The capsule wardrobe has been fashion’s most recycled promise, but Zara’s new edit makes the case by showing the work rather than just stating it. The balloon fit trousers, the relaxed straight-leg jeans, and the straight-leg bootcut jeans rotate through the lineup in equal measure, each bottom half pulling a different character out of the same tops.
Zara Ways to Wear Edit
A relaxed fit cardigan over balloon fit trousers evokes the idea of a man who summers somewhere warm; the same cardigan over the straight-leg bootcut jeans lands somewhere leaner and more immediate.
Zara’s suede jacket paired with suede brown trousers in contrasting tones is the type of tonal risk that appears calculated.
What holds the Zara edit together is how the supporting pieces earn their keep across every combination. The striped henley neck T-shirt layers the way workwear always intended, while the crewneck sweatshirt and knitted bomber jacket move between the wider and narrower silhouettes without losing their footing.
Combination dressing at this level traces back to how European men dressed in the 1970s, when a reliable jacket and a good trouser did the work across every occasion without much ceremony, and Zara has delivered that logic at scale.
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