Most men who avoid stripe blazers do so because they’ve seen them done badly. The oversized chalk stripe on someone who hasn’t quite earned it. The candy stripe that reads more holiday rep than tailoring. Getting it wrong is visible in a way that a plain navy blazer never is. Getting it right, though, is genuinely satisfying in a way that plain blazers rarely are.

The stripe is what gives the blazer its energy. It creates structure on the body, it photographs well, and it makes a considered outfit look like an actual decision was made. We’ve been looking specifically for blazers where the stripe serves the cut rather than competing with it, in weights that work across seasons and in proportions that suit real men wearing real clothes.

These are not costume pieces. They work with trousers, they work with dark denim, and several of them sit comfortably at a wedding or a dinner without looking like you tried too hard.