Blazer or Sport Coat — What’s the Diff?
What makes one jacket a blazer and another a sport coat?
If you enjoy seeing people show off what they don’t know, raise that question the next time a group gathers around the water cooler. You will hear as many answers as there are people in the group.
There’s a reason for that. The line between blazer and sport coat may have been sharply drawn at one time — note the emphasis on may — but if there ever really was such a line, today it is fuzzy at best.
According to one source, the sport coat came into being as a solution for people who found it a bit uncomfortable to participate in sporting events while dressed in a suit. Makes perfect sense to us. Playing tennis or soccer would certainly be less uncomfortable if your jacket and slacks didn’t have to match.
As for the distinction between “blazer” and “sport coat,” many hold that the terms are interchangeable. Others beg to differ. Blazers, they’ll tell you, have sewn-on pockets and come only in navy blue, whereas sport coats have suit-like, flapped pockets and come in all colors and patterns. Still others assert that “blazer” refers to both women’s and men’s jackets, whereas “sport coat” refers only to men’s jackets.
No matter. When you include a jacket with your order, we won’t make you tell us whether it’s a blazer or a sport coat. We’ll just thank you for your business. Then, three or so days later, we’ll return the whatever-one-calls-it, freshly cleaned and pressed.
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