For years the answer seemed obvious. Its return has less to do with nostalgia than with a genuine shift in how people want to get dressed. The proportions are the whole argument: a centimetre either way and the effect collapses.

It started, as these things often do, with a single detail. It is not subtle, and it is not trying to be. What began as a working garment turned into a wardrobe fixture, and the reasons say more about how people dress now than about the garment itself. Worn badly it looks like a costume; worn well it barely registers, which is the point.

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It started, as these things often do, with a single detail. Its return has less to do with nostalgia than with a genuine shift in how people want to get dressed. Its return has less to do with nostalgia than with a genuine shift in how people want to get dressed. The material matters more than the label, though the label is what most people notice first.

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The material matters more than the label, though the label is what most people notice first.Dr. Clemens Runte / Staff

Worn badly it looks like a costume; worn well it barely registers, which is the point.

It started, as these things often do, with a single detail. What began as a working garment turned into a wardrobe fixture, and the reasons say more about how people dress now than about the garment itself. The details that survive are the ones that solved a problem in the first place. It is not subtle, and it is not trying to be. Its return has less to do with nostalgia than with a genuine shift in how people want to get dressed.

It started, as these things often do, with a single detail. The details that survive are the ones that solved a problem in the first place. Its return has less to do with nostalgia than with a genuine shift in how people want to get dressed.