All Officine Générale jackets & outerwear

Forum owners describe the line as sitting in a sweet spot of good-enough quality for an accessible price, with the fabrics drawing consistently more praise than the construction — stitching and finishing is where owners say the brand cuts costs, and one owner reported a button popping off after only a couple dozen wears. The jackets and outerwear run notably slim: owners report that even sizing up to the largest sizes leaves room to layer little more than a shirt underneath. The recurring buying advice from owners is to wait for deep end-of-season markdowns, at which point they consider the pieces clearly worth it.

Strengths

Fabric selection is the consistent bright spot — owners repeatedly single out the cloth as nicer than the construction that holds it together.

Watch out for

Construction is where owners see corners cut, with small trim failures like popped buttons reported, and the slim outerwear cut makes real layering difficult.

Sizing

Everything runs slim and slightly small, and the jackets are the slimmest of all — owners who want to layer routinely go up at least one size.

About Officine Générale's jackets line as a whole. Sources: Officine Generale, quality? | Styleforum · Officine Générale Is The Effortlessly Well-Dressed Man's Secret Weapon | The Journal | MR PORTER