Tom Ford Dark Blue Viscose-Blend Shawl-Lapel Shelton Smoking Jacket
54 IT / 44 US / Extra Large
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Curator's Description
Curator's DescriptionDiscover the Tom Ford Dark Blue Viscose-Blend Shawl-Lapel Shelton Smoking Jacket, a garment built entirely around the moment it is worn in. The viscose blend is the key to everything: in low light it reads as a deep, almost formal navy, and then the light shifts and something closer to electric blue surfaces in the cloth, a quality that makes the jacket behave differently across the course of an evening in a way that no conventional suiting fabric can replicate. The shawl lapel rolls continuously from collar to single-button closure with the fluid, uninterrupted line that only this construction allows, and in this cloth it carries a particular richness that peak or notch lapels could not achieve. Jetted pockets keep the front immaculate and uncluttered, while the gauntlet cuff adds a quietly theatrical detail at the sleeve that is entirely in keeping with a jacket conceived for special occasions. At the cuff, five functioning buttonholes complete the sleeve, the lowest elongated to form half a T, the understated signature that Tom Ford places on his tailoring for those who know to look for it. The full lining ensures the jacket falls and moves with the kind of smooth authority the Shelton fit demands.
The Shelton is Tom Ford's most refined tailored silhouette, cut closer through the chest and waist than the Windsor, with a length and proportion calibrated specifically for evening and occasion dressing. It is a fit that assumes the wearer knows what he is doing, a jacket that does not meet the room halfway but asks the room to rise to it. The viscose blend, the shawl lapel, the electric shift of the cloth under candlelight: each element is a deliberate choice by a designer who has always understood that dressing for a special occasion is, at its best, a form of performance. This jacket delivers that with complete conviction.
Materials
MaterialsComposition: 69% Viscose / 31% Cupro
Color: Dark Blue
Pattern: Plain
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• All items ship directly from Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Customs duties and import fees outside the EU are the customer’s responsibility
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EU customers have the right to withdraw within 14 days of delivery.
• Return shipping is at the customer’s expense
• Items must be returned unworn and in original condition
• Any use beyond indoor fitting may result in a diminished refund
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Sartorial Details
Full Canvas Construction
A sartorial jacket - or coat - needs an interlining that will help give it shape and mold it. Canvas gives the item a tailored and crafted look. In short, it breathes life into it. Purely technical, canvas is made from either horsehair, wool, mohair or camel hair. It could also be a mix of them all, with varying thickness and weight. The canvas is stitched to the jacket, often by hand, thus making the canvas pieces 'floating' in the middle of the inner and outer cloth. This gives the jacket added flexibility. The canvas runs from the upper parts, all the way down to the end of the jacket. After you wear your canvassed suit for a while, it will begin to take your shape and look incredibly natural.
Roped Shoulders
A roped shoulder - or sleeve - head describes the bumped shape or ridge of the sleeve’s attachment to the shoulder. The higher it is, the more imposing the shoulder line appears. This can often be found in iconic British tailoring.
Long Milanese Buttonhole
The elegant, longer brother of the Milanese. With its thin and extra long gimp cord inside, this is one of the most challenging buttonholes to make by hand. Even a highly skilled tailor will take about 20 minutes to finish it.
Two-Button Closure
The jacket has a two-button closure which keeps the profile neat.
Barchetta Chest Pocket
The barchetta chest pocket is not only curved and blunted, as in the southern Italian style, but the corner is rounder right off.
Darts
The tailors adds two darts - think of them as pinched seams - to ensure the jacket’s body achieves a slim silhouette. The process, called mezzo punto riprese, is done entirely by hand.
Buttons and Buttonholes
5 functioning horn buttons at the end of the sleeve, with a larger 5th button opening - a quintessential Tom Ford Detail. Even this step, apparently the simplest, is treated with an abundance of detail. Attaching the buttons is a job that requires patience and must be completed to perfection.
Jetted Pockets
The first jacket pockets were sewn inside the lining or seams of garments, and are called “jetted” pockets. In their simplest form, they consist of little more than a slit. Suits that are the most formal, especially tuxedos, have no flap pockets altogether to give the piece a more streamlined look.
size
54 IT / 44 US / Extra Large
