This windowpane hopsack comes from Biella, Italy: a noted textile hotspot due to its alpine climate, the sheep population, and even the water quality. We've been coming back to this quality for years as a perfect late-spring-early-summer fabric. A linen-rich blend gives it breathability and drape, balanced by the temperature-regulating properties of wool, and the highs and lows in the mélange add a nicely dimensional play of light and dark. A very elegant warm-weather jacket. The No. 3 make has full canvas construction — the sine qua non of tailoring — with a special, structured three-layer canvas that'll mold and meld to your body over time. And our Virgil model has a natural shoulder, a 3-roll-2 lapel, and a shorter body with no front darts at all. Think old-school sack jacket, but sexier. It's got a slightly more American feel than the Kincaid or the Landry, but just like all of our tailored clothing, it's designed to take you from Mississippi to Manhattan to Milan without looking or feeling out of place.
Italian hopsack
60% linen/40% wool
horn buttons
half-lined in cupro
full canvas construction with a single-layer, lightweight canvas
pickstitched spalla camicia shirtsleeve construction
natural shoulder
special seam slippage construction at center back
3-roll-2-button front
undarted front
two flap pockets, ticket pocket, and welted chest pocket
two interior chest pockets, pen pocket, lower card/phone pocket
This jacket comes unfinished, which means it needs to be tailored before you wear it! Specifically, the sleeves are unhemmed, without cut buttonholes, at the time of purchase. Your local tailor can hem them to your perfect length and attach the buttons (we include eight — four for each sleeve — in the pocket of the jacket.) If you’re near one of our stores, our in-house tailors can also take care of this.
