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Proper Cloth’s VBC Grey Chalkstripe Wool Flannel Downing Jacket in this cloth, in its standard design, from propercloth.com

After Drake’s · Autumn/Winter 2026

Charcoal Pinstripe Wool Flannel Tailored Jacket

A single-breasted tailored jacket in charcoal pinstripe flannel, cut as the coat of a suit but intended to work equally well on its own with odd trousers. The pattern follows Drake's house silhouette, with a soft natural shoulder, light waist suppression and a three-roll-two front. It is fully canvassed with a hand-shaped chest, and the collar and sleeves are attached by hand. The cloth is an 11.5oz Huddersfield flannel, and the stripe gives the jacket a degree of formality while the brushed surface keeps it soft.

The original, on drakes.com

In Proper Cloth

VBC Grey Chalkstripe Wool Flannel Downing Jacket

We chose a grey chalkstripe merino flannel from Vitale Barberis Canonico because it offers the same brushed, substantial flannel surface and a vertical stripe on a grey ground. We set the jacket with a soft full canvas, a three-roll-two notch lapel, flap hip pockets with a ticket pocket and dark brown horn buttons to follow the original. Proper Cloth's configuration uses a full lining and working kissing sleeve buttons, so the back is fully lined rather than buggy lined and the cuff buttons function, and the stripe is a chalkstripe rather than a fine pinstripe.

A medium heavyweight merino wool flannel woven by Vitale Barberis Canonico in Biella, Italy. It has a brushed, slightly fuzzy finish and a grey ground marked with a chalkstripe, and it is suited to autumn and winter wear.

Composition
100% Merino Wool
Weight
medium heavyweight
Care
Professionally Dry-Clean Only

Options

Construction
Soft Fully-Canvassed (change this in Customize)
Style
Three-Two Roll Notch Lapel (change this in Customize)
Lining coverage
Lined
Vents
Side Vents
Pockets
Flap with Ticket Pocket (change this in Customize)
Buttons
Dark Brown Horn (change this in Customize)
Sleeve buttons
Four Button Kissing (change this in Customize)
Lining
Dark Grey
Under collar
Dark Grey (change this in Customize)
Pocket lining
Dark Grey
Inside pockets
Standard Interior Pockets
Sleeve lining
Striped

$945

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Opens the VBC Grey Chalkstripe Wool Flannel Downing Jacket in this cloth. In Customize, change the options marked , then choose your size.