I currently have four navy blazers and thinking of possibly number five. Each one having a unique characteristic (detail or fabric) which lends itself to either occasion or season or both.

As you mention - a high twist navy sports coat is the #1 base choices for travel, wrinkle resistance, wear resilience and breath-ability. You can layer under it and wear it in the colder months. Beyond this - I have a Nailhead navy suit that I can wear the jacket as a separate navy sport coat in colder weather. Then I have a softer darker blue/blue check sports coat for year round.

My "blazer" is a navy corduroy jacket which I wear with charcoal flannels or chinos (and a dress shirt and tie). I have two of them; one with elbow patches, the other without. For casual wear, I have a navy "chore" blazer - all cotton, unstructured/unlined . It's worn with a casual long sleeve shirt and a knit tie.

lol, 2:00 - guy in the background seems VERY interested in the blazer

@kamalmaden5788

24 күн бұрын

Oh Man 😂

@kenneth7826

24 күн бұрын

True

@markchodotcom

17 күн бұрын

😆

Happy father's day..much blessings 2 all dads

@markchodotcom

17 күн бұрын

Happy Father's Day to you, too!

I love what you’re doing. Like to watch you

Nice blazer but I need one with flap pockets

Congratulations indeed on your 10th anniversary I hope someday to have the wonderful pleasure of visiting the Armoury in Hong Kong, I may have the opportunity to travel there in July of this year...as far as ideas for a navy blazer, what comes to mind is a 3 roll 2 with patch pockets in hopsack fabric, thanks for sharing!

@markchodotcom

17 күн бұрын

Indeed, patch pockets are a great way to go. If you go even deeper down the rabbit hole, patch and flap is another option!

Yes! I will now watch the video

Looking good, I like the more casual look myself.

I do think that having 2 navy blazers makes sense. I personally have two as well: one is a more formal, traditional, and structured jacket while the other one is completely unstructured and unlined meant for more casual outfits. I live in a tropical country, so it makes a lot of sense to me to have a really lightweight navy jacket to wear with my polos and casual shirts.

@simongaywanjala598

25 күн бұрын

Do you usually wear a tie with the unstructured blazer? I live in a tropical country as well.

@johnnychin

24 күн бұрын

@@simongaywanjala598 Oh it really depends on the context and the occasion, but I sometimes do. But I usually only wear knitted tie with it

@KRW628

23 күн бұрын

I wear a solid color knit tie with my casual shirts and an unstructured navy jacket. I live in Chicago.

Another great vid! I would say both jackets are amazing and to my untrained eyes, slightly more tailored (or nipped in the waist) than other pieces I had seen you normally wear. I would say your usual jacket is darker (at least on the vid) and also linen wrinkles more easily (you can see you arms already wrinkled) signals more of a day jacket. One suggestion, you should include a link of the jacket(s) and any items you are wearing to your online store so easier to for us to find than searching it on the store.

@markchodotcom

16 күн бұрын

Well said and also you are correct, we should link more stuff. We generally link all the important items in the video but sometimes I'm wearing custom or old stock so it's no longer available online. The balloon jacket I highlighted is sold out but here are some alternatives to it in the same fabric, different colour/pattern - www.thearmoury.com/search?q=balloon

Saying you’ll never feel overdressed in a navy blazer is crazy

I’ve been thinking about commissioning a navy seersucker jacket.

@Michael-xn6qp

24 күн бұрын

My 2nd navy jacket was a cotton seersucker. I'm currently debating a double breasted, but it'll just look over the top amongst my peers.

@markchodotcom

16 күн бұрын

It's a good idea and there are some very interesting wool and wool/silk options in the marketplace these days. Personally, I like the wool/silk one from Loro Piana in the Mare book the best followed by the wool ones from Drapers. When I use cotton ones, I think they're normally Cacciopoli.

Blazers? I found myself to have 2, one formal - which does not go with jeans, chinos etc. but perfect with flanel. And one casual sort of linnen, which goes perfect with jeans 😊 Do I need a third one? Probably not.

missed you

i love the WHAT'S ON videos and the styling videos but I'm curious why socks are not introduced. It seems the outfits are complete from pocket square to shoes but socks are ignored. Doesn't the Armoury sell socks?

@markchodotcom

16 күн бұрын

Yes, I just assumed people aren't that interested. For socks, we use Bresciani, Falke and Tabio. Personally, I like Tabio the best but it's pretty subjective.

Hi Mark, I am of a similar built - what size do you take in the 103 and how tall are you?

@markchodotcom

16 күн бұрын

I weigh about 170lb and 5' 9".

I think I have 4 at this point

Okay

Great video! Btw the shirt looks amazing too, can we get that from armoury? For the collar it looks slightly different from one piece collar, or is it really a one piece collar shirt?

@milesfisher1

24 күн бұрын

Does he ever respond to question in the KZread comments?

@phillipwong3754

24 күн бұрын

​@@milesfisher1he does.

@markchodotcom

16 күн бұрын

It is a one piece collar, our design. The size of the collar is probably a bit smaller than the other one piece collars in the marketplace. We call the shrit the Holiday Shirt and we have it available as RTW on the site or MTO at the store. www.thearmoury.com/search?q=holiday+shirt

@markchodotcom

16 күн бұрын

@@milesfisher1 I do, just sometimes I get too busy to go through everything. I should probably have someone else on the team take this over.

If you dont wear suits or a jacket for work you dont really need more than one jacket.