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So much of what we care about at the Armoury is only apparent when you can really see and wear the work of these great artisans. We realised that video helps make that gap a little smaller.
With the series Questions & Answers and What am I Wearing and Why?, the Armoury team talks you through what makes The Armoury products stand out.
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.
Thank you so much for taking this initiative... Watches are not a necessity of course, people buy them coz they enjoy them and are passionate about them... If it doesn't look right and looks large and bulky and clumsy, there's no point in wearing that watch even if it is very well built and beautiful etc... Most Swiss watchmakers are introducing smaller variants of their most popular models, I feel GS is still not reacting as well and as fast, but it's a good starting point... the latest 62GS 38mm models are exactly what we want, just a smaller variant of the best.... some of the other 37mm models that you have here are not rocking the best specs or dials or designs... I feel all standard 40mm models should be now resized to 39mm or have an option to buy exact same watch in 38mm
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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?
Hi Mark, big fan of yours! Perhaps it may be a bit inappropriate to ask this question here, but.. anyway :D Could you consider doing a styling vid for navy pants, especially those high twist dark navy ones? I've always thought that they'll look good when styled with lighter shades of blue (with summery) textures, or the typical seersucker pattern, but I'm not sure honestly haha. And I think it would be quite a valuable lessons for the viewers since many might already have a navy suit. Wearing the jacket separately is not that big of a deal, but the trousers on the other hand.. aiyaya But I guess people would want to learn how utilize their bottom garments more often, so it might be a valuable session! Many thanks in advance if you do reply! Happy 10 years! ;)
Are your current sport chinos the same cut as Mark is wearing here? On your site they're described as high rise, whereas in the video you describe them as mid-rise?
big congrats to the decade-long establishment in NY and kudos to your relentless enthusiasm. Hope you guys could branch out into DC area in the near future too.
Congratulations and continued success! i hope to visit one of your shops in person someday. As with many, I’m sure, it will be the reward (and incentive) for hitting my weight goal and staying there! 😂