Indochino Review: An Indochino Summer Outfit

A while ago I ordered a few items from the Indochino Spring Collection 2013 for another Indochino suit review. In my opinion, the better Summer Collection, as it featured beautiful Linen & Wool Suits (still available, see the lineup, from $429) perfect for the summer month.

Update: The blazer from the review is now available on sale (limited quantities).

The Spring Collection had also introduced a great new option that somehow didn’t get enough coverage: half-lining for blazers. Furthermore, shirts can now be further customised with a couple of new options. Overall, quite a few new things to test and review.

I was undecided between two general options for a while:

Option 1) light pants, dark blazer

Option 2) dark pants, light blazer

I went for Option 2) this time and purchased the following items:

$329 The Ultimate Sand Linen & Wool Blazer | Buy Here
$99 La Boca Navy Chinos | Buy Here
$99 The Supima Blue Oxford Shirt | Buy Here
$39 The Ultimate Navy Linen Tie | Buy Here
$39 The Ultimate Red Silk Lapel Pin | Buy Here

Indochino Contrast Cuff – Available on all Indochino Shirts ($79 – $169)

By now, Indochino offers a lot of customisation options, both for shirts and suits and it’s sometimes hard not to lose track. Personally, I have a set of options I choose every time. One new option allows you to choose a different fabric for inside the cuffs and the collar of the shirt. The collar option is (much like the contrast collar felt on the suits) nice to have, but you can’t do much with it. The cuff option is more interesting, especially if you use it together with working cuffs on your summer suit.

Indochino offers some different fabric choices, from simple solid colours to different ginghams. I went for the blue gingham on my shirt. The fit on the shirt is perfect, as usual. One small detail: on my last shirt, the last button was sewn horizontally – this time it’s an ordinary button again. As Indochino says on their shirt landing page, “it’s the last button that counts”, but it’s a minor complaint.

Half Lined Jacket

An Indochino half-lined jacket – the perfect solution for the summer
Check all Indochino Blazers right here – from $299

Unlike a fully lined jacket, half-lined jackets have most of the back area unlined – there is just the suit fabric left, in this case, a linen/wool mix. This makes the jacket much more breathable and suitable for use in hotter climates. It’s also more work for the tailors, so thank you Indochino for offering this option for free.

At the moment, you can only select it for blazers, but Indochino is planning on introducing the option for suit jackets as well if their experience with the new option is positive. I can say it works well.

I’m pretty happy with the fit on the jacket overall. I decreased the length by 0.5″ as I see the blazer as a more informal piece.

To observe the effects on the much-discussed button stance, I also went with a one button suit. Compared to my last Indochino 2-button suit with standard button stance, the button on my new blazer is around 2″ lower.

This would be my preferred option for a 2-button suit and looking at the proportions, I don’t see why this wouldn’t work with a second button below. Actually, for a one button suit the stance should be even a bit lower in my opinion. Let’s see if Indochino will come up with a solution sooner or later.

Options chosen:

Two vents – looks just my flattering, at least in my case
Peak Lapels – gives the Blazer a little kick
Lining – it’s a rather informal blazer, so I chose a more colourful one
Patch Pockets
Working Buttonholes
Contrast Buttonholes
Half-Lining

The Indochino Flower Pin: for the special occasions. Buy here for $29
Also: use the fabric inside the chest pocket as a pocket square!

The Tie

The Indochino Blue Linen Tie – A Summer Essential ($39)
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The La Boca Navy Chinos

I had bought some navy blue slim fit chinos from GAP a while ago and thought they fit well. My Indochino suit pants have a considerably higher rise are not as slim fitting, but for the Boca Chinos, I wanted something more fitted. I measured the GAP pants and compared the result to my Indochino measurement profile. I adjusted a few measurements – mainly the rise – accordingly and was hoping for the best.

The pants came out very tight, and I busted the button on the first try. Admittedly, I caused this myself by tinkering with the measurements, but it also shows how difficult it is to change your measurement from formal to informal wear. Also, I somehow need to get back to my dress pants measurements for later purchases. I’ll feature them in a review then, once the fit is excellent.

Perhaps Indochino could introduce a second set of measurements for casual pants.

Other than the fit issues, the Chinos are cool. The fabric is beautiful and soft, and the colour is a very nice dark navy blue. Nothing to complain about other than the fit issue and I caused that myself. Overall, I’m very happy with the purchase. I needed a versatile, light half-lined blazer and together with the blue linen tie and the shirt it works well.

Indochino Sand Linen Blazer & Navy Blue Boca Chinos Reviewed by Lorenz Loidl. Rated: 9/ 10 (Excellent) A great half-lined blazer, perfect for the summer months.