Lardini Garment-Dyed Jacket Sand

A light sand jacket with a two-button front, patch pockets and the Lardini flower pin at the lapel. Plain, warm and pale, it is the kind of jacket that suits almost everything from April to September, and the garment-dyed finish keeps it far from stiff or formal.

Because the jacket is dyed once it has been made, the colour settles slightly differently into seams, pockets and edges, giving a soft, natural character that cloth dyed beforehand does not have. Tailoring at Lardini is still created, cut and stitched in Filottrano, by the company the Lardini siblings set up in 1978.

Cut to the Drop 7 Reg pattern, it has a defined waist and a slim, modern line: a drop of seven between half-chest and half-waist is the slimmer of the classic Italian drops. Pair it with white jeans and a navy polo, or with brown trousers and a light blue linen shirt for summer evenings.