Single-Breasted Wool & Mohair Blazer — Grey, Size IT 46 / US 36

Prada's tailoring under Miuccia Prada has always worked by restraint: the suit kept exact, the provocation left to the cloth and the proportion. This single-breasted jacket, from the house's Spring/Summer 2019 tailoring, is that approach in its most classic form. It was cut as the jacket of a two-piece suit in Prada's D39 wool-and-mohair suiting, a cloth the house still uses for its single-breasted suits today, and it is offered here on its own.

The cloth is 84% wool and 16% mohair: the wool gives it body, the mohair a dry, low lustre and a crisp hand that resists creasing and breathes in warm weather. The shoulders are softly structured and slightly rounded, and the body is cut with a little ease rather than slim. A clean single-breasted front closes on tonal buttons, with two flap pockets at the hip and twin back vents. Inside, the jacket is fully lined in cupro with Prada's logo tape. Made in Italy.

What it amounts to is a jacket that reads formal from across a room and relaxed up close, the mohair catching light the way plain worsted never does. Worn over a white shirt it is straightforward tailoring; over a T-shirt or a fine knit it loses the office and keeps the polish. Size IT 46R / US 36 (equates to a Small).