A camel hair sport coat is a classic staple.

Assuming you get one in the natural color, it can be worn pretty much with anything - it's certainly as versatile as a tweed sport coat or navy blazer - looking best with darker pants and lighter shirts.

Certainly, wearing it with sport shirts is fine.

With regards to season - that depends. Here in Atlanta, it's pretty much restricted to fall and winter, but in cooler climes (iirc you're in MN) it can certainly function for three seasons... I can see it as a summer coat if it's really cool - maybe.

(As an aside, one property of camel hair is that it's at once insulating AND cooling, so in principle it can be worn in warmer weather than one might think.)

It's just tremendously versatile, though. If I could only have three sport coats, I'd have a camel hair (natural color), a navy blazer and a grey tweed... it's worth investing in a nice one.

DH

 

I wear mine from Fall to Spring in Western Oregon. It's my favorite Coat.

 

I still have a good collection of BB dress shirts, blazers, and wool slacks. I also have a good selection of BB sports shirts, polos, and khakis.

A camel colored camel hair odd jacket should be wearable with any compatable item that you've listed above. It is very versatile. It is also a very warm fiber, and even in lighter weights is better suited to the cooler seasons.

 

A camelhair coat is a fall and winter jacket (perhaps early spring since you are in MN), and is quite possibly one of the most versatile jackets. It can be worn with wool pants, shirt and tie, or with jeans and a sport shirt, and looks great with a nice sweater underneath.

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The camel-hair odd jacket is a good item to have.

In addition to what the others have said, the camel-hair odd jacket with navy or dove grey flat-front guardsman slant slacks is ideal for the 1st encounter when passing out your résumé.

 

Good choice. It's classic and versatile.

Excellent post as I quote below, and which I agree with:

A camel hair sport coat is a classic staple.

Assuming you get one in the natural color, it can be worn pretty much with anything - it's certainly as versatile as a tweed sport coat or navy blazer - looking best with darker pants and lighter shirts.

Certainly, wearing it with sport shirts is fine.

With regards to season - that depends. Here in Atlanta, it's pretty much restricted to fall and winter, but in cooler climes (iirc you're in MN) it can certainly function for three seasons... I can see it as a summer coat if it's really cool - maybe.

(As an aside, one property of camel hair is that it's at once insulating AND cooling, so in principle it can be worn in warmer weather than one might think.)

It's just tremendously versatile, though. If I could only have three sport coats, I'd have a camel hair (natural color), a navy blazer and a grey tweed... it's worth investing in a nice one.

DH

 

40 years ago it was my staple for fall afternoon Ga Tech football games.

Nearly as versatile as the ubiquitous blue blazer.

Perry

 

Does a cashmere jacket scratch the same itch at the camel hair? I assume there is a lot of difference in cost and durability but as far as look I would guess they are functionally similar.

 

A camel hair sport coat is a classic staple.

Assuming you get one in the natural color, it can be worn pretty much with anything - it's certainly as versatile as a tweed sport coat or navy blazer - looking best with darker pants and lighter shirts.

Certainly, wearing it with sport shirts is fine.

With regards to season - that depends. Here in Atlanta, it's pretty much restricted to fall and winter, but in cooler climes (iirc you're in MN) it can certainly function for three seasons... I can see it as a summer coat if it's really cool - maybe.

(As an aside, one property of camel hair is that it's at once insulating AND cooling, so in principle it can be worn in warmer weather than one might think.)

It's just tremendously versatile, though. If I could only have three sport coats, I'd have a camel hair (natural color), a navy blazer and a grey tweed... it's worth investing in a nice one.

DH

+1
Very well put.
I have wanted to invest in a camel hair as well but I have not found one with the perfect fit yet. Still searching. I know the right one is out there....patience!

 

40 years ago it was my staple for fall afternoon UGA football games.

Nearly as versatile as the ubiquitous blue blazer.

Perry

ooops.
Go Dawgs!:icon_smile_wink:

 

Does a cashmere jacket scratch the same itch at the camel hair? I assume there is a lot of difference in cost and durability but as far as look I would guess they are functionally similar.

It does for me.

But while they do look similar to the casual eye, the cashmere, in my experience, is much less coarse both physically and aesthetically. A nice camel coloured cashmere jacket is one of those garments that tends to look better without most people knowing why (a sartorial target at which I always aim but too rarely hit).

 

The camel hair blazer is good for just about anything! A staple for any wardrobe that's even vaguely traditional.

I've recently lost a lot of weight and am recomposing my wardrobe as we speak. Got the shirts, the pants, a few suits, and a blue blazer, and now I'm itching for a good camel hair again. I can't wait until the season is upon us (not that this has been anything approximating a summer so far here in New England) so that I can begin the hunt in earnest.

If there was better thrifting to be done in the Greenwich area I'd be looking now, but alas the thrift stores are thin on the ground and generally a little too sassy about their pricing!

I've worn mine with anything from navy chinos, to gray wool trousers, to jeans.