Styles · An idea under Classic
French style
Tailored coats, crisp shirts, fine knitwear, and straight leg trousers with a relaxed Parisian sensibility for women and men.
French style centers on sharp tailoring, crisp shirts, and straight leg trousers balanced with relaxed knitwear and neutral leather pieces. Clean cuts in navy, black, and white rely on raw cotton, silk, and wool to hold sharp shapes without feeling stiff. The striped Breton top began as the French navy's uniform in the nineteenth century, and Coco Chanel brought it into women's clothes in the nineteen tens.
A.P.C. cuts raw Japanese denim trousers and clean poplin shirts with minimal detailing. Goyard constructs coated canvas totes and travel bags shaped by classic Parisian trunk making craft. Chanel tailors tweed jackets and quilted leather shoulder bags with structured lines.
Structured leather bags, button down shirts, and pleated trousers pair naturally with low profile sneakers or leather loafers. Fine cashmere knitwear softens the sharp shoulders of a wool trench coat for brisk days. Utopia, Due West, and WDLT117 in Toronto carry these shirts, shoulder bags, and pleated trousers.
