New way of wearing a jacket

“Without doubt the big news in our winter collection is the new soft jacket line” says Olivier Vander Slock, Scabal’s Sales & Collection Manager. “The garment gives you a soft, natural fit – there’s no lining, no interlining and no shoulder padding. It feels like you’re wearing a shirt.”

Exclusive and personalized

“Our soft jacket will be presented as a false three-button with three patch-pockets initially. We’ve kept the Scabal values: although the look is casual, it’s very elegant with an exclusive feel through personalization. This means that the customer can choose his own individual fabric for details, such as nice suiting cloth on the under-collar or elbow patches. Scabal is all about personalisation.”

With jackets making a strong comeback, trousers are an important part of the new Scabal winter lineup. The collection includes classical models, cashmere-denim jeans in a five-pocket style, corduroys and winter cottons that go beautifully with soft jackets and knitwear.

Green winter

Colours next autumn will be just a shade brighter and greens are making a comeback. The Scabal collection features four colour themes: beige-brown and purple, blue with earl grey, green shades, and beige-cream with dark red. The trend to a more casual style stands out in Scabal’s fabric collection too. Three new jacketing lines define the relaxed, elegant look with colourful designs: “Finest Jacketings” collection with a wide range of timeless classics (herring bones, plains, hopsacks and checks) in Super 120’s and cashmere; the “Colorado” cotton line with a leisure, sporty look and “Gallery”, a fancy jacketing collection in check designs.

Deft mix of checks

With 34 articles and a large mix of qualities from pure wool to Super 120’s with cashmere, “Gallery” combines colourful choice with casual elegance. Its range of checks stretches from tiny Vichy designs in shades of lilac-brown and red-beige to glen checks and bold tartans in brown and blue. Three new suiting lines are presented. The more structured and livelier ground weaves of the “St. James” collection are expressed as fancy checks and elegant stripes in a 58-piece new collection of the popular 320g pure wool, made in England.

Soft flannel

“Flannel and Saxony” offer five different qualities of soft winter flannel, from a light 290gr. Super 130’s through to a heavier 360gr. with a very woollen, slightly rough Saxony look. Lastly, “Noble House” with a Super 150’s and 10 per cent silk twill woven in England, creating a most luxurious feel and slightly shiny appearance, and a 100 per cent Super 150’s quality with a satin weave and fine, sophisticated stripes.

Corduroy comfort

In trousers, the new winter Scabal collection presents “Centurion” – a wool/polyester cloth made in England offering a heavy 430gr twill line and a classic 320gr. plain weave. The “Corduroy” line offers four qualities, starting with an ultra light and velvety soft 300gr fine-rib cotton in both classic and fancy shades. The second line aims for total comfort – with 2 per cent Lycra added to 390gr superfine cotton giving a slight stretch – and is available in deep, rich colours such as plum and Bordeaux. The line is completed by a wider-ribbed 380gr cotton quality and a very heavy 500gr cloth with wide rib in classical shades. “Our cloth designs bring out more colour than last year – brighter blues, reds from Bordeaux to berry, a comeback for green, and a wider palette of colours in our checks,” says Scabal’s chief fabrics designer, Michael Day.