Teba jacket

It was originally designed as a shooting blazer that would not make it difficult to raise the elbow when firing.

Contrary to common misconception that it was first tailored in Savile Row, the jacket was born out of a small tailor shop in Zarautz, Spain, and was named after the 21st Count of Teba, Carlos Alfonso Mitjans y Fitz-James Stuart, who later gifted Alfonso XIII with one during a partridge driven hunt in Spain.

[2][3][4] The lady tailor in question, María Sorreluz Múgica, was commissioned by Teba to design a soft and comfortable yet elegant jacket for him to use at the pigeon-shooting in Igeldo and Zarautz, where he spent his summers.

[5] The Teba jacket has since been used not only as the utmost iconic piece of Spanish countrywear,[6][7] but also as a city outfit due to its popularity throughout the world.

From the beginning, Teba jackets developed a strong association with the aristocratic land-owning upper classes.