J.Crew and Eckhaus Latta Prove Preppy and Downtown Speak the Same Language

J.Crew, the catalog institution built on button-downs, chinos and other American basics, has joined forces with Eckhaus Latta, the label beloved by downtown insiders for twisting those same basics into something sharper. It is an unlikely pairing on paper — heritage staple meets avant-garde favorite — and a natural one in practice, since both have spent their careers defining what American dressing actually looks like. The collaboration puts two very different reads on the same wardrobe under a single label.

With reporting from Vogue.