The more serious, grown-up Ying to fashion’s frivolous Yang, the utility trend is a refreshing palette cleanser to fly-by obsessions and flash-in-the-pan cultural shifts.
It roots your closet in a solid foundation of wearable pieces and complements penchants for clashing prints, bold color, and minimalism without a hiccup. While the versatility of utility fashion doesn’t go unnoticed through designers’ FW collections and SS ones are less preoccupied with practicality, this doesn’t mean that military-inspired pieces and utility staples can’t play integral roles in your summer outfits as well. Here, we highlight three key utility investments and how we’re styling each one.
The Cargo Pant
Or combat pants depending on who you ask, women’s cargo pants are the definition of the utility trend; all practical pockets, functional details, and comfortable fits. The style adopts a plethora of silhouettes in our own summer collections in your pick of fabrics, transforming them into both workwear solutions and suitcase essentials.
For Days at Your Desk
Decorative ruffle trims elevate this summer cargo pant in a soft hue that acts as a clean base to more elevated pieces.
Dinners
In leather, our combat pant sets a decidedly modern tone and introduces a direction edge when styled with a lace-trimmed cami and oversized blazer.
Lace Trim V Neck Layering Tank
Vacations
Pure cotton keeps you cool and comfortable while bold color emphasizes the clean shade.
The Leather Blazer
Smooth by-product leather grants a tailored staple an unexpected edge. While leather jackets have appeared on capsule-wardrobe-essential lists for what feels like millennia, the leather blazer is decidedly of today while retaining a timeless sensibility.
An easy access point to the utility trend that doubles as outerwear in warmer months, our iteration boasts a relaxed fit and a simple single-button fastening at the front.
For The Office
The perfect white shirt crafted from cotton engineered to crease less and a check pant keep your palette minimal while reworking a classic workwear pairing when styled with the leather blazer.
Crease Less Cotton Forever Shirt
Occasionwear Dress Codes
Blazers and occasionwear go together like celebratory toasts and champagne, so while there’s nothing novel about styling a printed dress with one, the leather fabric is an unexpected twist on the traditional.
Elevated Off Duty
Denim is shorthand for casual. Denim and leather is shorthand for directional off-duty dressing. Add in a luxurious knit woven from a blend of cashmere and cotton and the result is effortlessly elevated.
Cotton Cashmere Jacquard Cropped Vest
Errand Running
When comfort is at the forefront of your mind but the possibility of bumping into someone you know is as well, the easiest combination is an updated iteration of our (now iconic) palazzo pant, a perfectly fitted ribbed tee, and that all-important leather blazer.
The Suede Jacket
Leaning into the military side of the utility trend while creating a more polished finish, this jacket boasts a double-breasted front featuring four suede-covered buttons and neat lapels on either side of the V-neckline. In a contemporary cropped length, it perfectly complements dresses and high-waisted bottoms. In short, there’s a plethora of styling options for you to explore when this piece is in your arsenal.
For Business
A 60s stalwart as seen through a 21st-century lens, an easy-to-layer shift dress styled solo with a pair of flats and our suede jacket finds an easy professional look.
Pleasure
Scattered with our bespoke Bluebell print, this dress features soft green details that speak to the khaki colorway covering this jacket.
Weekend Celebrations
Covered in a more muted shade of pink, this maxi dress crafted from soft layers of tulle is grounded by the suede jacket and granted a more directional edge.
Casual Brunches
A look built on bright unexpected contrasts, pure cashmere in ultra pink is complemented by mid-wash denim.
