For our Originals Issue, we called on eight tastemakers—all of whose personal style reflects the idea of “classic” in different ways—to model this season’s inventive takes on wardrobe essentials.
“Fashions somehow earn their right to survive,” wrote the designer Claire McCardell in her 1956 book,“They prove dateless because they continue to play the same role and consequently reappear again and again.” This 66-year-old statement rings true today, as it probably will forever—some things never go out of style, because they just work. But what are the essential qualities of a timeless garment? “I think it’s the craft,” says stylist andcontributing editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson.
To bring this season’s new archetypes to life, we called on Karefa-Johnson, Collins, and other fashion personalities whose signature look reflects the idea of “classic” in different ways, and asked them to go just a little bit outside of their comfort zone.Riccardo Tisci’s fall collection for Burberry featured several surrealist manifestations of the trenchcoat, a British essential. The standout: a gabardine gown that spins the elements of an otherwise practical item into a fantasy.
“I bought my first Perfecto jacket 15 years ago, and it made me feel alive,” says Daphne Seybold, the co-CEO and CMO of Sky High Farm Workwear, a brand that was founded to support the food access and sovereignty work of the nonprofit Sky High Farm. “It embodies the spirit of punk and rebellion.” This version, with its exaggerated proportions and extravagant hardware, “exemplifies all the very best qualities of a Perfecto, reimagined in a totally new shape and cut.
You’ll often find hairstylist Jimmy Paul in clothes that read as aggressively neutral, a tactic he deploys to navigate the fashion industry without worry. “I dress in a certain way because I don’t want to give anybody ammunition. There’s nothing you can say because I’m dressed really simply, my grooming is really simple, and I show up on time,” he says.
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