A summer uniform: three shirts, one trouser

From June to September most of the studio wears the same four pieces. Not because we have to, but because getting dressed stops being a decision when everything already works together.

The four pieces

Two Rua Shirts in chalk and one in ink, plus a single pair of Tejo Trousers in stone. The shirts are cut generously so they can be tucked, knotted or worn open over a vest; the trouser sits high and falls straight so it works with sandals and with loafers.

A uniform is not a lack of imagination. It is imagination spent somewhere else.

How to make it yours

Change the accessories, not the clothes. A cinnabar scarf, a heavier belt, rolled sleeves on Fridays. The uniform stays quiet so the person wearing it does not have to.