Ask ten people and you will get ten answers. The material matters more than the label, though the label is what most people notice first. Its return has less to do with nostalgia than with a genuine shift in how people want to get dressed.

The best version of it does not announce itself. 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. The market has caught up, and the result is a far better version at a far wider range of prices.

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For years the answer seemed obvious. It is not subtle, and it is not trying to be. The market has caught up, and the result is a far better version at a far wider range of prices. The market has caught up, and the result is a far better version at a far wider range of prices.

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Cut properly, it does the quiet work of making everything around it look considered.Dr. Jarret Friesen / Staff

Cut properly, it does the quiet work of making everything around it look considered.

The appeal is harder to explain than it looks. The details that survive are the ones that solved a problem in the first place. The material matters more than the label, though the label is what most people notice first. The market has caught up, and the result is a far better version at a far wider range of prices. It is not subtle, and it is not trying to be.

  1. Its return has less to do with nostalgia than with a genuine shift in how people want to get dressed.
  2. Worn badly it looks like a costume; worn well it barely registers, which is the point.
  3. It is not subtle, and it is not trying to be.

For years the answer seemed obvious. The proportions are the whole argument: a centimetre either way and the effect collapses. The details that survive are the ones that solved a problem in the first place.