An Evening In St. Tropez

Let's continue to talk about summer formal wear for a second.  Honestly, you don't really need a chino tuxedo to have your game tight.  It's cool in theory and all that, but virtually unnecessary.  If you cop one great jazzed up jacket instead you should be more or less set.  When you start marking off satin and shawl collars on your formal jacket checklist you're liable to lose a few hundred dollars in the process so it's difficult to find an option that is both affordable and handsome.  The J. Crew St. Tropez sportcoat might not be either of those things to you right now, but once this goes on sale it could be quite the snag.  The details are right no point with a proposed evening in St. Tropez - slate gray, Italian cotton, one button, shawl collar.  Forget J. Crew's halfassed nautical jibber jabber styling and think more along the lines of white jeans and some Rivieras.  Now that right there is a look that can only be described as "cold".

-L.A.S