A soft lambswool blazer for the cold half of the year, cut on the roomier of the two blazer blocks this Danish house makes. The cloth is the story here: an Italian lambswool with a soft, slightly brushed hand, woven in a grey herringbone from an autumn collection built around flannel, tweed and checks. It reads like a country jacket from across the room and wears like a cardigan once it is on. This is the odd jacket for a charcoal wool trouser and a roll neck, or dark denim and an oxford.
Søren and Lene Sand started the label in Randers in 1981 with one idea: Italian cloth, worn the Scandinavian way. Forty-odd years on, the company is still family run, the design studio sits in Como, and the fabrics still come from Italian weavers. The Easy build is their softest tailoring. A lightly constructed shoulder, half lining through the back so the cloth can breathe, pick stitching along the lapel edge, two vents, a chest welt and flap pockets. Light enough to forget you have it on.
Sherman is the classic fit, the fuller of the two blazer cuts, so take your usual North American jacket size. The label inside carries the European number: a 42R here is a 52 on the tag. Sleeve and length are standard and both take a tailor's adjustment without fuss.
We brought it in for the man who wants one soft jacket that does the office on Friday and the restaurant on Saturday without changing anything but the shirt.
