Wool Mohair Dinner Suit
Hackett · £850
Worth being NRY provisional
Wool with sixteen per cent mohair, which is the traditional evening cloth for a reason: mohair holds a sharp edge, resists the shine that pure worsted develops under lights, and gives black a faint lustre instead of looking flat. Satin notch lapels, one satin button, and a satin stripe down the trouser. A dinner suit is worn four times a year and kept for twenty, so the cloth is the whole decision.
- For
- Anyone who has hired black tie twice and worked out that three hires cost more than owning one.
- Not for
- Someone who needs it this week in an unusual size. Hire that one and buy this later.
What we checked
- Wool and mohair, woven in Italy, with satin notch lapels and a single satin button. Hackett
- Sixteen per cent mohair in the blend. Hackett
- The trousers carry a satin side stripe and side adjusters. Hackett
Marked provisional: the justification rests on 1 source(s); two independent ones is the bar. We publish it anyway and say so, rather than waiting for evidence that may never arrive.