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Pair it up with a chambray or flannel shirt and a pair of canvas pants (extra points for double-knee), and finish off the outfit with a solid pair of boots."}],"warm_skin_tone_flattery":[{"url":"https://www.outfittrends.com/how-to-style-camel-coats-cute-outfits-with-camel-coat/","quote":"warm camels (with honey or rust undertones) flatter warm skin tones."}],"paul_smith_s_chore_tailored_trousers":[{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/guides/pauls-working-wardrobe","quote":"Tailored trousers are deceptively versatile, pairing easily with tailored jackets, of course, but just as easily with knitwear, overshirts, or chore jackets (a combination that Paul is particularly fond of)."}]},"entry_sources":{"blazer_replacement":["https://www.taylorstitch.com/blogs/archive/how-to-wear-a-chore-coat"],"navy_camel_harmony":["https://hespokestyle.com/camel-overcoat-mens-outfit-winter/"],"chunky_knit_layering":["https://www.taylorstitch.com/blogs/archive/how-to-wear-a-chore-coat"],"tonal_autumn_palette":["https://outerwear.top/how-to-style-a-camel-coat"],"rugged_workwear_formula":["https://www.taylorstitch.com/blogs/archive/how-to-wear-a-chore-coat"],"warm_skin_tone_flattery":["https://www.outfittrends.com/how-to-style-camel-coats-cute-outfits-with-camel-coat/"],"paul_smith_s_chore_tailored_trousers":["https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/guides/pauls-working-wardrobe"]}},"patch_pockets_and_tortoise_buttons":{"title":"The story behind oversized pockets and tortoise buttons","entries":{"patch_pocket_informality":"Patch pockets are the most casual of all tailoring pocket styles — Paul Smith's own guide to suit pockets confirms they traditionally appear on 'less formal, unstructured styles and, in particular, summer blazers' — which immediately codes this jacket as a relaxed, workwear-informed piece rather than formal outerwear, even with its tailored collar."},"entry_quotes":{"patch_pocket_informality":[{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/a-spotters-guide-to-suit-pockets-and-their-history","quote":"on tailoring, they're most often used on less formal, unstructured styles and, in particular, summer blazers."}]},"entry_sources":{"patch_pocket_informality":["https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/a-spotters-guide-to-suit-pockets-and-their-history"]}},"workwear_origins_chore_coat_lineage":{"title":"From chore coat to designer statement","entries":{"adolphe_lafont_s_1844_blue_print":"The earliest documented standardized chore jacket is an 1844 design by Adolphe Lafont: an unlined cotton moleskin jacket with a rounded collar, no lapels, and four or five front buttons—so this Paul Smith jacket’s shirt collar and tortoise shell button closure read as deliberate modernizations of the archetype rather than generic casualwear features.","cotton_twill_with_slight_stretch":"Traditional chore jackets relied on non-stretch cotton drill or moleskin that stiffened with wear, but this jacket’s slight-stretch cotton twill introduces give that matters when layering over a sweater or moving through a day that mixes desk work with a bike commute—a fabric choice that answers the 21st-century demand for hybrid-piece comfort without abandoning the utilitarian look.","three_xl_patch_pockets_vs_the_original_five":"The original Lafont chore jacket incorporated a variety of pockets, while Paul Smith distills the utility into three oversized patch pockets—a decision that keeps the functional volume but refines the garment for a streamlined, contemporary look that reads as an overshirt rather than a tool-holder.","tortoise_shell_buttons_as_paul_smith_signature":"Across Paul Smith’s workwear range, the brand finishes chore jackets with distinctive buttons—multicoloured, tonal, or tortoise shell—as a subtle signature twist on utilitarian simplicity; here the warm tortoise shell hardware elevates the camel twill, turning a humble workman’s coat into a piece that telegraphs the label’s design pedigree even from a distance."},"entry_quotes":{"adolphe_lafont_s_1844_blue_print":[{"url":"https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/flea-bite-bleus-de-travail-work-blues/","quote":"It’s believed that in 1844 Adolphe Lafont created the first standardized example, an unlined cotton moleskin jacket with a rounded collar and no lapels."