Women's Purple Waxed Leather Blazer – Two Button Closure

Got caught out in drizzle twice and it beaded rather than soaked. I wiped it down and left it to dry away from the radiator. No water marks, no stiffening. The wax seems to do something useful rather than just look good.

Slightly roomier through the body than I expected, so it hangs rather than nips in. I like it that way but it is worth knowing if you want something fitted.

I have been wearing this three or four days a week since the spring and it has held up better than any blazer I have owned, fabric or leather. The lapels have kept their roll, the buttons are as tight as they were, and the lining has not pulled at the arm. The colour has deepened very slightly at the elbows, which if anything looks better than new.

This has quietly replaced almost everything else in my work wardrobe for the shoulder seasons. It goes over a dress, over trousers, over a plain shirt, and it never looks like I am trying too hard. Four months of near daily wear and the only sign of use is a softening at the elbows. Nothing has come loose, no thread pulling anywhere on it.

I asked whether the waxed finish would need conditioning and got told to leave it alone for the first year. Practical advice rather than an upsell. Six months on it looks the same, maybe slightly deeper in tone at the elbows.

Second purchase from here and the first one in a colour. Arrived in four days, no creasing, no smell. The waxed finish gives it a bit of depth in daylight.

I took it on a work trip and it was the only jacket I packed for four days. Meetings, a dinner, and a very cold walk between the two. It rolled into my case without ending up creased and looked fine after a night on a hanger. That alone justified the money for me, because packing light is normally a problem.

My mother borrowed it for a wedding and then asked me to order her one, so we now own the same blazer in two sizes. Hers fits her the same way mine fits me, so the grading is doing its job properly. She is not usually a colour person and even she said it was more wearable than she had expected from the photos.