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Good to discover why you started this blog. Great things come from simple ideas.

I have always preferred this length of fit otherwise it reminds me of the Jimmy Dean era.

I love the look and love the bracelets!

I think he looks really nice. It seems to be more of a shirt jacket than a jean jacket – as you said, softer fabric than denim. Actually the first thing I noticed about him is that he looks fashionable but also masculine. I keep getting the comment from my blog that the men look too feminine.

- Meredith
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Is that a jean jacket? It looks like a navy khaki jacket to me.

It’s very difficult to find a denim jacket that fits properly — most of them seem to be too long and too baggy in the arms, and either too short or too long in the body.

Ideally, I think a denim jacket should hit right at the waist and be worn snugly around the chest, while the arms should be cut not too flappy so you look like a troubadour, but not too tight that it prevents movement either. It seems to me that women’s denim jackets are cut this way, while men’s usually miss the mark by fitting awkwardly and stiffly.

I really like the one you’ve captured, even though it kind of redefines what a denim jacket is supposed to look like by having a non-denim fabric and by cutting the proportions similarly to a shirt, but still keeping the details and trademarks of a “true” denim jacket. Food for thought…

I think the length works here for two reasons – 1) the soft fabric and 2) the longer shirt underneath.

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Love Richards style.
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Your extended commentary is really illuminating, interesting and sharp. Fashion is so driven by hype, marketing, gloss, fluff – it’s good to be reminded – for those who care – of the essential reasons why people dress well. Cheers!

Great cut and colour. Spot on.
He is also so beautiful, it almost hurts to look at him.

RE: visual references.

That is why I visit your blog.

mmm, yes, GREAT jacket. great look. layering , colour.,done up top buttons=just totally works.

I really love how he’s dressed! The jacket is AMAZING as well as the string/bracelet around his wrist.

I think that length will work great, especially with layering it the way he does.

P.S. Visual reference is exactly why I love your blog. It’s saved my ass more than once in those circumstances where I’ve bought a piece but really had no idea how to pull it off. Like “that looked great on the rack/model, but how do I wear it in real life? Lemme go check The Sartorialist!”

I have started looking/reading your blog almost everyday for a year now because I find such inspiration that you have set out for. I believe I’ve taken much more confidence into what I buy.

I think Richard looks amazing. So relaxed, so carefree, so true to self. His jacket fit is perfect. He exudes a confidence that I find so attractive in a man. Who is to say what is in style? But what is important is that a man or anyone for that matter wears their OWN style. And wears it well.

Cool dude and nice jacket.

I agree that this length is perfect for him, and would be for you as well, but please only in this beautiful fabric, not (Levi’s, Lauren) denim. It is the stiff structured nature of a jean jacket that makes you self-conscious when it is truly too long–your instincts are correct, not insecure.

He’s a stylish cutie pie… i just got butterflies.

I think the jacket is far too short on him. That works out OK because he has a shirt underneath, and its not really a jacket, but its not how I think a jean jacket should look. It should be at least three inches below the natural waist of a man. On a girl its perfect shorter, but not a guy.

Photos (and explanations) like this one are the reason I visit the Sartorialist. You have a wonderful eye for the way people wear clothes, not just the fashion itself. Some people are excellent wearers of clothes and the rest of us can learn from them.

Very in order, well done.

I absolutely adore a man who can pull off a masculine accessory! The effortlessly tied rope compliments his dark jacket, modern James Dean. Love it!

i’m a little taller too, but i also find that leaving a somewhat-cropped jean jacket open, with a fitted tshirt and skinny pant always works for my style. add a boot. maybe a loafer. splash of color. always nice.

Hey Scott,

I was going through a couple of your old posts and found this.

I noticed that you mentioned how jean jackets never seem to hit you at the right place – echoing a similar feeling I used to have.

With two exceptions, most off my off-the rack jean jackets (including my beloved Levis), fit like a box. Vintage denim jackets seemed to be especially difficult to fit (I’m very broad across the shoulders, but narrow in the waist, so I can’t fit slim cuts well and regular cuts hang loose like a sail through the body).

However, after reading an article on the exceptionally lovely jean jacket from ‘Drive’, I realized that there wasn’t any reason we shouldn’t be applying the same solution to our jean jackets as we do with the rest of our clothing( That particular jacket was an old Levis Trucker jacket from the ’50s that had been extensively nipped and tweaked) .

With my tailor, I’ve raised/tightened armholes/cuffed /slimmed sleeves and body, and made a wide range of adjustments to my taste to assemble a nice range of denim jackets to choose from.

As a result, I’ve pretty much been sporting a Carl Chiara/denim-inspired wardrobe for the last few months.

You’ve probably already thought of this, but I thought I’d drop you a note, just in the off-chance, you hadn’t.

EW