Scabal Soho Houndstooth Sport Jacket in Brown

Houndstooth is one of the most recognizable patterns in tailoring, and rendered here in 100% Scabal wool rather than a synthetic blend, it has a crisper hand and truer color that reads as tailoring rather than costume; that distinction is the whole case for this jacket over a cheaper houndstooth alternative.

It's built to be the one standout jacket in a fall and winter rotation, with enough pattern to wear on its own over a crewneck sweater or dress shirt and look finished without a tie. That versatility, dressing up or down depending on what's underneath, is what makes a patterned sport jacket worth owning in the first place.

The wool comes from a Belgian mill that has been making its own cloth since 1938, cut and constructed in Scabal's own workshop in Portugal. Fewer hands between the loom and the finished jacket means the fabric holds its character and shape through the kind of regular wear a genuine wardrobe staple needs to survive.