Urban outerwear
Quilted jackets, trench coats and utility jackets become style garments
Timothée Chalamet walking through New York in a glossy bomber jacket and tailored trousers is the perfect image of the new outerwear attitude: urban practicality, always paired with careful attention to proportions and details. No more rough-and-ready garments thrown on at random to keep out the cold: even functional clothing becomes a fashion statement. Carefully considered volumes, technical materials, solid colours and couture touches. Quilted jackets shed their quintessentially sporty image and get a makeover: styles by Canada Goose, Moncler and Moorer are worn over tailored-cut trousers, with oversized knitwear or under structured blazers. Utility jackets — safari and field jackets, padded overshirts — multiply in monochrome versions, in compact wool or matte nylon. Worth trying are the versions by Prada, C.P. Company, Zegna and Barbour: perfect for those seeking an urban piece with character. The layering is essential, but carefully thought through. Under outerwear come clean hoodies, technical turtlenecks or contrasting oversized shirts. On the feet, Chelsea boots such as those by Doucal’s, minimalist yet impeccable, with solid soles and construction that combines artisanal rigour with urban functionality, or high-profile trainers and hybrid city boots, technical and bold, like those proposed by CamperLab.
