Beige Bomber Jacket with Pearl Pin Brooches

A relaxed bomber in soft greige — the cool grey-beige that sits between stone and sand — closed with a slim front zip and pinned at the chest with a cluster of gold-tone brooches. The pins are the point: five gilded safety pins, one hung with three cream pearl drops, the others with a single pearl each. Barbara Alvisi's answer to the plain bomber.

Fabric & feel

75% polyester, 19% viscose, 6% elastane — a smooth, matte, suiting-weight cloth that drapes rather than stiffens, with just enough elastane to move with you. Made in Italy. Worth knowing what it is not: there is no knit ribbing anywhere. The collar is a soft self-fabric band, and the cuffs and hem are the same cloth gathered onto elastic, which is where the sleeves get their blouson fullness. Two flap patch pockets at the hip, a shirred yoke across the upper back, gathered sleeve heads, and a pale silver-tone zip on white tape. See the Italian fabric guide for how this weave behaves in humidity.

Fit & sizing

Oversized and a little elongated. The supplier's own note is that it suits tall women, and that reads true — on a taller frame the volume looks deliberate rather than like a size up. It sits at the low hip and is generous through the shoulder and sleeve. Available in M and L; M is the smallest size, so on a petite frame expect it to read as frankly oversized. Italian sizing runs its own way — the fit and sizing guide converts it.

How to wear it

The photographed pairing is the easy one: dark wide-leg denim, pointed flats, zip halfway. Greige is the useful part — it takes white, cream, camel, navy and any wash of denim without a decision. Keep the layer underneath plain, a fine knit or a silk tee, so the pins stay the focal point. For dinner on St. Armands, over black wide-leg trousers with the brooches as your only jewellery. It layers under a longer coat in January. More ideas in summer-to-fall outfits, and the rest of the jackets.

Care

Dry clean only. Unpin the brooches first and store them flat so the pearl drops don't tangle. Hang the jacket on a broad hanger to keep the shoulder gathers standing. Steam rather than press — a hot iron flattens the back yoke and the sleeve gathers, and those are the shape of the jacket.

Also in navy.