Within the hype-powered world of recent menswear, it’s more and more uncommon for a collaboration to sneak underneath the radar. However each occasionally, we nonetheless get hit with a pleasant shock—and as soon as each by no means, we get clocked with an absolute haymaker. Nicely, immediately should be a haymaker day, as a result of J.Crew and Engineered Clothes simply dropped a bonkers 13-piece assortment nearly fully out of the blue.
Regardless of that tight edit, the calling playing cards from each manufacturers are current in spades: the trademark patchworks, pleats, pockets, and patterns all play outstanding roles, as do the forgiving silhouettes and Ivy-adjacent detailing. In reality, just about every bit manages to amplify the weather every model does greatest, with out feeling compelled or out of line.
Engineered Clothes was based in 2002 by Japanese designer—and all-around menswear legend—Daiki Suzuki, who was struggling to search out modern American-made clothes as a purchaser for Nepenthes, a legendary chain of boutiques with an particularly rad NYC outpost. Engineered Clothes started as each a love letter to basic Americana and a market-bucking experiment in gently-freaked menswear, but it surely’s since turn out to be a beloved industry-insider identify, routinely wowing with its material choice, development methods, and deep-cut references.
As you would possibly anticipate, although, Engineered Clothes isn’t precisely low cost, and it’s not all the time straightforward to trace down. (By no means has been, really.) Save for a rogue Uniqlo collaboration right here and there, the model hasn’t actually set foot anyplace close to a mall. And whereas we wouldn’t name its J.Crew collaboration reasonably priced, per se—costs begin at $50 however climb to just about $700 for a very-much-worth-it outsized navy parka—most of it arrives at a much more wallet-friendly value than traditional.
For that motive (and a pair dozen extra) it’s all shifting quick, so get in whereas the getting’s good or begin kicking your self now.
