The striped job would make you look like an overgrown schoolboy in the UK - complete laughing stock.

You would get away with it at Henley Regatta but that is about it.

I won't be wearing it in England, NYC mostly. I take it you aren't fans?

Regardless of what's being fobbed off as stylish in men's fashion magazines, what few remain in circulation, you do not want to waste money on silly odd jackets that will fall prey to the whatthehellwasIthinkingwhenIboughtthis? syndrome. Further, pure cashmere may feel nice but it has no guts. It droops, sags and pills. The cloth of a suit or an odd jacket should be high-quality pure wool or woollen flannel with a lofty hand. Don't fall for wool-and-cashmere blends. Generally, blends do not wear well in the longrun. And in this looney tunes economy you want a wardrobe that will last the duration.

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Cashmere is not durable, that's all there is to that. The worsted spun variety of it, such as the Multi-Millionaire bunch made expressly for Harrisons of Edinburgh, is a lightweight cloth. Very fragile, too perishable, and ungodly expensive. Have a look at the more robust cloths in the Harrisons books, including the cheviot tweeds. Very beautiful stuff.

For Heaven's sake! if you already have over two dozen odd jackets in your wardrobe, what more do you need?

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