6876 Petrel Jacket
In a somewhat bizarre choice, my recent fixation for my borderline addictive personality has been shoulder construction on jackets. No, seriously. It was an idea, or a realisation rather, that beyond raglan and inset sleeves, there isn’t much else. After mulling it over with one of Britain’s brightest young designers (I’m a name-drop away from sounding like a dick here), I concluded that he was right, standardised patterns are not only boring, they’re also ill equipped to fit shoulders properly. Basically, we clothe our three dimensional bodies with two dimensional garments. There are, as always, exceptions to the rule; 6876 has over the years prided itself upon constructing garments in a manner which few can compete with. So, after eyeing up this jacket, deciding that I was really digging the overall aesthetic, my inner geek was drawn to checking out the shoulders. This may sound like a completely weird post, but those subtle differences are what I use to differentiate between wants and needs in the world of outerwear. The shoulder construction on this number is different, well thought out and, for me, strangely exciting. For the fabric geeks, there are equally intiguing features such as 100% Italian Cotton Resin 189 gram fabric. It also includes custom made London buttons for any, err.. button fetishist? It is quite simply, jacket porn for clothing nerds.
