Navy Blue Blazer, American Made

Looking for a nice Navy Blue Blazer? Check out Anderson Little. They are an American company with an American made Navy Blazer for only $159 and free shipping. It is a classic navy blazer, with brass buttons and classic styling. Perfectly classic version of the essential blazer.

Anderson Little is an old school company with a long American history. The history is detailed on the website as:

Anderson-Little was founded in 1933 by Morris B. Anderson, and began as a manufacturer of fine men’s clothing in Fall River, Massachusetts, and pioneered the concept of “factory direct to you” following World War II, when it opened its factory showroom directly to the public, for retail sales.

Driven by the strength of this concept, by 1960 Anderson-Little had 11 retail outlets selling “factory direct to you” in Fall River, New Bedford, Providence, Hartford, Worcester, Springfield, New Haven, Bridgeport and other major markets in New England.

Stuart Anderson, Morris’ grandson, joined the management team after his graduation from the Wharton School of Finance. By 1966, this family business had grown to 40 outlets and had become one of the most recognizable brand names in New England, and the company was sold to Richman Brothers, a national chain headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Certainly glad that we can still find well made inexpensive clothes that are made in the states. This looks like a good start.

Always List - Navy Blazer

The navy blazer should be in every closet. It is quintessential American piece, a navy blazer and khakis is as American as apple pie & the Fourth of July. But a navy blazer works well beyond Cape Cod and mint juleps. The classic heritage of the blazer is the reason the look is so universal, versatile and wide ranging. A navy blazer will go with almost any outfit, and it should. It definitely should be in your closet.

Too start lets look at the most conservative use of a navy blazer. A structured J Press blazer with a raw silk tie, pocket square and classic bright and shiny brass buttons. This is blazer that will fit in at any Ivy League alumni function or day trip to Martha's Vineyard.

I like to wear the blazer best as the jacket in a suit & tie look. It can look modern and dressed up if it is the right cut: fitted, tailored and slim fit with natural shoulders (small to no shoulder pads) and no shiny brass buttons (stick with tortoise shell, navy or white). Find a good designer of modern fit jackets and buy the version they make. This will help make the blazer have a more versatile style.

A navy blazer is so much more than the uniform of the American bourgeois it is also the perfect casual jacket. It looks great with a cashmere sweater.

Or a nice polo shirt.

Or a plain white shirt.

It also looks great with jeans. Any type of jeans will work great, a nice pair or a destroyed pair, tie or no tie, button-down shirt or t-shirt, the navy blazer will be the right choice.

It even works when you wear shorts. (Granted you have to look like you are part of a rock band or a designer from Band of Outsiders).

It also works dressed down with a t-shirt and jeans. A navy blazer works great as a suit and in most sprezzatura outfits. The navy blazer provides tremendous utility and a must for every man's closet.

Day at the Ponies

A day at the race track is a perfect opportunity to wear a summer suit, linen or seersucker, a straw fedora or panama hat and country shoes (saddle shoes, bucks, etc.) or loafers.

The track is a great place to flaunt the ridiculous, yet make it seem normal. Once again, confidence is the key to pulling off a look that in the city would receive snickers and whispers. But at the track the outfit feels natural and fits into the environment just like blondes in Orange County.

I have to confess, I am in the gray hat and navy blazer (pictured). Not captured in this photo, I am also wearing tan and white seersucker slacks and a blue & white web belt.

I will be posting some more stellar outfits, as I see them. The rest of the outfits will be stellar, I am certainly not saying that mine is stellar.