Lardini Knit Shirt Jacket Navy

A navy knitted shirt-jacket with a point collar, horn buttons and a chest pocket. The design is pared back, so the soft knit and the natural buttons do the talking. A shirt-jacket has the collar and button front of a shirt, but the weight and pockets of a light jacket.

Knitted jackets are one of the pillars of the Lardini collection: collar, front and pockets keep the proportions of tailoring, while the knit gives softness and stretch. The buttons are made of horn, a natural material, so each one varies slightly in colour. Lardini, the family tailoring house from Filottrano in Italy, still creates, cuts and stitches its collections there.

Layer it over a white T-shirt or a light blue shirt with beige or white chinos, or wear it with the York jeans and suede loafers at the weekend. Under a coat it adds warmth in winter. It also comes in dark brown. It comes in sizes XS to XL; take your usual size.