SB3 in middleweight corduroy in dark navy

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£250.00 — ex VAT

Three-button jacket, made in London, with a navy corduroy of middling weight from Lancashire, a lining of fine linen from Northern Ireland, and horn buttons from the Midlands.

Sizing

The SB3 fits true to size, and so the mannequin — the most standard 38 in the world — wears S. The body is medium length and, in terms of shape, is fairly straight — although the waist is pulled in slightly. The shoulders are soft and unstructured; the sleeves are an average width.

XS S M L XL
To fit chest 36 38 40 42 44
Pit-to-pit 20 21 22 23 24
Shoulder 17 17½ 18 18½ 19
Back length 28½ 28¾ 29 29¼ 29½
Sleeve from centre-back 33       33½       34       34½       35      

Caring

This is cotton, yes — but with elements which are not, such as the sleeve-lining and the buttons. It is therefore best washed by hand in lukewarm water, or with the help of a dry cleaner. If a machine must be used, a cold wash and zero tumble-drying is the only way to go.

The SB3 is a three-button jacket — that's SB as in single-breasted, and 3 as in three. The lapel is a standard sort of width, but the notch is a very narrow one. It is made with cotton corduroy from a mill in Lancashire. A very good weight for a jacket, this material: firm and structured, but soft and pliable.
The buttons on the jacket are horn, and are dark matte tortoiseshell in colour. Being as they are an entirely natural thing, each looks different to the next, varying in tone and hue and striatic markings. Each button at the front has a backing button (below-left). Buttons at cuff, too: three (below-right).
At the front of the jacket, there are two large patch pockets — and above one of them, on the right-side as worn, is a small glove pocket.
On the opposite side, higher up, is a chest pocket, in the same piped construction.
The jacket has a buggy lining of fine linen, which comes from a mill in Northern Ireland. It is a thin and lightweight cloth, and adds nothing to the weight of the jacket. It is a pleasing, eye-catching detail, and adds a smooth feeling across the back when donning the jacket (or, indeed, the opposite).
Some hand-sewing here. The chain-stitch below the button-hole helps hold in place a boutonnière (a flower, for instance). The criss-cross ("duck") stitch, meanwhile, holds together the lapel and the collar so that, over time, one doesn't flap around independently of the other. Helpful little hidden handiwork.
There is a single jet pocket on the inside of the jacket, on the left-hand side as worn. Best not to over-complicate things.
The corduroy, here, up close. It has a very soft handle, on both sides, and a temperate nature, such that it is inviting to put on whether the weather be warm or cool. The wales, as can be seen here, are fairly narrow — making it fairly smart to look at — but the cloth has real substance to it: no paper-thin cord, this.

As worn

Him, here, is as standard a 38 as ever there was. He is thus wearing a size S.
The gent here, meanwhile, is 5'9", and is wearing an S. He has a chest size of 38", and there are reports — neither confirmed nor denied — that he weighs in a touch below 11 stone.

Makers of

The jacket is made at an outerwear factory in London: the best, many agree, in the capital. The jacket is cut by the hands of a cutter with some 30 years in the trade, and sewn by one of four seamsters whose meticulousness and pursuit of perfection would be caricature were the end results not always so good.
The cloth is sourced from a mill in Lancashire, in north-west England. Cottons have rolled off its line for nearly a century and a half. Industry-leading methods of weaving, dyeing, and finishing — unimproved in decades — along with steadfast adherence to quality, result in some truly first-rate cloth.
The horn buttons were cut, shaped, and polished by the last such factory in Britain (now defunct). It was part of a tradition in the Midlands first linked to the meat industry of the 18th century. "It is no easy task," said William Hutton in 1780, "to enumerate the infinite diversity of buttons made in Birmingham."

So they say

I received the SB package in perfect order, and can't say how much I love the jacket. It fits perfectly. I like the cut and drape a lot. And it is gladly and surprisingly short. But, because of the the full cut, it can be worn with a bulky sweater underneath, which is just what I had hoped for.

So confided a gentleman about the Donegal tweed SB in May 2016.

Just wanted to let you know the SB in twill has arrived, and it is absolutely dashing — in an understated way.

Another acquire of an SB in Donegal tweed — defying seasonal norms in November of 2015.

I received my SB yesterday, and it by far exceeds my expectations. It's truly a fantastic piece of clothing.

Kind words from a gentleman who bought a cotton-drill version of the SB back in 2014.

I am very happy with the SB jacket. A somewhat "obscure object of desire" for me, perhaps, but I just had to have it. This desire now satisfied, I may not need to buy any new threads for a while, but when I do I'll look to you folks first.

His "object of desire" was the SB in a blue herringbone linen, acquired in May 2015.

Very pleased with my SB and thinking of buying another.

Encouraging words from a chap who bought a woollen SB in February of 2017.