HOW TO ROCK THE VELVET JACKET

the velvet jacket is having a thrill in the style stakes. But there are limitations. to help you adapt to velvet wisely, Pick a jacket colour and style that goes well with your current wardrobe. and of course, your personality.

ForMally stylish

keep your jacket slim, trim and taut. Perfect as a dinner jacket, velvet adds a touch of plush to a standard tuxedo look but only if you let the fabric be the leading star.

soPhisticateD

The chicness of european style goes handin-posh-hand with velvet. emphasizing a less is more approach to the jacket, even the more dapper smoking coat looks easy to wear, when paired with a nice white shirt to make the coloured velvet pop.

rocker in you!

For those rock moments when you want a little edge velvet offers a touch of glam. A great alternative to a leather jacket, velvet blazers play a melodic rock ballad without all that metal and unnecessary zip detail. Printed silk scarves work well with velvet; the flat sheen of the silk complementing the gloss of the velvet, without stealing the limelight.

ultra cool & casual

Casual velvet? Yes, sir. And it’s easy to do, when you approach it, effortlessly. There isn’t too much think-work involved, so place the jacket succinctly over a streamline, street look. Slim jeans and plain tees (always untucked and slightly oversize) is an easy outfit, made super sportsluxe with stark, white sneakers.

Working class

velvet is very workable in the office, provided you aren’t breaking a corporate dress code with the sheeny jacket. The jacket needs to be ultra fitted, like any office piece would, matched with a pair of wool trousers or if you’re a little more corporately liberal, cotton chinos or the super radical – yes, corduroy.

Fine & DanDy

Nothing inhibits or embarrasses the modern dandy. So don’t hold back. Go hellfor-velvet with vibrant lighter colours – be it rose, mint, or yellow – for a super dandy, star-of-the-show effect. Or, opt for an on trend jacquard brocade in stately black, letting the illustrious pattern and plush fabric peacock its way around the party. Meanwhile, the plain velvet jacket is the perfect printed fashion companion. Opting for a rich blue or forest green, the absence of pattern leads the dandy to lash out on prints elsewhere: a neckerchief in paisley, a polka dot pocket square and a droplet-print button shirt – worn all at once.