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They give you more places to put things

Like your phone. Or business cards. Or a pen. Or the number of that devastatingly cute individual you chatted up at the bar. As pants have gotten slimmer, and the daily-carry-list seems to have gotten longer and the items larger, having a few extra pockets up at your torso can help.

They dress up Jeans

So you love jeans and dont really like chinos. Yet wearing a suit to work, or on a date, is way too over the top. Yet jeans and a button down doesnt seem sharp enough. The answer is to put on a sportcoat. Whether its a casual chino blazer or some tweedy wool thing, a blazer or sportcoat (not some slicked up hard shouldered suit jacket) looks great with jeans, and youll be taken just a little more seriously.

The T-shirt and blazer combo is (allegedly) back in?

Page 121 of the March issue of Esquire. A navy linen sportcoat, a t-shirt with some simple stripes, and medium blue jeans. Looks terrific. Esquire points out: when youve got the right blazer (unlined, textured, lightly structured) and the right T-shirt (fitted but not tight; substantial without being thick) it looks casual and considered, laid back and luxurious.

Theres so many more casual options than there used to be

Thanks to less shoulder padding, more subtle buttons (read: not brass), and more casual fabrics, the blazer = stuffy & snooty is a thing of the past. UNIQLO makes sportcoats. So does Target and other dirt cheap retailers. Of course, Brooks Brothers will forever and ever make their traditional, brass button blazers. And they should. But that doesnt mean there arent much, much more casual options that are incredibly easy to wear, even with classic canvas sneakers.

You can stink at ironing

So youre not the best at ironing. You can never quite smooth out the entire back of your shirt, especially by the box pleat or over by the shoulder. A blazer covers that all up.
They make you look slimmer & stronger

Jackets, with their v-shaped lapels and often darted in sides (whether off the rack or due to a tailor) make the wearers waist look smaller, and his shoulders & chest look broader. And guys who look more like Vs instead of Os usually have a leg up on the rest of the crowd. Of course, you can over-do it with waist suppression. Its a blazer, not a corset. You want athletic. Not shrink-wrapped.

Theyll force you to visit, as well as get to know a tailor

Bring up the sleeves. Taper the waist a bit. Most off the rack jackets, unless youre super lucky, are gonna need a bit of work here and there. Practice makes perfect, and that goes for developing a good working relationship with your tailor as well. With every bit of work you send his or her way, youll get to know each other better. That kind of trust is style gold.

They hide underarm dampness

If youre the type thats just gonna get damp in the ol pit region, yet wont go full Patrick Ewing and sweat through your jacket, then a lightweight blazer or sportcoat can hide those dark spots until the interrogation is over, or you move out of the sun. Of course, an extra layer is still an extra layer, so know when to draw the line.

You can offer it to a chilly date

Here, take my blazer = instahero!

Their lapels keeps collars in line

Dont like how your tieless (& button-less) shirt collar points pancake out as the day goes on? Just how good fences make good neighbors, a good sportcoat or blazer, and its lapels, help make for a good stiff collar. That, and some decent collar stays.


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They can disguise an open fly

Yes seriously. Unless your fly is so open that it looks like you used a rib-spreader at the damn urinal, then chances are it wont be that noticeable from a straight-on view. Its the side view that often generates snickers and the do I tell him or dont I tell him? conundrum. A blazer hides that angle. I wear blazers all the time, and sometimes I just leave my fly down for the hell of it.****

Investing in blazers & sportcoats can be an effective fitness motivator

You wanna eat your way out of all that money youve got hanging in your closet?
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the t-shirt and blazer combo will always be lame as fuck.
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SSJCAT posted...

the t-shirt and blazer combo will always be lame as fuck.

i agree, i think the writer hates it too hence the question mark. a henley however, works wonders
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Bump
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C, final answer.
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Well, im not gonna burn the duster
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