Rain on the window, loafers on the list: The week’s best picks from the Editors
The rain has settled in, the sky is the colour of wet slate, and chai tastes better than usual. It's the perfect time to scroll through the week's finest launches from around the world. Some will keep you cosy indoors, some are made for dashing between showers, and all of them are worth a daydream.
1. Aimé Leon Dore x The North Face Baltoro Jacket
The pair's second collaboration puts a serious down jacket in city clothes. It's overkill for a monsoon, but it's a winter-to-come investment for hill-station trips.
2. Needby Vintage Edo
Suspender jeans with old-school hardware. Few of us can pull them off, but the detailing is good enough to earn a long look anyway.
3. Balenciaga x SEGA
New this week. Sonic sprinted onto the runway, launching in Japan on the 15th and worldwide on September 22. Expect nylon bombers, hoodies and caps in chrome lettering, with a hologram Sonic in Balenciaga's Jet sneakers.
4. Toteme Shearling-Lined Nappa Loafers
Slippers with a tailoring degree, lined in shearling for colder days. They're strictly for dry floors, so keep them away from puddles.
5. Repetto x Yohji Yamamoto Ballet Loafers
A dancer's silhouette dressed in a loafer's sensible clothes. It's the third Repetto and Yohji Yamamoto collaboration, and it turns a pointe-shoe idea into something you can wear to dinner.
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6. Balenciaga x J.M. Weston d'Orsay
Heritage shoemaking with a few deliberate surprises. It honors J.M. Weston's craft while staying far from a basic dress shoe, and it belongs on a dry wedding-season evening.
7. Jaide x Air Jordan 11 Low
It's the first collaboration on the low-cut Air Jordan 11, and it dropped on September 18. Sneakerheads will circle it, though you may want to save it for dry days.
8. Vans x Harris Tweed
Scottish tweed meets a skate shoe, which is exactly the sort of clash that works. The capsule lands in this week's release calendar.
9. Wedgwood x JW Anderson Mug Pair
Mismatched mugs inspired by ancient Greek drinking vessels, filtered through Jonathan Anderson's whimsy. Fill one with masala chai and a rainy afternoon suddenly feels ceremonial.
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10. l'Objet x Jessica McCormack Corde Oval Platter
Fine jewelry meets tableware in an oval platter that treats serving as an art form. It's ideal for a festive-season spread of pakoras, and even those will look expensive on it.
11. Rimowa x Faber-Castell Artist Case
A colour-pencil case priced like luggage. It's the most absurd thing on the list and the most tempting, especially for anyone who has been promising to sketch the rain from their window.
12. Neurae The Eye Contour
The antidote to sleepless weeks, and the sort of small luxury that pays off quickly. It's a sensible thing to keep by the bedside when the schedule is brutal.
13. Apple Watch Ultra 4 Hermès
Ends the list on the wrist, where the week's best Apple Watch belongs. Rugged Ultra hardware gets a Hermès finish, and it's the one piece here that won't fear a downpour.