The navy blazer is one of those pieces that sounds like a safe choice right up until you buy the wrong one and realize safe choices still cost money. A bad navy blazer sits in your closet doing nothing. A good one goes over a white shirt for a dinner, gets thrown on with chinos for something smart casual, and still works with dark jeans when the occasion is less defined. The range is the whole point. We’ve been specifically looking at construction, lapel roll, and how the shoulder sits, because those three things determine whether a blazer looks considered or just present. Brass buttons versus horn buttons matters more than most people think. So does the weight of the cloth. We’ve included options across price points because this is a piece worth buying right the first time rather than replacing twice. The ones here are the ones we’d actually reach for.