Lardini Tonal Stripe Knitted Blazer Navy

A navy knitted blazer with a tonal stripe: a stripe in the same colour, worked into the knit, which adds texture and a vertical line that subtly lengthens the silhouette. A knitted blazer looks like a tailored jacket but is knitted instead of woven, so it stretches and feels as soft as a cardigan.

It has two buttons and patch pockets. The flower pin at the lapel buttonhole is the Lardini signature, an idea of creative director Luigi Lardini. Lardini, the family tailoring house from Filottrano in Italy, still creates, cuts and stitches its collections there.

The stripe makes it a little dressier than a plain knit jacket. Wear it with grey flannel or the white Murat trousers and a white shirt, or with a cream roll-neck and the York jeans in colder months. It is light and easy to pack. It comes in sizes 2XS to XL; take your usual size.