A modern classic
Equipment’s first ready-to-wear collection is packed out with the elevated essentials you’ve been looking for
Parisian style is the most enduring and sought-after in the fashion world. That insouciant, cool-girl attitude, an irresistible blend of immaculately polished elegance and lo-fi effortlessness, is something that women around the world try to capture in their wardrobes on a daily basis. It’s a sensibility that Equipment has in spades. The French label, which started life in 1976 as a line of pared-back button-down silk shirts, this season completed its transformation into a fully-fledged ready-to-wear collection, and it’s offering up every sartorial ingredient you could need to build the perfect Parisian wardrobe.
“The label has riffed on hard-working sophisticated classics, throw-on-and go clothes that you can wear day after day
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Drawing on its heritage as a go-to for elevated basics, the label has riffed on hard-working sophisticated classics, throw-on-and go clothes that you can wear day after day. It’s really nailed the fluid midi dress, from striped shirt dresses and silk wrap-arounds to summer-ready printed affairs. They have that brilliantly flattering shape that, aside from being impeccably chic, is also ultra-versatile: switch from slingbacks to sandals, add a tailored blazer or a pair of statement earrings and they’ll transform into the perfect office/wedding/vacation dress at a moment’s notice.
Those silk shirts that have so long been a favorite with everyone from Kate Moss to Caroline de Maigret are, of course, still peppered throughout the collection. Wear them tucked into a pair of jeans, sleeves rolled and half unbuttoned, and they’ll hit that sweet spot between androgyny and understated sexiness that’s both incredibly elusive and desirable. Right now, though, you can also wear them with matching wide-leg pants for a laid-back and louche take on the suit. Style with mussed hair and a slick of red lipstick for the ultimate modern spin on after-dark dressing.
Lastly, there’s tailoring and outerwear to complete the line-up, too; slouchy masculine blazers and luxe iterations of the trench coat that are destined to become wear-forever favorites. Pack out your closet with them and channel the je ne sais quoi you’ve been searching for.