This is not sponsored. I bought this myself and nobody asked me to write about it.
I was in the Arket store in October looking for something else. I do not remember what. I saw this blazer on a rail, tried it on, and bought it. I spent approximately six minutes on the decision. I work in banking. I wear a blazer most days. I told myself it was practical. It was an impulse buy. Four months later it is the most-worn thing I bought that autumn, so I am not complaining.
What It Actually Is
The Arket Hopsack Wool Blazer is a single-breasted jacket in 100% merino wool. The weave is hopsack — a basket construction that gives the fabric a visible texture and a slightly open, airy structure. It has a shaped waist, two buttons, double welt pockets, a back vent, and buttoned cuffs with a high slit. The lining is acetate.
I bought it in olive in a size 36. I am 170cm.
The price was around €230. I bought it in-store, which matters — more on that later.
The Fabric
The wool is RWS certified merino, which means the sourcing is audited and the fibre is fine enough that it does not scratch. I have worn this directly over a thin T-shirt on multiple occasions. No irritation. For a wool blazer at this price that is not a given — I have returned cheaper wool jackets because I could not wear them without something underneath.
The hopsack weave makes it naturally resistant to creasing. I have put this in a bag, left it on the back of a chair for hours, worn it on a train. It comes out looking the same as it went in. For a jacket I wear to work this is the single most useful quality it has.
After four months of regular wear it has not pilled. The structure has not collapsed. The seams are intact. It looks, genuinely, like it did when I bought it.
Now the part that nobody mentions clearly enough: hopsack attracts lint. The open weave structure grabs fibres from everything — dark trousers, scarves, the inside of your coat. I wear black or dark grey trousers most days. I keep a lint roller on my desk and use it before I walk into any meeting. This is a daily thing, not an occasional thing. If you are someone who finds that sort of maintenance irritating, it is worth factoring in before you buy.
The Lining
The lining is 100% acetate. Acetate is smooth and slides easily over knitwear and shirts, which makes the jacket straightforward to put on. That is genuinely useful.
The problem is that acetate does not breathe. The outer fabric is open-weave wool — highly breathable, naturally temperature-regulating. The lining works against that. In a heated office after two or three hours, you feel it. Not dramatically, but enough that I notice. I work in a building where the heating is aggressive from November onwards. On long days I am aware of the lining in a way I would prefer not to be.
This is a structural compromise. The shell of the jacket is genuinely good material. The lining is not. At €230 I would have expected better. It does not make me want to return it — I already wore it a hundred times — but it is the one thing I would change if I could.
The Fit
I tried it on in the store so there were no surprises. The shaped waist is real — this is a properly tailored jacket, not the boxy oversized silhouette that Arket is mostly known for on social media. When I buttoned it up in the fitting room it was immediately clear what kind of blazer this is. I bought it anyway because I liked how it looked and it fit correctly across the shoulders, which for me is the thing that is hardest to fix afterwards.
At 170cm the length is exactly right for me. It sits just below the hip. I have read that women significantly shorter than I am find Arket’s proportions difficult — the brand sizes for Scandinavian bodies, which tend to run longer. If you are under 165cm I would try this on before ordering it online.
The cuffs have buttons and a high slit. This means if you ever need to shorten the sleeves, it is not a straightforward alteration. A plain hem is simple and inexpensive to shorten. Buttoned, slit cuffs require the tailor to either work from the shoulder — which is complex and expensive — or reconstruct the cuff entirely. My sleeves fit without alteration so this has not affected me personally, but it is worth knowing.
I almost never button the jacket. I work at a desk. A shaped, closed blazer at hour five of a working day is not comfortable. Worn open it drapes well and still looks like a deliberate choice. That is how I wear it the vast majority of the time — and for most business casual environments, open is fine.
How I Wear It
Most Mondays: Black straight-leg trousers, white shirt untucked, black loafers. I have worn this combination more times than I can count. It requires no thought and that is the point.
When the meeting matters: Cream wide-leg trousers, black fine-knit top. Olive and cream together look more considered than olive and black. I wear this when I need the outfit to do some of the work for me.
Friday: Light-wash straight jeans, plain white T-shirt, the tan crossbody bag. This is as casual as I take it for the office. The blazer keeps it in the right range without making it look like I tried particularly hard.
After work, without changing: Black midi dress, black ankle boots. I changed nothing. I added nothing. It was fine. That is the most useful thing I can say about this blazer — I have left the office in it and gone directly somewhere else and not once felt like I was still in work clothes.
One Thing I Would Tell Someone Ordering Online
I bought this in-store. Arket’s online customer service has a Trustpilot score of 1.5 out of 5, based on over 900 reviews. The complaints are consistent: delayed deliveries, orders cancelled after payment, returns that take weeks to process. I have no personal experience of this because I walked into a shop. If you are ordering online, read those reviews first and decide whether that is a risk you want to take. The product is good. What happens between the warehouse and your door apparently often is not.
Final Thoughts
I have worn this blazer at least once a week for four months. It has not pilled, lost its shape, or shown any wear. The lint situation is a real daily inconvenience. The lining is a genuine disappointment for a jacket at this price. Everything else — the fabric, the structure, the longevity — is as good as it looks.
If you are looking for an oversized, relaxed blazer: this is not it. If you want a properly tailored jacket in very good wool that will still look correct in three years, and you do not mind keeping a lint roller nearby: it is worth the money.
I do not regret the six minutes I spent deciding.
Shop: arket.com