}],"cotton_twill_with_slight_stretch":[{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chore_jacket","quote":"traditionally crafted from durable fabrics like denim, heavy cotton drill, or moleskin"}],"three_xl_patch_pockets_vs_the_original_five":[{"url":"https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/flea-bite-bleus-de-travail-work-blues/","quote":"Lafont’s design had four or five front buttons and a variety of pockets"}],"tortoise_shell_buttons_as_paul_smith_signature":[{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/eu/khaki-garment-dyed-stretch-cotton-chore-jacket-green","quote":"finished multicoloured buttons - for a signature twist"}]},"entry_sources":{"adolphe_lafont_s_1844_blue_print":["https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/flea-bite-bleus-de-travail-work-blues/"],"cotton_twill_with_slight_stretch":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chore_jacket"],"three_xl_patch_pockets_vs_the_original_five":["https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/flea-bite-bleus-de-travail-work-blues/"],"tortoise_shell_buttons_as_paul_smith_signature":["https://www.paulsmith.com/eu/khaki-garment-dyed-stretch-cotton-chore-jacket-green"]}},"paul_smith_brand_philosophy_workwear":{"title":"Paul Smith’s vision for the modern working wardrobe","entries":{"comfort_at_the_core":"The campaign’s core statement—'The key thing with Modern Working Wardrobe is to show people that they can still look smart and modern, but comfort is at its core'—positions the jacket’s slight stretch and straight cut not as a compromise but as a deliberate priority, making it a piece you can wear through a day that might start at the office and end at a coffee shop without stiffness or discomfort.","hybrid_adaptability":"The Modern Working Wardrobe campaign was fronted by a global group including a sushi master, screenwriter, and Michelin-starred restaurateurs to emphasize that the collection adapts to vastly different workdays, meaning this jacket isn’t tied to a single profession or dress code—it’s been intentionally designed to move between casual and polished settings as the wearer’s schedule shifts.","work_jacket_as_new_tailoring":"Paul Smith’s Modern Working Wardrobe redefines tailoring beyond the suit, using hard-wearing and crease-resistant fabrics to create relaxed silhouettes like the work jacket and bomber, which directly frames this piece as a tailored garment designed for the post-pandemic hybrid worker who wants to dress up without rigidity.","paul_smith_s_pocket_philosophy":"The jacket’s XL patch pockets are a direct echo of Paul Smith’s own workwear logic—he has said he needs a suit jacket purely for 'plenty of places to stash everything' like his spectacles, pen, phone and notebook, so these oversized pockets aren’t just a style detail but the product of a founder who genuinely values carrying capacity in his daily uniform."},"entry_quotes":{"comfort_at_the_core":[{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/collections/modern-working-wardrobe","quote":"The key thing with Modern Working Wardrobe is to show people that they can still look smart and modern, but comfort is at its core."}],"hybrid_adaptability":[{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/collections/modern-working-wardrobe","quote":"To showcase Modern Working Wardrobe’s versatility we called on a group of professionals with very different working days: there’s a philanthropist, Noëlla Coursaris Musunka, who aside from juggling motherhood and a modelling career, is the founder and CEO of Malaika, a non-profit dedicated to empowering girls and women through education; Endo Kazutoshi, a third-generation sushi master; an up-and-coming screenwriter, Benji Walters, who has had to adapt to a more casual workplace; the restauranteurs Jeremy Chan and Iré Hassan-Odukale behind two Michelin starred Ikoyi; the editor of the Financial Times’ How To Spend It magazine, Jo Ellison; as well as Laurie Kynaston, a British actor and star of the Almeida Theatre’s recent production of Spring Awakening."}],"work_jacket_as_new_tailoring":[{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/stories/modern-working-wardrobe-paul-smith","quote":"And so, Paul’s definition of tailoring (and the Modern Working Wardrobe edit) is a little wider than most: involving using tailoring fabrics – the sorts that are very hard-wearing and crease resistant – and using them to create more relaxed pieces such as a work jacket, bomber or blouson."