It’s always useful to have a few good jackets and blazers to wear and a sports jacket in a Harris tweed or similar is a garment that you’ll put on again and again. The best tweed jackets will look good if you’re having lunch in a country pub, if you’re out in the field, walking the dog or going to a game fair, a country show, or to the racing. (Read our guide to what to wear shooting.)
You can wear tweed jackets with a shirt and tie, over a v-neck or round neck sweater, with a fleece vest and paired with jeans, chinos, cords or twill trousers. You can dress the best tweed jackets up or down, use them for work, shooting, sport or socialising. (Take a look at our list of the best Tattersall check shirts.)
Tweed is a perennially popular fabric with good reason; it looks good, it wears well, it’s warm, repels water and keeps the chill out. It’s also breathable – qualities which make it the original performance material. It also comes in a variety of different colours; blue tweeds, heather-coloured tweeds, brown and green tweeds. (Fancy having a tweed suit made? Read here.)
To help you choose, we’ve made a list of the best tweed jackets which have caught our eye, in a range of price options. (If you’re looking for a tweed shooting coat, read here.)
If you’re the type that feels the chill then this warm blazer can be doubled up with the accompanying gilet. You can still wear it over a sweater, shirt and tie if you wish though.
This single breasted blue tweed jacket has three buttons and a tailored fit, with fabric sourced from Britain and woven at the Yorkdale mill, which has been producing natural fabrics for 100 years.
A subtly checked blazer made from a wool rich fabric woven in Britain. Classic and contemporary, it has a flattering regular fit with a buttoned single breasted front.
We love the green in this traditional tweed sports jacket which fastens with traditional style buttons. For this price it is almost a steal.
Can’t decide what colour tweed jacket to get? At this price you could buy more than one – maybe cut a dash in a window pane check when you want something a bit louder than a quieter herringbone pattern.
A jacket that has a sturdy air about it, thanks to the two side patch pockets. It has four button cuffs and a two button fastening. Available in a blue herringbone tweed or the colour shown here.
The label this jacket comes with shows it is the genuine Harris Tweed article. It has a button fastening, comes in a choice of two colours and will last you years.
Created from the famous Harris Tweed in 100% pure virgin wool. There is a two button fastening, back vent, and the lining has an appealing jacquard design.
Ring the changes with the vent construction patch pockets on this slim fit tweed jacket. If you want tweed but something a bit less traditional, then this could fit the bill.
Cut a sharp silhouette with this meticulously tailored check jacket from the designer’s AW21 collection.
Your choice of rifle will not only come down to personal preference but will also depend on which species you plan to stalk, writes Bruce Potts.