Saturday, October 24. This week’s report is a study in black: tailored coats, pleated trousers, Chelsea boots, and one burgundy sweater doing all the color work. Three tiers, one wardrobe, and nothing here that dates by spring.
High Street
Zara, Manteco Wool-Blend Double-Breasted Coat (CA$369). The coat story of the season, at a high street price. Manteco is a real Italian wool mill, the fabric houses charge four figures for, cut here into a proper double breasted overcoat. This is the one that sells out. Our pick at Zara.Zara, Wool Blend Sweater in Burgundy (CA$79.90). Burgundy is fall’s working color, and this wool blend crew wears it cleanly: regular fit, no logos, endless combinations. At this price, the easiest wardrobe refresh of October. Our pick at Zara.Quince, Mongolian Cashmere Cable Crewneck ($109.90). Grade A Mongolian cashmere with a cable knit, at the price of an ordinary sweater. Quince’s direct model keeps doing this to whole categories; wear it under everything else in this report. Our pick at Quince.
Premium Edit
Mr P., Steve Tapered Pleated Trousers ($285). The pleat is back, properly this time. Mr P.’s tapered cut gives the drape without the costume, in black cotton that runs from office to evening without a change. Our pick at Mr Porter.Quince, Alpaca-Wool Overcoat ($400). Alpaca and wool in a tailored black overcoat for four hundred dollars. The fabric and the cut belong to a much more expensive rail; the price is the ongoing Quince argument. Our pick at Quince.Mr P., Leather Chelsea Boots ($500). The boot that finishes the tailored wardrobe. Clean leather, elastic side, nothing on it that can date. With the trousers above, the week’s uniform is complete. Our pick at Mr Porter.
High Fashion
Vince, Tailored Utility Blazer ($628). Tailoring with the stiffness removed. Vince keeps the line of a jacket and the ease of a shirt: the piece that makes everything under it look considered. Our pick at Vince.Vince, Leather Zip-Up Jacket ($1,298). The week’s investment. Buttery lambskin, minimal hardware, a zip front that will outlast every trend cycle currently running. A leather jacket is bought once a decade; buy this shape. Our pick at Vince.Zegna, Wool Scarf ($335). Zegna wool, black, no pattern to argue with. A scarf is the smallest luxury there is, and it changes an entire coat’s register. Our pick at Mr Porter.
The One Buy
Zara, Manteco Wool-Blend Double-Breasted Coat (CA$369). If the report gets one purchase, it is this coat: Italian mill fabric, a double breasted cut, a high street price. Sizes go early every year, and this year will not be different. Our pick at Zara.
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