There's a category of jacket that solves the hardest dress code: the one where a blazer is too much and a coat is too little. This is that jacket.
Cut in 100% cotton corduroy — a proper mid-wale cord with visible ribbing and depth, not the thin printed version. It's fully lined, with a ribbed waistband and ribbed cuffs that pull the silhouette in at the hip and wrist, so it sits close to the body instead of hanging square. That's the blouson shape, and it's the reason this reads considered rather than casual.
The detailing is where the money went. Aged brass zip and snaps against the cord. Two flap-covered chest pockets with welt hand-warmers beneath. An interior patch pocket. A snap-tab collar you can close to the throat or leave open. Cotton breathes and holds colour, and it softens with wear rather than degrading.
Espresso over cream or chalk trousers is the AW26 outfit — dark top, light bottom, warm undertone throughout, and it photographs better than anything else in the range. Chalk over espresso or tobacco trousers is the same combination inverted, and it's the one nobody else is doing. Both work over the Cortina or the Belmonte underneath.
Model is 6ft wearing a size L
Sizes M–3XL. Machine washable.
