I’m proud of the Brompton Smoking Jacket that connoisseurs wear to Glyndebourne. It’s cooler than a traditional jacket – because it’s cut close at the sides and has perfectly proportioned lapels. It’s available in beautiful British velvets in deep colours like ruby, bottle green and midnight navy. Add to that horn buttons, suede trimming and silk lining; plus the perfect number of inner pockets so that you don’t lose your keys or glasses…. and you have the perfect ideal jacket. In 1908, a newspaper reported that, ‘The Smoking Jacket will give any man reason for elation’. Who could disagree?

£1900