Wear this striking jacket with dinner suit trousers as an alternative to a dinner jacket to black tie events or more formal parties.It has a matching waistcoat to complete the look too. The type of fabric is a 'brocade,' which takes its name from the Italian meaning "embossed cloth" and is inspired by Baroque fabrics. Woven by Tessitura Bottinelli in Como Italy, a family run buisness who have been manufacturing since 1931.