Comments on: Recreating a Boyfriend’s Jacket

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:01:45 +0000

I smiled when I read about letting the older women you work with know that you sew. I just gave away a lot of 70′s patterns that are too small for me. After looking at your article and the article in Threads maybe I should have kept them and graded them up! This boyfriend jacket is cute. I hate the boxy crap that all you can find now. I’ve started working with repro Victorian patterns to get away from that.

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:17:07 +0000

I’m a sucker for a good jacket–a love affair that also started in my teens, thanks to a couple of vintage-looking blazers I found in my very first shopping trip to Goodwill in jr. high and a couple of my mom’s 70s hand-me-downs. She had this one jacket that I absolutely loved. It looked kind of like a tweed, in a brownish-tannish shade with random bits of orange and turquoise, of all things, mixed in. And it definitely had a bit of a menswear look to it, though I know it wasn’t a genuine boyfriend jacket because my mom actually sewed it when she was a teenager. That was such a great jacket–the only reason I eventually gave it up was because I’m a bit taller, and definitely broader in the shoulders, than my mom. And so it was always a little too tight across the back. Not to mention the sleeves were too short for my monkey arms. Oh, and it was some kind of wool or wool blend, which I’m highly sensitive to and can’t really wear without breaking out. But part of me wishes I’d kept it anyway, because I’ve never found a lighter brown jacket that was quite that awesome since.
Your pattern looks really great–looking forward to seeing the finished product! (And I’m laughing because Gertie’s tailoring series is inspiring me too– I don’t need a new outerwear coat, but I do have plans for a corduroy jacket later this fall and just might use her series as reference. Because I’m always up for learning a new technique, and who says corduroy can’t be tailored?)

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:36:54 +0000

Delicious fabric choices! Can’t wait to see it and the outfits you create with it.

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:50:53 +0000

Ooo… I love the pattern!! Hehe.. can’t wait to see your progress on the boyfriend jacket!!

By: Mrs. Lyons

Mrs. Lyons — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:44:32 +0000

Can’t wait to see the jacket! I love blazers, and that pattern you’re using is super cute!! I’ve got line-backer shoulders too, stuck on a small person’s body, lol!

By: lsaspacey

lsaspacey — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:57:18 +0000

You must make the pants too, what a great shape. Of course, they don’t have to be in the navy cord but how about a coordinating herringbone or nubby flecked wool that picks up some other colors too? I’ve been in love with that pattern too but I think I’m too lazy now to make a fitted jacket. Can’t wait to see yours finished!

By: Wanett

Wanett — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:29:47 +0000

Oooooooh! I love velvet blazers! I had one once from Old Navy….I have no clue what happened to it. Around junior high school age, my aunt took me and my cousin to a used clothing warehouse in Brooklyn. There I bought this huge (I was about 90 lbs soaking wet then) suit jacket that I wore with the sleeves rolled up for years. I wish I could find pictures wearing it. I’m sure I looked a sight, lol! Though, I’m thinking I should go see about getting one now.

By: A Sewn Wardrobe

A Sewn Wardrobe — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:46:21 +0000

You could so wear this jacket w/ jeans and a simple T! I cannot wait to see the finished version (and any tutorials in between!!).

By: Alexandra Mason

Alexandra Mason — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:43:08 +0000

I love the look of that Simplicity jacket and your material is so gorgeous! I have a boyfriend jacket from the carboot not from my man because he is about 2 times wider than me

By: Seemane (aka Claire)

Seemane (aka Claire) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:12:27 +0000

Back in the mid-90′s a bought loads of second-hand men’s suit jackets from charity-shops for like £2 / £3 each. They were all worn slouchy style with the sleeves rolled-up LOL!
Re: your not wanting this to be a “onesie” – I agree with the above this will so look lovely with your Bella trousers. Also, how about a more casual style pencil skirt (we know you know how to make those ). Or… the Colette Beignet skirt in the same fabric + some contrasting buttons maybe? I can also see you wearing the jacket with a lovely 3/4 sleeve bow/tie-neck blouse in white swiss dot-cotton!!