Tailored Vests and Long Vests for Women

A vest is the piece a woman puts on when she wants to feel finished. It sharpens a shirt she has worn a hundred times and turns a pair of trousers into something considered. A tailored vest does more work than almost anything else hanging in her closet. It goes to work over a blouse, out on its own in July, and under a coat when the weather turns.

A tailored V-neck vest can work with a shirt underneath or nothing underneath at all. A long vest falls past the hip and changes the proportion of everything underneath, which is what keeps silhouettes interesting. Cropped vests sit higher and look great over high-waisted trousers. Linen keeps its cool through summer and softens the longer it is worn. Wool holds its structure through autumn in plaid, houndstooth and pinstripe. Denim and corduroy are heavier fabrics and read more casual than the wool and linen styles, which makes them the ones to reach for on a weekend or over a T-shirt and jeans.

Vests pair naturally with our trousers and skirts, and a suit vest worn with matching trousers reads as sharply as anything in the suiting collection. For colder layering, look to jackets and blazers. Each vest is sewn in New York City in small runs by people paid a fair wage. Fabric comes from small mills, and production is matched to demand so leftover yardage becomes recuts rather than waste.