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Get your jackets in linen rather than cotton or wool for summer. A linen blazer over a lightweight cotton shirt is hardly too oppressive, particularly if you get one that is slightly looser tailored. Part of the usefulness of a blazer is that you can carry items in your pockets that would otherwise ruin the line of your trousers. It is an intensely practical piece of clothing, as well as being elegant.