Item of the week: the double-breasted blazer

What it is:

Double-breasted refers to a jacket with two buttons sitting symmetrical to one another, with an overlapping front closure. The blazer is often used in a formal setting, however recent years has seen it adapted and shift into the casual wardrobe, as evident in the rise in popularity of oversized fits and the modernisation of classic silhouettes. This transformation isn’t far off from the blazer’s origins, which saw it cast into the fashion world via the British aristocracy in the late 19th century, albeit as a distinctly casual piece worn in the sporting world.