Blazers
A blazer is a jacket built to stand on its own, which makes it the most useful thing in most wardrobes and the easiest to get wrong. Cut to your own measurements and fitted where you are in Bangkok. One of our separates.
What makes it a blazer and not half a suit
The commonest mistake is wearing a suit jacket without its trousers and calling it a blazer. It reads as exactly what it is. A blazer is cut from different cloth for a different purpose, and the details follow from that.
- Cloth with visible texture — hopsack, flannel, tweed — rather than smooth worsted
- Patch or flapped patch pockets, which a suit jacket does not have
- Often a softer shoulder and less structure through the body
- Buttons that are a deliberate choice: horn, brass, or covered
Cloth, and what works in this climate
Texture is the whole point, and texture usually means a more open weave, which happens to be exactly what this city needs. A hopsack in a tropical weight is both the more correct blazer cloth and the more wearable one here — the rare case where the traditional answer and the practical one agree.
- Hopsack: open, textured, moves air, the default for a reason
- High-twist wools in a weave with some surface interest
- Linen and linen blends where creasing is acceptable
- Flannel and tweed for people taking the jacket somewhere colder
More on the cloth we use.
Fit
A blazer is worn more often and more casually than a suit jacket, so it is reached for, sat in and carried. That argues for the same structural decisions as a suit — the shoulder and the armhole — with slightly more ease through the body.
- Shoulder ending where yours does; no alteration moves it afterwards
- A high armhole, so reaching does not lift the whole jacket
- Length set so it covers the seat — a blazer cut short reads as borrowed
- Sleeve finishing to show a little shirt cuff, because the contrast is the detail
Construction
Because a blazer is worn harder than a suit jacket, construction matters more here, not less. The canvas in the chest is what keeps the front clean after two years of being taken on and off; a fused front under heat and humidity bubbles, and there is no repair for it.
The argument in full is on full, half or fused canvas, and photographs of it are under bespoke suit construction.
Measurement
Measuring happens where you are and does not take long. We record the full set even for a single jacket, because the pattern is then complete for trousers or a second jacket later without another appointment.
Trousers to go with it are on trousers and separates, and the sequence is on how our fittings work.
What our customers say
I highly recomend this amazing store and their Staff. I felt comfortable all the time and they were friendly and good people. People of honour! The jackets handmade are very good quality products and they worked really fast. Thank you "the boss" store for giving me this incredibles memories from my trip to bangkok. Mr. Michael Poor
Miguel B Read it on Tripadvisor
Visited this shop to order a suit and was treated in a professional and courteous manner by the staff. I was shown various cloths to choose my suit from which was then made to measure and delivered to my hotel within the agreed timeline and price. Will definitely use them again.
Afzal A Read it on Tripadvisor
The best place in Bangkok to make a suit very helpful,Raj is very professional and reasonable with his prices made my suit on time and inch perfect. I made to suits and very happy with both of them. Thank you guys and see next time i be in Bangkok. MartinBook a fitting
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Questions we are actually asked
Are blazers still in style?
A blazer is the least fashion-dependent jacket there is, which is most of its appeal. Shoulders and lapel widths drift a little over a decade; the garment itself has not changed in a century and a well-cut one does not date the way a fashion-cut suit does.
What is the difference between a blazer and a suit jacket?
A suit jacket has trousers cut from the same cloth and looks orphaned without them. A blazer is designed to stand alone — usually more textured cloth, often patch pockets, sometimes a softer shoulder — so it reads as deliberate rather than as half a suit.
Who is the best tailor in Bangkok?
Not a question anyone should answer about themselves. The useful version is what to ask: how is the jacket constructed, how many fittings do I get, and can I see it half-made. A tailor who answers all three plainly is showing you the work rather than the showroom.
Can I wear a blazer in this heat?
In the right cloth, yes. An open-weave hopsack in a light weight is a different garment from a worsted blazer cut for a European autumn, and it is the one worth having here. We will tell you which is which before you choose.
Can you match it to trousers I already own?
We can cut trousers to go with a blazer, and we can advise on what works with trousers you have. What we will not do is claim a close match to a cloth we cannot see — bring them to the fitting.