Joseph

A Joseph wardrobe is assembled rather than bought in outfits. The womenswear is deliberately quiet — long coats in wool and wool-cashmere, knitwear that reads by its gauge rather than its detail, trousers cut precisely enough to build everything else around — and it is designed so that pieces bought years apart still work together.

Trousers carry a good deal of the weight: slim and cropped in a stretch gabardine that keeps its line, wider and softer in heavier cloth, or cut close to the leg in bonded lambskin. Alongside them sit cashmere jumpers and cardigans, silk blouses and camisoles, leather shirts and jackets, and dresses drawn on the same straight lines. Restrained throughout, so nothing dates faster than it wears.