How to not wear cool jackets wrong
Guidance on the J.A.W.S. Interface, plus very dope jeans & more
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In today’s sletter we’ve got:
How to not wear cool jackets wrong
A half dozen of the sickest jeans out
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And more!
Let’s get to it —
We’re all familiar with the getting-dressed conundrum that is the Footwear Ankle Pant (F.A.P.) Interface, a.k.a. how well, or how poorly, your pants harmonize with your shoes.
But the other day we got a reader question about the much-less-discussed Jacket Abdomen Waist Shirt (J.A.W.S.) Interface, specifically as pertains to dope, shorter-cut jackets of the kind that abounded in our recent Great Jackets Roundup.
Yes — cropped jackets are fire, and there’s a bunch of bangers in circulation right now from some of our favorite lines. But styling them can be vexing if you’ve grown accustomed to jackets that hit further down the thighs.
So here’s some Infallible Spyplane Guidance for keeping this region of an outfit in order: