{"product_id":"wool-blend-suit-waistcoat","title":"Wool-Blend Suit Waistcoat","description":"\u003cp\u003eA waistcoat does the work that a jacket does without the bulk of one: it holds a shirt flat at the front, gives the eye a line to follow down the chest, and lets a jacket come off indoors without the outfit collapsing. This one is navy, five buttons, with two welt pockets and a clean edge at the armholes. The maker claims a 70% wool blend and — unusually for a tailored piece — says it can go in a machine, which is the practical trade: a wool blend holds a crease and resists shine, and the other 30% is what lets it survive a wash. It is cut to proper suit sizes in both A and B builds, so it can be ordered against a chest measurement rather than a guess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe layer that makes a suit wearable\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTailors cut a waistcoat to the waistband so the shirt stays put and the trouser line stays visible. It is the only part of a suit that can be worn with the jacket off and still look deliberate — which is why it survives in offices where the jacket does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat machine washable costs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePure wool felt, shrinks and loses its press in a drum. A 70% blend with an unnamed 30% is what makes a tailored waistcoat safe to wash — the trade is that the cloth has slightly less spring in it than an all-wool one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA build and a B build\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuit sizing is written as height over chest, 175\/98 for example, and the letter after it is the build: A for a standard drop between chest and waist, B for a fuller one. This waistcoat is cut in both, running from 165\/86A up to 190\/110B.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Navy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cut to suit sizes, as the stall lists them: 165\/86A · 170\/90A · 175\/94A · 180\/98A · 185\/102A · 190\/106A, and the B build 165\/90B · 170\/94B · 175\/98B · 180\/102B · 185\/106B · 190\/110B — body height and chest in centimetres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e The stall’s title claims 70% 羊毛 (wool) and calls the waistcoat machine washable. The balance is not published — 聚酯 (polyester) appears once in the page text with no percentage against it — so the remaining 30% is DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Close through the chest and cut to sit at the waistband, in the classic five-button stance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe maker says it is machine washable; wash it cool on a short cycle and hang it damp, because the press in a wool blend comes back with steam rather than heat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eButton it before it goes on a hanger — an open waistcoat hangs on the shoulder seams and pulls the front out of line.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo fibre label is published with this listing beyond the 70% claim, so treat the cloth as a wool blend until a label arrives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy we chose it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause it comes from the same workshop as the wool suit trouser already in this catalogue, because the size table is written in real suit measurements including the B build, and because the maker is the one who put a number — 70% — on its own cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne piece is fine.\u003c\/strong\u003e Buy a single piece at the price shown, or ask for a trade quote from ten units — written by a person, never read off a table.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TAVERRIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47630121894060,"sku":null,"price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/5726\/6604\/files\/01_21e68624-d5ed-441f-905a-bf8e3bce92f1.webp?v=1792287573","url":"https:\/\/shop.taverrin.com\/products\/wool-blend-suit-waistcoat","provider":"TAVERRIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}