the.com/wardrobe staples
the clothes that don't wait for permission from trends to be worn on tuesday.
means a small set of versatile, durable garments that combine with everything else you own and never feel dated.
from the term borrows from cooking, where a staple is a base ingredient like rice or salt that everything else is built around, applied to clothes sometime mid-20th century as fashion press started codifying capsule dressing.
chanel jacketdesigned in 1954, unchanged silhouette since.
white shirthas survived 200 years of menswear revolutions intact.
levi 501riveted in 1873, still the denim benchmark.
for instance
white oxford shirt — brooks brothers has sold essentially the same one since 1900.
levi 501 jeans — patented 1873, worn by miners and models alike.
trench coat — burberry designed it for wwi officers in 1912.
breton stripe shirt — french navy uniform since 1858, picasso wore it constantly.