Jersey fabric guide
Jersey Jacket Design with AI
A jersey jacket is a specialist order: ask for ponte di Roma at 300 to 380 g/m², and expect fewer mills to take it on.
Of the 12 cloths this guide lists for this cut, it sits between cotton velvet and bouclé tweed in weight.
Next to cotton velvet, it is heavier, more matte, cooler to wear and easier to care for.
Jersey Jacket at a glance
- Cloth to ask your mill for
- Ponte di Roma
- Typical weight
- 300 to 380 g/m²
- Drape
- Soft
- Stretch
- Moderate
- Breathability
- Medium
- Warmth
- Neutral
- Care
- Machine wash cold, inside out
- How common
- Niche, usually a specialist order
- Typical cloth price
- $5-15/yard
Typical trade ranges, not one mill's figures: confirm them with your mill.
The jacket, in numbers
- Typical length
- 65 to 75 cm, from the high point of the shoulder
- Defining details
- Collar or hood, zip or button front, welt or patch pockets, lining
- Cloth needed
- about 1.8 to 2.4 m of 150 cm cloth, roughly $10 to $39 of cloth at typical prices
Typical figures for an adult size M. The pattern tier is set from the real piece count when you order.
How jersey behaves on a jacket
In a jacket it tailors well: the shoulder rolls naturally and the lapel presses into a soft line.
Cut short, a soft cloth keeps a relaxed line without much movement at the hem.
It is neither warm nor cool, so it works across most of the year.
Wash it cold and inside out to keep the color.
It hardly creases, but a light jersey can twist after washing and bag at the knees and elbows.
About jersey
Jersey is knitted, not woven: rows of interlocking loops that stretch in every direction. It is knitted in cotton, viscose, wool, silk and blends, often with elastane.
Jersey is knitted on circular machines almost everywhere; the yarn and the gauge decide its quality more than the place.
It is rarely lined; a second layer of the same jersey is used where a lining would be.
Cutting, sewing and color
A ballpoint or stretch needle and a stretch stitch or an overlock; let the cloth relax for a day before cutting.
It takes dye evenly and prints well, though stretch can thin the color at knees and elbows.
Its surface is matte, so it photographs evenly under flat light.
A description to start from
A jacket in ponte di Roma, 300 to 380 g/m², with a soft drape and a matte surface, for most of the year.
If jersey is not quite right
- Lighter: Velvet, in cotton velvet
- Heavier: Tweed, in bouclé tweed
- Warmer: Leather, in cowhide leather
- More structure: Denim, in rigid denim
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