Will the women who live in Re/Done jeans be just as taken with the brand’s suits? Sean Barron and Jamie Mazur are betting on it. Following a few seasons of tailoring trials—starting with reworked vintage blazers, then venturing into made-in-Italy versions—the duo introduced their first “real” head-to-toe suits for Resort 2020. In neutral mini-checks or navy pinstripes, they’re just a touch shy of traditional: The blazers have strong (but not giant) shoulders and slightly elongated bodies, and the trousers are cropped with a subtle flare. Those tweaks might preclude certain women from wearing them in ultraformal offices, but dress codes are loosening up in most industries. Plus Barron and Mazur weren’t really thinking about nine-to-five: They styled the checked suit with a T-shirt and sneakers, the way a Re/Done girl might wear it to a party.
The navy suit was shown with the brand’s other big news for Resort: Their first official shoes (the loafers they made last year were a collaboration with Bass). The square-toe, vintage-Frye-inspired boots had a pleasant heft to them and had been purposefully worn in and softened up. The sandy suede ankle boots in particular looked like they’d been streaked with oil. They captured precisely what Barron and Mazur are hoping Re/Done can grow into: not just a denim brand but a resource for items you’d normally find in a vintage store—just with much better fabrics and fit. That’s why women love the jeans; they’re accessible yet have that feeling of a treasure you hunted down at the flea market. Similarly this collection’s highlights—the leather pilot jacket, the long military coat, and the tie-neck silk dress—nodded to the ’60s, the ’40s, and the ’80s without requiring any repairs or dry cleaning.
The suits, of course, looked inherently 2019: powerful yet without pretension.
