Brett Braley

With nearly three decades of filmmaking and thirteen feature films to his name, Wes Anderson has more than earned his reputation as an auteur.

With nearly three decades of filmmaking and 13 feature films to his name, Wes Anderson has more than earned his reputation as an auteur.

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Growing up in central Pennsylvania gave me an early aversion to camouflage as fashion. In sixth grade, I had to take a hunting permit course (no, really), and ever since, I’ve avoided most signifiers of my rural upbringing. In doing so, though, I’ve overlooked just how easily camo can add a new dimension to an otherwise ordinary outfit.

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There aren’t many times I’ve blamed Austin Butler for anything, but the renaissance of the henley might just be his doing. I’ve always had a semi-contentious relationship with the shirt. Somehow, it slipped into my closet and refuses to leave. A bit too casual, a bit too slouchy, it adds a boyishness to my appearance (my narrow shoulders and round cheeks don’t help) just when I’m trying to look like a Very Serious Adult.

Having grown up in rural Pennsylvania and now living on a five-acre farm, I appreciate when workwear is celebrated not as costume, but for the utilitarian value it was designed to deliver. Take the barn jacket. Simple by design. It has evolved into a fall staple thanks to its roomy cut, easy styling, and the way it channels a blue-collar everyman sensibility that has shaped menswear since the decline of the hashtag-menswear movement in the mid-2010s.

The one bag style that finally made carrying my entire life feel… intentional.

The reluctant case for a slightly embarrassing shoe.

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