When I was packing for my recent trip to LA, the thought crossed my mind that this would probably be the least amount of sewing I’ve ever brought on a work trip.
we were mostly Check out casual brands and vintage shopsAnd even launching our magazine at Buck Mason wouldn’t necessarily be smart. After all they are inherently a casual brand, and it’s always good to dress up and create space for people so a suit and tie wouldn’t be out of place.
So, in the end, I just took a tailored jacket and pair of trousers. And at least given my mild obsession with getting the most out of minimal clothing, they both had to go with other things too.
The jacket I chose was mine Double Breasted Linen from Ciardiwhich is comfortable enough to wear with both blue and black jeans, plus I also picked up tailored trousers, which were dark brown high twists from the trunk.
That’s the jacket with the blue jeans above. The jacket was only worn once with brown tailored trousers, but I paired it with a cream silk shirt, black shoes and a black belt. With those accessories and the overall high-contrast palette it looked smart enough for cocktails at Sunset Tower (to randomly pick an example…).
The trousers were quite a smart choice, but they still partnered happily with something like this PS Cream Linen Overshirt (Above).
As with the tailored dress mentioned, I’ve deliberately made it smart to complement the trousers – so above it’s a knitted tee instead of a regular one, and black loafers instead of something more casual.
But let’s go back to the beginning. As I usually do when planning these trips, I started with trousers. After deciding that it would be blue jeans, black jeans and brown high-twists, I then turned to the jacket. The cream linen jacket went with all three, as well as the cream linen overshirt.
Next was my always-reliable Jungle Jacket, which goes with both pairs of jeans and is a reliable travel piece – so many pockets, plus a fit that fits over everything yet still looks good with just a t-shirt.
This is the layout on the bed below. You can imagine me laying the trousers in the middle, and then adding other pieces around them.
At the top of this article you can see how I wore the jungle jacket one day – with black jeans and a black knitted t-shirt (rubato). The light-colored sunglasses in that outfit are a good example of using an accessory to make an otherwise pretty functional outfit more interesting (they’re from Jacque Marie Madge, Zephyrin Models).
It’s really useful to have a few things like this on a trip – scarves and hats fall into the same category. Sunglasses are less unusual in other scenes (from EB Meyerowitz). They’re still great, but not necessarily the first thing that catches your attention.
By the way, I will review Jacques Marie Mage later. It’s hopefully interesting how much they’re expanding at the moment, and how popular sunglasses are actually becoming as a male fashion accessory.
At the last minute, I added this PS Lynn Harrington On this packing list, because it is lightweight and does not take up much space. I was hesitant to pick it up, as it’s not the best color with blue jeans and also wouldn’t look good with tailored trousers.
But it was great to wear – as you can see in the dress above, one evening before having dinner with us at Redondo Beach yuki matsuda. The tobacco-suede overshirt isn’t featured in any of these outfits, but it was very useful, it was a nice smart/casual crossover piece, matching all the trousers, and As recently reportedQuite a la piece.
Shoes were also added late. In the beginning I had Alden black full-strap loafers, superga tennis shoesAnd PS boat shoesWhich seemed like a good range and versatile too. But when I got to the end of the packing and found that I had space, black city-mox were also added.
These were added primarily for comfort – as a backup in case any of the other shoes were giving me trouble. This is a good thing, for example, if you’ve been out all day, your feet are hurting, and you want to wear something different for dinner.
Shirts and T-shirts were mostly neutrals – white, black, as well as the universally useful blue denim. They are knitted black and white T-shirts shown under a jungle jacket and suede overshirt regular edition Pile down.
The knits were similarly tonal, with shorts in beige and swim shorts in tobacco. The only other pieces not shown here are some hats PS Chinos And a denim overshirt – basically an oversized chambray.
Large, lightweight shirts like this are really useful on summer trips, as they can essentially function as a casual jacket (especially one with a few chest pockets) and be worn on their own to the beach or pool.
In the above outfit I am wearing one (from) jack fortSize small!) And it feels like a very LA look – lots of denim, very comfortable, but also a little fashionable because of the matching.
The last outfit image I have is the one above, with PS chinos in beige and a black best polo. What’s interesting is how dressier chinos look when you wear them with black.
I think that’s it. Please let me know if you have any questions, but most clothes should be relatable or familiar to most people. Hopefully this will provide you with some inspiration during your summer walks.
Photography: Kentaro Minato, or PS
