Zara Cotton Blazer with Elbow Patches – $99.90
Ships and returns free. Note that Zara stuff seems to run small. Especially this blazer.
Maybe this is supposed to be the spring/summer version of the brown corduroy with leather elbow patches professor jacket. All cotton exterior, half lined in cotton, and the sleeves are lined in poly. It’s no ultra light, but it could be worn under 80 and especially on a cool summer’s night with jeans or chinos.
Feel free to not push up those sleeves, and yes the collar can lay flat without showing the ivory under lining.
The plaid is subtle (much more so than this blazer) and the fabric moves real well. Barely structured and the shoulder pads are hardly noticeable. Button stance isn’t too high or too low. Do know that this sucker runs small, and a 38R was ridiculously tiny looking on my 5’10” 165lb frame.
But those elbow patches…. Great detail? Or total deal breaker? Leave your take below…
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if the rock ripped them those patches for the people’s elbow, i’d like the blazer.
In before “OMGWTF JOE THIS IZ STUPIDBALLZ FASHION STYLEBULLSHIT.”
Hell NO!
Gonna say no on this one…
I wouldn’t buy it, but I’d probably wear it. I don’t think the elbow patches are so offensive, and even then, how often do I look at my own elbows? Most of the time, I tend to forget I even have them (elbow patches, not elbows).
Deal breaker. My elbows don’t need that much attention.
As a rule of thumb, Zara is an Euro brand, so everything will be undersized for US standards. Always go one size up than what you’d do regularly -Like with H&M.
I already have a navy blazer with white elbow patches. I like it and t fits me well, but I guess being Spanish allows me to get away with a few more eccentricities than the average John.
In this case I think, that having plaid and white pads might be too much even for me. I could substitute them for khaki ones to match the plaid OR if you still are in that camp of contrasting white patches, perhaps my suggestion would be:
http://www.zara.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product/us/en/zara-us-S2012/189527/826295/BLAZER%2BWITH%2BCONTRASTING%2BELBOW%2BPATCHES
because feels more summery and the white buttons serve to balance the whole thing.
Slap your elbow!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSLrG8tUmaA
It violates the one and only rule that matters “If it looks ridiculously stupid, don’t wear it”. It comes off as “look at me, bro!” just like all of your posts do.
Nope
I’d put those patches on after I wore the elbows out. Pre-patched elbows? No thanks.
It’s entirely possible that someone might be able to pull that off, but I am not that person.
Maybe, just maybe if the patches were a dark brown rather than the ivory color. Definitely if it didn’t have the patches, I actually like the pattern.
Internet fight!
That is, if you smell what The Rock is cooking.
Hell no.
Its not that flattering. Also patch elbow jackets (and shirts) can be a pain to clean.
You consider that “Light” contrast?
It’s kind of a sad fight, though, because Steve’s comment is an example of the thing Sean is making fun of, but Steve doesn’t seem to get it. (For Steve’s sake: the rule “if it looks ridiculously stupid” presupposes that there is some objective standard of “looking stupid,” which would require an aesthetic quantification…)
I don’t personally like the jacket, but I know some guys who could rock it. It’s all about context. It would look stupid on me, and probably Steve, too, but put it on Daniel Craig and it would sell out.
Can’t the elbow patches pretty easily be replaced?
I don’t even like it if the patches weren’t there.
I guess I’d wear it if I had more opportunities to do the whole “casual blazer” thing. In my current situation, though, I’m either wearing conservative, court-appropriate attire for work, or else going casual for the weekend (shorts/jeans, sandals/sneakers, polo/henley). If I need a jacket it’s usually because I’m on the water or in the mountains where a softshell or lightweight rain jacket would be more appropriate.
All internet fights are sad fights.
Yup. I’d wear a blazer with contrasting elbow patches.
Almost bought a Faconnable one @ Nordstrom, but didn’t want to pay the high price.
Contrasting elbow patches to me are like bright colored/patterned socks.
Most guys won’t wear ’em and the above posts are the general consensus.
What’s yours (or anybody’s) opinion on adding elbow patches to a blazer that doesn’t normally have them? I’d bring it to a leather repair place to make the request, but is that totally tacky?
For initial reaction is no, just…no. But after thinking about it, I would take the jacket to a talented artist and have them do something pretty spectacular with those elbow patches. THEN I would wear it.
Once.
Not if you’re a spectator and you’ve got some popcorn handy. 🙂
I have a strong negative reaction to the white patches but at $98 love the blazer. I’m thinking it might look pretty good if I had my tailor swap the patches out for blue suede.
Not a deal breaker, but I probably wouldn’t buy it. It doesn’t look bad at all in the promo pictures, but there’s something about the header picture that makes it look worse… I don’t know what it is.
Actually, on second look, it is a deal breaker.
This is exactly what I’m looking for! I work out my elbows just to sport jackets like this.
YES. I am that guy.
I actually just saw a guy wearing something like this on my commute home… and, no, I would not wear this. He looked like someone put him in a clown suit.
I sometimes forget I have elbows.