I just undertook an agonizing reappraisal of my suits and jackets. It was past time to admit that I’m not going to diet my way into this suit. Time to declare that jacket obsolete. Maybe my brother can use the other one.
Truth be told, I’m working remotely half the time and when I’m in the office, there’s less incentive to dress up. (Incentive being defined as the number of women for whom I’m trying to look good.) It wouldn’t be crazy to declare them all obsolete but I plan to be one of the last of the die-hards.
As part of this appraisal, I wanted to make a final decision as to which were all canvas, which were half canvas, which were fused.
A difficult decision. (Difficult enough to make me wonder if it was so important.) Some jackets, like my beloved Attolini cashmere blazer, are clearly full canvas. The pinch test reveals three distinct layers: the outermost is the shell fabric, canvas, lining. Few were so plain and simple.
For most of the jackets, the pinch test again revealed three layers, but the shell fabric was not simply fabric. Something else was sewn or glued to the shell fabric. And then there’s another layer of construction material underneath that, and then the lining.
I’m tempted to default to call this half canvas, particularly since the price range of most of my stuff would seem to land in the half canvas world, but that’s not my (limited) understanding of half canvas. I thought that half canvas meant that part of the jacket was canvased, like my Attolini, and the rest was just shell and lining.
What seems to be going on with most of my jackets is that the entire front of the jacket is lightly fused and the upper part of the jacket has an additional layer of canvas. Does that make sense?
My final question of the collected wisdom of this forum regards chest pieces. Volumes and volumes have been written about canvas but chest pieces are largely ignored. To me, however, they seem like the thickest and most substantial part of the jacket. The most important, in other words. So how come chest pieces don’t get the screen time they deserve?
Many, many thanks for the education.
Truth be told, I’m working remotely half the time and when I’m in the office, there’s less incentive to dress up. (Incentive being defined as the number of women for whom I’m trying to look good.) It wouldn’t be crazy to declare them all obsolete but I plan to be one of the last of the die-hards.
As part of this appraisal, I wanted to make a final decision as to which were all canvas, which were half canvas, which were fused.
A difficult decision. (Difficult enough to make me wonder if it was so important.) Some jackets, like my beloved Attolini cashmere blazer, are clearly full canvas. The pinch test reveals three distinct layers: the outermost is the shell fabric, canvas, lining. Few were so plain and simple.
For most of the jackets, the pinch test again revealed three layers, but the shell fabric was not simply fabric. Something else was sewn or glued to the shell fabric. And then there’s another layer of construction material underneath that, and then the lining.
I’m tempted to default to call this half canvas, particularly since the price range of most of my stuff would seem to land in the half canvas world, but that’s not my (limited) understanding of half canvas. I thought that half canvas meant that part of the jacket was canvased, like my Attolini, and the rest was just shell and lining.
What seems to be going on with most of my jackets is that the entire front of the jacket is lightly fused and the upper part of the jacket has an additional layer of canvas. Does that make sense?
My final question of the collected wisdom of this forum regards chest pieces. Volumes and volumes have been written about canvas but chest pieces are largely ignored. To me, however, they seem like the thickest and most substantial part of the jacket. The most important, in other words. So how come chest pieces don’t get the screen time they deserve?
Many, many thanks for the education.