THE BRAND

Ring Jacket offers a beautifully made Japanese garment with a distinctly Italian flavour. Classic clothing is reinterpreted in a modern and comfortable way, using unique cloths exclusively made in collaboration with the finest mills in the world.

DETAILS

The Ring Jacket Brown Hopsack Wool Blazer is the blazer that earns its place through material and craft rather than occasion. In brown, the 254FH Meister model answers the question that every man who already owns a navy blazer eventually arrives at — what comes next. A rich, dark chocolate brown in a 100% wool hopsack is the answer, a colour and a weave combination that sits in a completely different part of the dressed wardrobe and that opens up combinations that a second navy blazer never could.

The cloth is the Balloon exclusive fabric, a 100% wool hopsack at 270g produced specifically for Ring Jacket. The hopsack weave gives the fabric its characteristic open, basketwork texture and natural breathability, a surface that catches light differently at every angle and that gives the brown a depth and visual interest that a flat smooth cloth of the same colour cannot replicate. The lighter weight of 270g makes this blazer particularly well suited to wearing across a wide range of temperatures, hanging with a natural ease that heavier cloths do not allow.

The 254FH Meister is Ring Jacket's most handcraft-intensive blazer construction, finished with AMF hand stitching along the lapels and built on a full canvas chest that moulds progressively to the body with every wear. The unstructured shoulder gives the jacket its relaxed, natural fall, the half-lining in a dark chocolate satin sits tonal and considered against the outer, and the broad notch lapels, two front patch pockets, double vents and unfinished cuffs complete a blazer of genuine distinction. Made in Japan.

• Model: 254FH Meister, handmade details
• Fabric: Balloon exclusive, 100% Wool, hopsack, 270g
• Construction: Full canvas, half-lined, unstructured shoulder
• Button stance: 3 roll 2
• Lapels: Notch, AMF hand stitching
• Pockets: Classic chest pocket, two front patch pockets, two internal pockets
• Details: Unfinished cuffs, double vents
• Colour: Chocolate brown
• Fit: Slim, Drop 8
• Made in: Japan

WEAR IT WITH

With light chinos or cream corduroy trousers, a pale blue Oxford shirt and a pair of brown suede Paraboot loafers, the brown hopsack sits in a completely considered and warm-toned combination that earns the outfit its personality without effort. With dark jeans and a white Oxford shirt and the same loafer it carries the same ease in a slightly more casual register. The chocolate brown also pairs naturally with olive, camel, cream and navy, making it the most rewarding odd jacket in the wardrobe for those who have already built their way past a standard navy blazer. A blazer that improves with every wear as the canvas settles to the body.

SIZE & FIT

• True to size, slim fit, Drop 8
  
• The full canvas moulds progressively to the body with wear, improving the fit and drape over time
• Unfinished cuffs adjusted to your exact preference at point of collection

CARE

• Dry clean only
• Store on a wide-shouldered hanger to preserve the unstructured shoulder and the natural drape of the hopsack
• Use a soft clothes brush between cleans to maintain the open hopsack texture
• Keep in a breathable garment bag between wears