FAI World
The Ivory Evening Jacket
For: Reception after a ceremonial first look / late supper / a party indoors
An unstructured ivory jacket over a black trouser is the fastest change of register there is. It reads evening without asking you to wear evening dress.
- Colour
- Ivory and black
- Cloth
- Unlined silk-cotton jacket, matte black trouser
- Cut
- Jacket to the top of the seat
- Detail
- No lapel structure, worn open
Indicative UK market range: £350–£700
On your frame
- Broad / muscular — Keep the jacket entirely unstructured and wear it open all evening.
- Tall and lean — Longer jacket, clean trouser hem — the length is what makes it read as evening.
- Compact — Short jacket, high rise, and keep the trouser close to the shoe.
- Fuller figure — Straight jacket with open quarters and a straight trouser in the same tone.
What to do next
01 — The introduction
If this is the shape you want, tell me the occasion and date and I will point you at the right house for it.
Tell me the occasion, the date and your budget bracket. Within 24 hours you get back: two or three houses I would actually approach and why those and not others, the alterations to insist on for your build, a realistic timeline for your date, and a short written brief you can hand to the tailor at the first fitting.
- No fee, no commission, nothing sold here.
- If nobody I trust fits your date or budget, I say so.
- Read by me, answered by me.
02 — If the date is further off