The Tweed Jacket

• A gently shaped, straight cut. Plenty of room for a shirt underneath, but this one won’t be billowing in the breeze.
• Half-canvas construction. The half-canvas builds up layers of interlinings across the chest, giving your jacket that soft roll and natural drape we’re all after.
• A tidy shoulder line. Just the right amount of structure for a clean, natural shoulder.
• Sensible lapels. Sitting somewhere between Italian flamboyance and British stiff upper lip, our notch lapels are neither showy nor apologetic.
• The lining that does the trick. It keeps you toasty, makes getting dressed a breeze, and helps your jacket go the distance—turns out, that viscose lining isn’t just there to look pretty.
• Finishing, Asphalte style. Centre-back vent, welted flap pockets, genuine horn kissing buttons, three inside pockets… you know the drill: we don't cut corners.

When you take on a true icon, you've got to do it properly—and, believe us, we’ve stuck to the good stuff on this one.

• Abraham Moon wool Tweed. We’ve sourced our Tweed in the UK from Abraham Moon—a bona fide legend of a mill. It’s been spinning Tweed in Yorkshire since 1837. With 188 years of experience, we reckoned they would know what they’re doing by now. Turns out we were right.
• Proper tweed – the real deal. What sets tweed apart from the rest? It all comes down to the yarn. Here we use carded wool (the yarn’s not combed before spinning) which gives it its unique, rugged look. A bit more bristly, a bit more tousled – and all the better for it. That perfectly dishevelled texture is what wins us over every time, and makes tweed what it is.
• Wool’s working for you. With this 100% wool tweed, you get all the natural perks of this excellent fibre—warmth, insulation, thermoregulation, anti-static, self-cleaning, odourless, the lot.

The Asphalte Tweed Jacket is making its seventh outing. We’ve stuck closely to its highly rated previous version, thanks to the feedback we got from the chaps who’ve already taken it through their paces:

• 8.6/10 for style. This is the highest rating ever achieved by our tweed jacket.
• 8.4/10 for fit. Again, the best ever rating.
• 8.8/10 for comfort and durability. And again. Yep, pretty good!