Soft-shoulder single-breasted sports coatChapter 11

The Dumas

A jacket for the day you actually have.

Slightly relaxed body, classic jacket length, enough shape to flatter without reading corporate.

Price on request Made to measure · Gurugram
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  • No deposit to book
  • Fitted at your home or office
  • Delivered in 14 days
  • Wear it forWork, Client lunch, Dinner, Travel, First sports coat
  • MeasuredAt your home or office
  • FittingsOne, at day eight
  • Delivered14 days from the visit
Chapter
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Garment
Soft-shoulder single-breasted sports coat
Cut by
The bench, Gurugram
Programme
AW26
Work—Client lunch—Dinner—Travel—First sports coat—Cut in Gurugram—Eighteen measurements—14 days—Work—Client lunch—Dinner—Travel—First sports coat—Cut in Gurugram—Eighteen measurements—14 days—
In short

The Dumas is SALVE’s men’s soft-shoulder single-breasted sports coat for work, client lunches and dinner. Choose Dumas as your everyday sports coat; Brera is softer and slightly shorter, while Balthazar is sharper for evening.

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What the Dumas is

The Dumas is SALVE’s men’s soft-shoulder single-breasted sports coat for work, client lunches and dinner. The natural chest and lightly shaped waist give it polish without stiffness in the silhouette. Patch pockets keep it approachable; classic length keeps it composed. Wear it over Monroe in the morning and Capri when the plans change.

Garment
Soft-shoulder single-breasted sports coat
Wear it for
Work, Client lunch, Dinner, Travel, First sports coat
Made
To measure, in Gurugram
Measured
At your home or office
Fittings
One, at day eight
Delivered
14 days from the visit
Price
Price on request
02

Where to wear it

The Dumas is cut for these occasions. Each one links to everything else we make for it.

Work See the edit →Client lunch OccasionDinner OccasionTravel See the edit →First sports coat Occasion
03

The details

  • Soft natural shoulder.
  • Natural chest with light waist shape.
  • Two-button front.
  • Moderately wide notch lapel with gentle belly.
  • Patch hip pockets and welt breast pocket.
  • Double vents.
04

The best way to wear it

Wear it with
  • With Monroe and Connaught.
  • With Capri and Via for a more relaxed evening.
  • With Sunday and Weekender when a blazer would normally feel too formal.
Getting the proportions right
  • Wear it open most of the time outside formal meetings.
  • The shoulder should end naturally without a visible ridge.
  • Leave enough room for a shirt or lightweight knit underneath.
  • The jacket should cover the seat rather than finish cropped.
05

Who it suits, and what else to consider

Choose Dumas as your everyday sports coat; Brera is softer and slightly shorter, while Balthazar is sharper for evening.

The Brera On request
Unstructured three-roll-two jacket
The Balthazar On request
Single-button peak-lapel evening jacket
The Connaught On request
High-rise single-pleat tailored trousers
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Cut by one pair of hands, twice.

Inside the 14 days
Days 1–3
Pattern drafted and cut to your eighteen measurements.
Days 4–6
Basted by hand, so the fitting can still change anything.
Day 8
The fitting, at your table. Marked and taken away.
Days 9–14
Finished, pressed and delivered.
07

Specification

  • Shoulder — Soft, unpadded unless you ask
  • Construction — Half canvas, hand-basted for the fitting
  • Deposit — 50% at order, balance on delivery
08

Everything else, in detail

Where
We come to you, in Gurugram
Home, office or club, anywhere inside Gurugram. There is no shop to visit and no showroom appointment to keep.
Fit
Eighteen measurements, taken once
The pattern is kept on file. A second commission needs no second visit, which is how most clients order after the first one.
Cloth
Two hundred cloths, six books
Mills in Biella, Huddersfield and Kishangarh. The cutter brings the books to your table so you see the cloth in your own light.
09

Questions, answered

Is this a blazer?

It fills the same wardrobe role, but the SALVE cut is softer and less uniform-like than a conventional blazer.

Can I wear it with jeans?

Yes, provided the denim is clean and the rest of the outfit is restrained.

Can it be part of a suit?

Dumas is designed primarily as a separate jacket, though the same underlying block informs SALVE suits.

How does The Dumas compare with other SALVE styles?

Choose Dumas as your everyday sports coat; Brera is softer and slightly shorter, while Balthazar is sharper for evening.

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What you are risking: an hour.

No deposit to book the visit.
You see it basted before it is finished.
If we cut it wrong, we remake it at our cost.
If it is the wrong thing for you, we will say so.

One hour at your table. Two weeks to wear it.

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The bench Nine a month

One bench, one cutter, nine commissions a month. Ask what is left.

The Dumas Soft-shoulder single-breasted sports coat · Price on request
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Twenty-five years at the cutting table. We have dressed diplomats, entrepreneurs and television personalities from across the world.

  • 25yrsOur cutter, at the table
  • 18Measurements, taken once
  • 14daysFrom visit to delivery
  • 1Fitting, at day eight