Trousers one forgets on purpose
N. Brooks of Charlottesville had it: break clean, have the length done once, wear them to the office and on Saturdays. That is the test. Montague khaki is…
Journal
From the dressing room
Notes on cloth, the two houses, and the pieces themselves.
Tennis whites after lunch
Newport in August is the lookbook's first plate for a reason. Whites on the lawn, the Casino after lunch, a skirt that still knows how to move. Capulet…
On the riding jacket
A riding jacket that understands a saddle is not a costume. Camel hair, a gravel drive, an hour before dark — Tuxedo Park in the lookbook is not…
A polo that does not advertise
Substantial piqué, a two-button placket, a tennis tail. Navy that reads almost black in the evening. The Montague turret at the chest is the scale of a school…
The ivory crew, worn without ceremony
It is the sweater one puts on for luncheon in the garden and forgets, until someone asks where it was made. Scottish cashmere, the colour of unbleached linen,…