Studio session
With time to spare, we took some unplanned photos for the blog relying on clothes I packed for an overnight stay.
Outfit pictured above: MW FATIGUE JACKET [similar] by UNIVERSAL WORKS, RIVIERA T-SHIRT by SUNSPEL, CLASSIC WIDE-LEG TROUSERS by SCOTT FRASER COLLECTION and PEMBREY LOAFERS by CHURCHS
These photos were taken after a day in a studio shooting a project with Jack, final results of which you can see here. With some time to spare from our day at AUCH studio in East London, I took it as an opportunity to turn to a few pieces I had packed for my overnight stay. Being in a studio often distils every down to just the clothes and how they fit on me. Let’s see this as an assessment to see how well items in my everyday wardrobe have held up.
We did not plan to shoot extra photos, so the outfit is just a representation of what I was wearing the day before. Last year I thought about parting ways with this light jacket but held onto it a little longer and I’m glad I did. It’s a Universal Works fatigue jacket that’s easy to wear either side of summer or when the weather decides to turn. While they do many iterations, ripstop cotton has a lovely tactile touch which I appreciate; I’m not overly precious when ripstop begins to crinkle or crease throughout the day, I think it’s part of its charm.
Thick wool trousers are probably not what you’d wear for a day in June, but for a day in the office, I was willing to risk it all for these trousers. The eagle-eyed among you may notice a taper with these classic wide-leg trousers from Scott Fraser Collection, which I added as I felt that would perhaps make them more wearable for multiple settings and being safe in the knowledge that I have wider trousers options already in my wardrobe.
When it comes to what catches the eye at the moment, the wider, the better in my book, yet in this instance the taper allows more focus on the shoes and socks I’m wearing, which might be lost with a wider pair and a full break. I’m sure that would take things in a different direction (more traditional menswear of the 50s), but it goes to show how refined details can change things up.
The same line of thought applies to the riviera t-shirt by Sunspel. Designed with a higher neckline, it offers something nuanced to the overall outfit. Choosing this over a standard neckline can help things feel a little fresher when you’re in a mood to mix it up from your usual, while on the surface it’s pretty much the same to the casual observant.
Part of me did think about not photographing this outfit due it being similar to a blog post from last year, however it is a good example of normalising repeat outfits and a testament to knowing what you like and sticking with it. Oh, and a reminder of how small changes using your existing wardrobe can make you think differently about an outfit. I’ll take a taper and neckline change over a wardrobe overhaul any day.jbicon
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