}],"paul_smith_s_pocket_philosophy":[{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/stories/modern-working-wardrobe-paul-smith","quote":"I like to keep my specs in my top pocket. I’ve always got a pen, phone, notebook, so I need plenty of places to stash everything."}]},"entry_sources":{"comfort_at_the_core":["https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/collections/modern-working-wardrobe"],"hybrid_adaptability":["https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/collections/modern-working-wardrobe"],"work_jacket_as_new_tailoring":["https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/stories/modern-working-wardrobe-paul-smith","https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/collections/modern-working-wardrobe"],"paul_smith_s_pocket_philosophy":["https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/stories/modern-working-wardrobe-paul-smith"]}},"competitive_landscape_designer_workwear":{"title":"How this jacket stacks up against luxury alternatives","entries":{"drake_s_stone_wash_denim_work_jacket":"Drake's work jacket, at a comparable £495, anchors itself in 1930s–40s workwear authenticity with a cropped boxy fit, 13oz stone-washed denim, gauntlet cuffs, and embossed copper rivets — a heritage-denim purist's piece — whereas this Paul Smith jacket substitutes stretch cotton twill, a straight fit, and tortoise shell buttons, repositioning the chore coat as a polished everyday layer rather than a vintage reenactment.","amiri_ma_quad_jacquard_work_jacket_1_590_usd":"At the ceiling of the market, AMIRI’s work jacket fuses luxury tailoring with streetwear via a 70% cotton/30% virgin wool jacquard, double-zip closure, and monogram panels; the Paul Smith jacket occupies a more accessible luxury tier where mid-weight stretch twill and signature tortoise shell trim deliver the premium feel without pushing into four-figure territory.","pocket_philosophy_xl_minimalism_vs_multi_compartment_utility":"Paul Smith streamlines carry to three extra-large patch pockets, creating a cleaner exterior silhouette, whereas Drake’s packs in four outer patch pockets plus two inner — a split between urban daily-carry simplicity and the organized compartmentalization of a field jacket."},"entry_quotes":{"drake_s_stone_wash_denim_work_jacket":[{"url":"https://www.drakes.com/products/stone-wash-denim-work-jacket","quote":"An evolved take on our popular chore jacket, the work jacket takes inspiration from the vintage archival examples of the ’30s and ’40s, with a cropped, boxy shape for mobility and working gauntlet cuffs that can be rolled up should the need arise for any serious graft."},{"url":"https://www.drakes.com/products/stone-wash-denim-work-jacket","quote":"Cut from a stone washed 13oz denim"}],"amiri_ma_quad_jacquard_work_jacket_1_590_usd":[{"url":"https://amiri.com/products/ma-quad-jacquard-work-jacket-black","quote":"70% COTTON, 30% VIRGIN WOOL"},{"url":"https://amiri.com/products/ma-quad-jacquard-work-jacket-black","quote":"WORK JACKET WITH QUAD JACQUARD DETAILING, BUTTON CUFFS AND DOUBLE-ZIP CLOSURE."}],"pocket_philosophy_xl_minimalism_vs_multi_compartment_utility":[{"url":"https://www.drakes.com/products/stone-wash-denim-work-jacket","quote":"four outer patch pockets, including our signature ticket pocket, plus two on the inside"}]},"entry_sources":{"drake_s_stone_wash_denim_work_jacket":["https://www.drakes.com/products/stone-wash-denim-work-jacket","https://www.simons.ca/en/men-designer/jackets-overshirts/patch-pockets-workwear-jacket--12872-1352955?colourId=0"],"amiri_ma_quad_jacquard_work_jacket_1_590_usd":["https://amiri.com/products/ma-quad-jacquard-work-jacket-black","https://www.simons.ca/en/men-designer/jackets-overshirts/patch-pockets-workwear-jacket--12872-1352955?colourId=0"],"pocket_philosophy_xl_minimalism_vs_multi_compartment_utility":["https://www.drakes.com/products/stone-wash-denim-work-jacket","https://www.simons.ca/en/men-designer/jackets-overshirts/patch-pockets-workwear-jacket--12872-1352955?colourId=0"]}}}},"handle":"patch-pockets-workwear-jacket-12872-1352955","storefront_path":"/en/men-designer/jackets-overshirts/patch-pockets-workwear-jacket--12872-1352955","storefront_url":"https://ai.simons.ca/en/men-designer/jackets-overshirts/patch-pockets-workwear-jacket--12872-1352955"}}