Bring a jacket to Rome and Venice?
Feb 27, 2017 | 4:52 pm
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Bring a jacket to Rome and Venice?
We're about to go off to Italy next week! It's always been my rule to have my husband take a nice Navy Blazer, as we like to blend in with Europeans and not look too much like Tourists. We're trying to travel light this time: a man's jacket is still a good idea, right? He will be taking his cashmere overcoat anyway, to keep warm
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Feb 27, 2017 | 5:55 pm
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Your question is about personal taste; who are we to say your (or your husband's) dress habits are bad? If he likes wearing a blazer, or you like looking at him wearing one, so be it! 
PS Italians are the best-dressed Europeans. Even in Sicily he won't stick out.
PS Italians are the best-dressed Europeans. Even in Sicily he won't stick out.
Feb 27, 2017 | 6:26 pm
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Well put by KLouis. It's not so much about how he appears to others, it's how it makes him feel. If he feels good wearing a blazer, definitely. The overcoat won't be needed in Rome, but it will be useful during the evenings in Venice, where it can still be chilly.
This is a wonderful time of the year to go to both places!
This is a wonderful time of the year to go to both places!
Feb 27, 2017 | 6:38 pm
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Yes, I think he looks great, elegant even.
Feb 27, 2017 | 6:53 pm
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We're about to go off to Italy next week! It's always been my rule to have my husband take a nice Navy Blazer, as we like to blend in with Europeans and not look too much like Tourists. We're trying to travel light this time: a man's jacket is still a good idea, right? He will be taking his cashmere overcoat anyway, to keep warm
Thanks
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HIM: "do you think I should pack a tie.?"
ME: My answer: "does it take up much room?"
Feb 28, 2017 | 2:19 am
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Feb 28, 2017 | 11:37 am
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One of the reasons I'm questioning is that when we go into some restaurants in Italy(Ie Alle Testiere) half the men are in sweaters/shirtsleeves and vest: they look like locals or at least European. We don't want to seem "overdressed"
Feb 28, 2017 | 11:50 am
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And in a world of men wearing sports jerseys with someone else's name on it as clothing (isn't it really a costume) that jacket sometimes accrues benefits.
(As an earlier poster mentioned, I always wear a blazer - well, more accurately a sports coat - when I travel. Pockets.)
Feb 28, 2017 | 11:57 am
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When we go to Alle Testiere, we go with our married friends who are Venetian. They are also good friends of the owner. Our male friend generally wears a beautiful leather jacket over a sweater (we go in late fall). There are times when he wears a suit and tie. He aways looks elegant.
Feb 28, 2017 | 2:54 pm
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When we go to Alle Testiere, we go with our married friends who are Venetian. They are also good friends of the owner. Our male friend generally wears a beautiful leather jacket over a sweater (we go in late fall). There are times when he wears a suit and tie. He aways looks elegant.
Feb 28, 2017 | 7:58 pm
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Fine! And since Obscure2k brought up the question of a tie and this is the Italy forum, if you're close to Naples go to the Chiaia neighbourhood and get your husband a tie from Marinella: the Rolls Royce of Italian ties and the strange thing is, they're at an affordable price. 
PS I was just told that they now even have stores in Milan, but I can't tell you where exactly.
PS2 Oooops, not in any sense related to either RR or Marinella.
PS I was just told that they now even have stores in Milan, but I can't tell you where exactly.
PS2 Oooops, not in any sense related to either RR or Marinella.