Fashion · Tailoring
The Tailoring Edit
Tailoring is a shoulder. If the rest of the look is also sharp, take something off.
Tailoring is a shoulder. If the rest of the look is also sharp, take something off.
Tailoring is a shoulder. If the rest of the look is also sharp, take something off. The live edit is built from the houses in this edit. That is the only reason these pieces sit in one file. It is not a reason to wear three of them in one look.
Fashion keeps selling a whole look. This page is the opposite: one piece that can stand next to navy, a jean that still looks like a jean, a shoe you can walk in. The rest of the wardrobe should already exist.
The mistake is treating the theme as a personality. Every piece from the same story, the same colour, the same texture, as if the reader needed a costume to understand the edit. One piece. Then stop. Repeat it until it looks like yours.
Buy the investment if you will wear it more than three times. Buy the quieter price if the cut is still a house. Do not buy both in the same week because the photograph was good.
The test is Tuesday. If it only works in a caption, it is not a classic and it is not quiet and it is not worth the money. If you took the trend word off the page, would the cut still be worth it. That is the only question this edit is for.
Mine is the Loro Piana Aurora linen and wool-blend twill blazer, white and a trouser that already exists. I stop. That is the whole rule.
Wear it with what you already own. That is how an edit stays editorial instead of becoming a catalogue dump.
Mine is the Aurora linen and wool-blend twill blazer, white and a trouser that already exists. I stop.— K.W., Editor-in-Chief
One piece from the edit. The rest already in the wardrobe.
The same piece. Less jewellery. A walkable shoe.
Jacket on in the car. Off when the piece is ready.
The whole look performing at once. That is a costume.
Aurora linen and wool-blend twill blazer, white. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Linen blazer, neutral. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Mosa cotton and linen-blend blazer, neutral. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Belted linen blazer, neutral. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Oversized wool, cotton and linen-blend oxford blazer, neutral. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Pensile double-breasted striped cotton and linen-blend blazer, neutral. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Double-breasted silk-dupioni blazer, cream. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Cosima oversized double-breasted wool and silk-blend blazer, ivory. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Palanca double-breasted wool, mohair and silk-blend blazer, brown. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Essentials Tristana double-breasted twill blazer, black. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Oversized double-breasted wool blazer, black. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Oversized cotton-poplin blazer, neutral. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Garderob oversized grain de poudre blazer, black. Shoulder or leg. Not both shouting.
Wide-leg pleated linen pants, white. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Pleated striped linen-blend straight-leg pants, blue. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Neriah cotton and cashmere-blend pants, white. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Rudy pinstriped wide-leg pants, black. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Duchesse silk-satin straight-leg pants, black. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Wool-blend straight-leg pants, black. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Pawel linen shorts, white. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Pleated cotton-blend shorts, neutral. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Pleated cotton and silk-blend sateen shorts, black. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Marchello pleated linen shorts, black. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Trent pleated woven shorts, black. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Striped cotton shirt, white. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Cotton-poplin shirt, white. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.
Oversized cotton-poplin shirt, white. Wear this one. Not a second from the same line.