Wearing tweed on a chilly day is one of life’s great pleasures. Ideally a tweed jacket that is versatile and can move easily between town and country as you dash around for the weekend. Funnily enough we have just what you need. A beautifully woven wool in delightfully rugged Donegal yarn; a basket weave pattern in fresh green and cream with the odd nepp of orange, giving it flavour and depth. We’ve named this delicious design Basil and created such a lovely field jacket that once it’s on you won’t want to take it off.

I’ve never really taken to the continental idea of carrying those fussy man-bags. A decent set of pockets works just fine and our jacket features six in total. Two inside, two breast ones with buttons and another two impressive side pockets tailored with expanding bellows. At a push you could probably travel for a whole weekend, sans luggage as a freewheeling Don Quixote character with a razor, paperback, pants and a toothbrush folded in them.

As the Basil cloth weighs an impressive 26 ozs we have tailored the jacket without a lining, keeping it simple and allowing the marvellous qualities of wool to do their work without interference. As you probably know, babies are proven to sleep better when wrapped in wool, it regulates your temperature like no other material. I’m not suggesting you personally sleep in our wonderful field jacket, but if the need arises you could do worse.

The fit is flattering as well, with three buttons and a clean ventless back, allowing the robust, yet soft tweed to maintain a refined shape. When paired with a crisp shirt, perhaps one of our lambswool jumpers, and a well cut pair of flannel trousers you are ready to roam the world. The jacket looks fine in the field, yet will also be at home during a luncheon party in town or the driving seat of a roadster. If you have to choose just one jacket then this is the one. Indeed our friend and model Nicholas Campbell is intent on wearing his to both the Texan rough lands and fittingly Basel art fair, his chosen destinations for pleasure and work.

These jackets are available instore and online, and if you want to make any changes to them or select a different cloth we can also tailor these through our made to measure tailoring.