Birthday Outfits

Birthday outfits balance formal tailoring with tactile fabrics for dinner tables and late evenings out. Crisp trousers in dark wool ground the look so sculpted tops or dresses carry the focus without feeling overdone. Silk in black, olive or navy catches low evening light.

Rick Owens, a Californian designer who moved to Paris, is known for draping and bias cut patterns. Coperni is the Paris label of Arnaud Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer, who met as students in Paris. Homme Plisse Issey Miyake brings pleated jackets and trousers that do not crease.

Sharp blazers, silk tops and tailored trousers move easily from a dinner table into a crowded room. WDLT117 in Toronto brings most of this wall, from Song for the Mute and Coperni to MM6 Maison Margiela ankle boots. Utopia in Toronto adds Rick Owens cargo pants and Amiri jeans, and Due West in Toronto adds jeans from Drôle de Monsieur.