AN AMERICAN DREAM

FOUNDED IN MICHIGAN, CARHARTT IS THE LABEL SERVING THE UNIFORM NEEDS OF THOSE IN VARIOUS BLUE-COLLAR TRADES (FARMERS, FIRE FIGHTERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS – YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO HELP KEEP SOCIETIES FUNCTIONING) SINCE 1889, ONLY TO BE EMBRACED BY RAPPERS LIKE KANYE AND A$AP ROCKY AS OFF-DUTY STAPLES IN RECENT YEARS. (IT ALSO OPENED A BOUTIQUE CARRYING ITS MORE FASHIONFORWARD WIP LINE AT MANDARIN GALLERY LAST DECEMBER.) THIS PRE-FALL, A DIVERSE RANGE OF LUXURY HOUSES IS PROPOSING A SIMILARLY NO-NONSENSE, HYPER-UTILITARIAN APPROACH TO WOMENSWEAR. CUE THE CAMEL-TONED, MULTICARGOPOCKET SEPARATES AT DIOR, SALVATORE FERRAGAMO AND CHLOE. BURBERRY OFFERS CHORE JACKETS AND COATS IN SIGNATURE WORKMAN BEIGE WITH CONTRASTING BROWN COLLARS WHILE THE MARC JACOBS – MJ’S NEW FRIENDLIER PRICED LINE – DOES TOO (THOUGH, TRUE TO HIS CHEEKINESS, AS PART OF A COTTON CANDY PINK SKIRT SUIT). CALL THESE PIECES FORTUITOUSLY APT FOR A TIME WHEN WHAT WE CRAVE MOST IS PROTECTION AND DEPENDABILITY. THEY’RE ALSO A CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD’S HIDDEN EVERYDAY HEROES – THE KIND OF PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES WHO DESERVE THAT MOST, IF YOU WERE TO ASK US.