The patch pocket blazer sits at an interesting point in menswear because it does something a standard suit jacket cannot. It signals that you chose to wear a blazer rather than that you were required to. The patch pockets are the tell. They move the whole thing away from tailoring and towards something more considered, more personal, more Saturday than Monday. Done badly, it looks like an afterthought. Done well, it is one of the most useful pieces a man can own.

We have been looking specifically at versions where the construction justifies the price, where the shoulder sits without padding doing all the work, and where the fabric has enough weight to drape properly rather than collapse. Linen for summer, wool and tweed for autumn, a mid weight cotton that covers the months between. The ones here work with trousers, with chinos, with dark jeans if you are not overthinking it. Patch pockets with presence. That is exactly what we were after.