Engineered Garments Ashfield Jacket

Last fall Engineered Garments made up their version of a safari jacket exclusively for Beams Plus after Kenichi Kusano, the director, had become interested in the aesthetic and found a vintage piece to send Daiki. The tale has it that Mr. Suzuki isn't a big fan of some of the original details like epaulets and some of the things that make it more of a safari jacket. Thus, the Ashfield was born in its current state and has now been made available on the Beams website. The khaki twill cotton is really the perfect fabric for the jacket and I was excited to find my size last fall when we visited the Beams Plus shops. The jacket has been featured in our last online issue as well as the Beams catalog where you can see how it can look quite nice for daily wear. If you don't manage to pick it up this spring from Japan, the model will be available next fall in some other nice fabric options and colors – we are looking forward to getting our hands on it in a few months.

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Comments

[R.A.]

Adding the Ashfield to my Fall buy list...

[Mark]

Call me crazy but I like the original version better. That didn't stop me from trying to purchase the Ashfield as soon as I heard it was available. Glad to hear it will be offered again but as Ryan said that Khaki is the color.

[Bryan]

what size is your brother wearing in the picture?

[Simon]

@Bryan... That one's a medium.

[snow ape]

you forgot to mention that one of the pockets has a smaller, even more complicated jacket inside

[Leo]

It has this scout master look about it. way too busy for my taste.

[Mathias Roth]

I would like one in a dark olive green - and i would love to wear it all spring and fall!

[Thor]

What's the sideways pocket for? This is also on a WWM parka and seems a bit pointless.

[Brian Braddock]

That's for when you wear it to bed.

[Mackered]

over engineered.

[admin]

Mathias - Just wait for FW10! There is a dark olive in a wool serge - it's really nice.
The sideways pocket is for chap stick and the arm pockets are for hiding receipts when crossing the border after buying too much stuff.

[Sam]

I find myself less-and-less interested in their collections these days. Too much rehashing of old ideas to make underwhelming new pieces, and not enough of the simple, sensible, design and tough quality that made them one to watch for a few years ago.