie too short) with no socks is GONE. It just looks horrible.
It does not IMO. Personally I’m not a fan of dress socks and think a break looks too baggy.
I like the new socks look and the socks look. Not bad either way to me.
I agree. It looks particularly bad with an overly slim cut and gives the effect that something is missing. Seeing that looks like one wore their younger brother's pants and forgot socks.
Current trend? This style has been around before your grandparents 😂
It's never going away
I have been searching online to find out what type of pocket I found on a Jack wills jacket at a thrift store. Was hoping you could help me! It has a curved snap-closure opening around the second of 3 buttons on the front. I can’t find info on it anywhere! Any ideas?
this could very well be the best video on YT! i am really tired of people saying eww youre in a suit for no reason. or why are you wearing a blazer to go out to walk. and im just like umm sport jacket and jeans, look it up sometime. then theyre like um that doesent look athletic and im just like *faceplant*
What do you think of a Royal Blue suit coat with jet black trousers, need your advice please
who made your blazer?
That bow tie looks like an advertisement from a wafer we have here in Sweden. The pattern looks identical and are called kexchoklad.
Haha märkte inte det tills jag läste din kommentar skrämmande likt ju hahaha.
Haha jag tyckte också det.
Är kanske baserad på det
Sjukt likt!
Men är det kex eller "shex"?
Thank you for confirming what I knew by upbringing / intuition without being sure why.
Preston is the man
Great info, thanks guys! 👍🏾
So sport coat either with inner brief or t-shirt golf wear and sport coat with tie only with brief
What's your opinion on popover shirts?
When would they be appropriate to wear?
Well, on EBay you can easily determine the type of the jacket when they're being listed.
Is having your family crest on your blazer jacket considered tacky?
6:58 nice to see John from 40 Over Fashion
I am stuck with the collar. I am trying to understand this collar for a blazer. I have never sew a coat, blazer or jacket, this is my first one and I am confused...
In 2017 Rafael said in a video (Worth every penny) that they were curently working on pinky rings. Is that some thing that's gonna happen?
He also said they are working on a collection of odd vests (waistcoats). I asked them in a comment on one of their videos and Sven said that they are still working on them.
Sven in a video focusing on overcoats, said they were working on their own line of overcoats
Thanks Preston! 😃
It is our pleasure! :)
Preston: Do you have a video explaining why a casual style is named as "sport"? Specially because in current times the image of an "sport jacket" may be very different for each age group. Even for me, an "sport" garment is that used for the practice of an sport.
As they were originally used for hunting and game shooting.
Is it possible to do a video about how to wear a suit like james bond
Great info Preston, well done !
Very interesting video! I’ve wondered about this for a while, so I found this very helpful :)
Frasier Crane would be proud :-)
I wear a felt leather cowboy hat, caimen boots, cowhide gun leather belt, denim pants, and a oiled duster when the weather turns. How did the algorithm figure to put this in my feed?
Thumbed ya up anyhoo.
Can a sports jacket, pants and vest made out of tweed be worn as a full suit in a vintage style?
Where do they find these old paintings of Gentlemans? I Love them!
realmakebelieve thanks! And i had found another way a few minutes ago: search for „Gentleman‘s Gazette Paintings“ by Google 😊
This was an amazingly informative video. Thank you.
I was able to pull the suit, jeans, shirt and sneakers combination. I went all black. Black shirt, black suit jacket, black jeans (slim fit, I bought them before I started lofting weights so my legs grew into them therefore jeans were straight) and all black sneakers. I dare to say it didn't look bad considering the fact that it was last minute decision
Thank goodness you made this video 😅I trust you to lay down the facts!
Hello could I ask y’all a question what would the most formal type of hat feather be in trying to find a new feather for my top hat and I’m trying to be a formal as possible with it
Not sure about putong a flower in your hat, but with a formal evening wear ensemble a red carnation would be great.
Krunoslav Kovacec thank you for the advice I meant feather tho I just said flower for some reason
Wear a feather that does not have that much colors in it or just a few. Maybe red or blue could be an option but be careful dont took to bright colors that screams for attention and could ruin the hats look. If you want to wear it at evening wear you should skip the feather i think.
@@megairishmom try a hawk feather or an owl feather, these feathers are usually more earth toned and have a nice size and shape. I had a red hawk feather in my cowboy hat back when I was ranching and it looked awesome
@@megairishmom If you are going for a feather in your hat go with any hat but not with top hats and bowlers. They are to formal for feathers. If you check out Fred Astaire in "Easter parade" at one point he wears a pink ribon with a bow on the side.
Great video but hasn't this already been covered?
And now I know! Thanks, Preston.
Wonderful work as usual, Gentleman's Gazette team.
Excellent as usual! I liked Preston posing in a very classic gentlemanly way... chin up, hand nonchalantly in blazer's pocket, almost like Michael Cane does in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" ;)
Austin Reed poster behind you - elegant. I recently stumbled upon a full suit at my local thrift store by Austin Reed. I love it! Are Reed suits vintage and worth alot of money?
What's the diff between a sport coat and a sports coat.
That sport coat is perfect. Any tips on where to find one like that?
I honestly didn't know that there was an official term for putting a suit jacket on with something else. Good to know; although I doubt I'll ever use spezzato in a casual conversation.
i just got a ralph lauren Herringbone sport coat & i'm SO fucken excited‼️😁😁😁
On point educational video as usual... Great job you guys !!!
I am making a blazer on embroidery velvet fabric. I am not sure what to call it and it is for a lady.
I need to make a trip to Blakey Mitchell which it the only suit shop we have in the entire area. I wish I did have the money to build my wardrobe the way I would love to.
I once saw, at LA's Walt Disney Concert Hall, a young chap wearing a suit jacket, suit pants, and sandals with his toes sticking out.
Would you please tell us what are good sources to buy suiting fabric online? good quality wool from thrusted sellers. Thanks
Keep clear of Studio Suits. The master tailors there can not tell the difference between a 3 or a 7!!!
Great video and super helpful content!
rather a long video to me, but an informed one as well
11:07 my man rethinking his life decisions 😂
Can you do a video on Norfolk jackets
Excellent ! Many thanks for clarifying all points so well !
First time seeing something from this channel. Good stuff but the guys sounds likes he's gonna cry at any minute. 10/10
They used a kingsman picture nice 🙂
Christ! Preston is offensively handsome.
I feel like Gollum every time he's on screen.
Please tell me what is a tuxedo?
Thank you. Interesting and informative. I was saddened by the closure of Austin Reed, and the poster in the background is a nice touch.
As someone who has spent many years in the retail menswear industry, it annoys me to no end to hear people calling sport coats "blazers", among other misnomers
Does a white sport coat go well with a pink carnation?
Yes, but only on Marty Robbins.
I wear a sport coat with my wrangler jeans and my cowboy boots and don't care if people like or not I like it and it's all that matters
Great information, especially the blazer part
Thank you.
I really want to see them do a Tom Ford video
Thanks for sharing. Very informative.
Just in time!
7:58 hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you!