Finding a high performing, well made, and good looking blazer can be a struggle — especially when you then try pairing such a synthetic material with other pants. The Ministry of Supply Kinetic Blazer though proves to be a really interesting option.
Material
Like with the Kinetic Pant (our review), this is a 100% Primeflex® Warp-knit Japanese Polyester garment, which feels substantial in weight, but wears much lighter. As with the pants, it is incredible stretchy and comfortable. The knit look to the fabric has nice dimension to it and very low sheen.
Overall, excellent material.
Performance
Blazers like this can be hard to pull off in a synthetic material. Often they get so heavy that they perform worse than a wool counterpart. In this case though, this is easily the most comfortable blazer I have worn.
The stretch is phenomenal. The breathability is excellent as well. This jacket performs well for two reasons: the material is substantial but wears light and is stretchy, and it is rather minimal in construction.
Like the pants, it is prone to gathering lint and hair on it, but I have found it to be less of an issue on the blazer. It dries extremely fast. The biggest downside for this is the wrinkle resistance. I found that the wrinkles did not fall out as easy as they did with the pants, and I think part of this is that a blazer is much hard to pack smoothly than pants. I needed to quickly steam the jacket with an iron when I traveled to get the wrinkles to drop out of it. From there I had no issues.
Fit & Style
I found the blazer to fit me really well. Ministry notes that they include extra fabric in the sleeves so that you can lengthen them if needed — which is a nice touch. For me the jacket fit really well out of the box.
The style lends itself more casual with patch pockets and no button detailing on the cuffs. At a glance it will pass as a nice blazer, upon closer inspection it will look more casual. I think this lends itself well to being highly versatile. You won’t look like you are coming from court, nor will you look like a professor in this.
My take here, is this looks like a modern blazer made to blend well in the office and business world of today. Things are more casual now, and this jacket fits in that world quite nicely.
Overall
The closest jacket I have to compare this to is the Bluffworks Gramercy Blazer (our review and it is hard to compare. The Kinetic is more versatile and infinitely more comfortable. The fabric has a better and has a lower sheen, and looks more traditional. However the cut and style of the Gramercy leads that jacket to being able to be dressed up better, and the fabric on it is far more wrinkle and lint resistant.
That said, I would easily pick the Kinetic between the two. It’s very comfortable and I think in most settings where you would want to wear it, it will blend in better. I also think it is easier to pair with more pants than the Gramercy is.
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