Friday favourites: Scott Fraser, Jacamo all sizes, next week Buy British Day

Scott Fraser London-made jackets

I haven't featured Scott Fraser for a while, but he's been busy designing his range of British-made menswear and has now added the reversible, zip-up, shawl-collared Campus Jacket. 

They are manufactured to order in London and are made from a variety of short-pile velvet, Melton wool and denim. Inspired by the Ivy Leaguers' blouson/windbreaker/baseball/golf/bomber jacket/Harrington of the 1950s, they would suit any age, worn with jeans or chinos, brogues or penny loafers, button-down shirt and tie.

The jacket's available in navy blue velvet/denim reversible, ochre velvet/blue denim reversible or red velvet/wool check reversible. See Scott Fraser's website for more information and to buy.

Jacamo - a brand for all sizes and ages of man

I receive a lot of questions relating to style choices from men for whom standard clothes sizes don't work and have recently posted advice about this from stylist, Sarah Gilfillan, on these pages. 

I recently went to the launch of the flagship Jacamo store in Oxford Street, London and have found a retailer aiming to stylishly cater for all sizes and shapes of man. To underline this the store was opened by the England fast bowler, Fred Flintoff who assured me that his height and muscular build didn't prevent his getting a suit off the peg at Jacamo.

Chatting to the tall (I'm 6ft), but still Jacamo-sized, Fred Flintoff at the Oxford Street store launch

I noticed that a row of men's suit trousers ranged in size from 34" to 54" and I believe this may shortly include 32" waists as well, so Jacamo must be the first port of call for the larger man.

Buy British Day - Next Friday, 3rd October. 

To mark Buy British Day next Friday and Best of Britannia at the end of next week, I'll be having a Best of British Menswear and Accessories week next week. I've had to select a few brands from the hundreds available (see my list of Made in UK menswear), but I hope it will encourage you to explore the creativity and skills available in the UK. 

Why not buy menswear sustainably and locally, rather than cheaply from abroad?

Buy British Day

Best of Britannia

'Brutus' - Photo Grey Fox - taken at Private White VC in Manchester

Jacamo - men's coats and jeans for the older man of style

Jacamo isn't a brand that's usually associated with the older menswear market and I wouldn't normally have considered it in my search for style in middle age. Older men have to search wider than younger men for suitable clothes, because the high street is generally better stocked with younger styles than the classics favoured by the 40 plus man. However, fun can be finding what you want in unexpected places.

Jacamo is a good place to look as it offers a wide range of choices, generally at reasonable prices. At the end of last year the company was reporting that brands for under-50s were strong, while those for over-50s were comparatively flat, but improving later in the year. So clearly Jacamo acknowledge the existence of an older market and, as such, is worth taking a look at.

I thought I'd look to see what outerwear Jacamo has on its online store. If you visit the Jacamo website you'll find a huge range of men's coats and jackets. Not everything will suit you, but there is bound to be something that does. Below I show a few of the men's coats that caught my eye - all reasonably priced and covering everything from genuine outdoor wear to fashion gilets and waxed and tweed jackets. Some men's coats are modelled by grey-haired men as well; something I always approve of.

I particularly liked this brown quilted gilet by Williams and Brown, excellent value at £20 and ideal for layering under a tweed coat as Winter struggles to become Spring.

One of Jacamo's strengths is that it offers a wide range of sizes. If you're looking for men's jeans, for example, they are available in many waist sizes and leg lengths, particularly at the larger end. As with men's coats, the wide choice in men's jeans means that many styles and shapes are available - particularly for the older man avoiding anything too skinny, with button flies, or anything that has been over-distressed. For men's jeans, see the Jacamo website here.

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