A Jacket for the Cigar Hour: Favourbrook’s Collaboration with Eddie Sahakian

At Favourbrook, we have long understood that the right occasion calls for something more than mere formality. This autumn we have turned our attention to one particular ritual: the cigar. In collaboration with Eddie Sahakian, whose family has run the celebrated Davidoff of London store on St James’s Street since his father Edward opened it in 1980, Favourbrook has created a small capsule designed expressly for the cigar smoker.

Eddie wanted a garment that took a step away from the classic shawl-collar smoking jacket yet still carried the colour, character and sense of occasion Favourbrook has become known for. The result is this stunning velvet smoking jacket, cut in the capsule’s signature Scarsdale Blue fabric. This cotton velvet was developed as an original print with an Italian mill; the design is a vintage-inspired “faded indigo” floral in subdued tones of blue and aquamarine. The jacket is finished with wider 10 cm black silk contrast lapels and silk-covered buttons.

Blue floral velvet dinner jacket with black silk peak lapels, front

Blue Scarsdale Velvet Dinner Jacket with Cigar Pocket

£830

Blue floral velvet Nehru jacket with a standing collar and brass buttons, front

Blue Scarsdale Velvet Nehru Jacket

£890

Blue floral velvet single-breasted waistcoat with mother-of-pearl buttons, worn with a black bow tie

Blue Scarsdale Velvet Single Breasted Waistcoat

£290

For the practicalities of the evening there is an internal pocket sized for a cigar and a dedicated cigar-cutter pocket set inside the external pocket. The lining carries our signature bee motif. The same fabric appears in a single-breasted waistcoat with mother-of-pearl buttons and the bee motif on the rear, and in a Nehru jacket with a stand collar, brass buttons and jetted pockets. Together the three pieces form a compact evening wardrobe that feels both celebratory and quietly useful.

As well as the menswear capsule, we have also created a womenswear jacket from the same Scarsdale Blue velvet fabric. This has been cut in the silhouette of our chic Trafalgar jacket, featuring fabric-covered buttons, an exaggerated Nehru collar and a curved hem at the front, offering a sophisticated pairing with everyday jeans.

The capsule is available online and at Favourbrook while the women's jacket is an in-store exclusive. For a house long associated with craft, ritual and the pleasure of doing things properly, partnering with Eddie feels like a good cigar should smoke, that is to say, effortless.