Poke holes in your clothes
Plus a sick deep-cut line made-to-order in L.A., bathing suits, mini-skirts & more
Welcome to Concorde, Blackbird Spyplane’s “women’s vertical” that the fellas love as well. Every edition is archived here.
Our new guide to How To Pack for a Trip Swaggily is here.
The Concorde Shorts Report is here — and recently I’ve shared intel on summer suits and sandals built to last.
Erin with you once again, Concorde back by your side. Today we have some heat-beating high-summer recon, including…
Cotton-mesh tees — a look for summer’s hottest days that I started clocking in Paris last week on men and women, which have origins in Viking armor (?) and are easier to pull off than you might think
Swimsuit report: Everything from vintage-inspired silver one-pieces to lettuce-edged rompers and photo-print bikinis
A reader question about where to find short skirts in a sea of midis
But first —
In 2023, I came across a line based in L.A. whose designs managed to thread the needle between masculine and feminine in such a Concordian way that I’ve been following their every move since. They make workwear-inspired pieces — fishing vests, utility pants, fantastic field jackets cut from deadstock Japanese and Italian fabrics and finished with French seams — and pair them with feminine elements like big-a** scrunchies and lantern sleeves.
They understand that sometimes, yes, a woman does sort of want to dress like her grandpa.
Even more intriguingly, I couldn’t find their work in any stores…
So when I was in L.A. last December, checking in with some of the best independent designers in the U.S., I arranged a visit to their Echo Park studio, where I got to lay hands on their latest collection — which I can finally share with you, because it dropped last week.