Where will you go in Bassike’s new navy corduroy tuxedo? If you’re in Australia, where Deborah Sams designed this collection after one of the country’s strict, albeit intermittent, lockdowns, you might wear it to dinner, a cocktail, or a wedding—sans mask. Beyond its closed borders, life in Oz can be startlingly normal.
The tuxedo is Sams’s boldest stab at dressing up. Her proposition for Bassike has always been just-elevated-enough garments with a built-in slouch. A new wool-linen blend will work for unpredictable climates and unpredictable lifestyles, especially when it’s cut into a knotted tank dress or a mannish jumpsuit. Bridging home clothes and life clothes is a Sams signature, and she continues to do it right here, layering fine cashmere knits with white trousers and adding D-ring pulls and drawstrings to trenches and shorts in lieu of cinching belts. Bassike has always been about unfussy clothing, and these pieces look like a pleasant solve for our very fussy lives right now.
