From the age of seventeen, Anastasia Barbieri has found the ideal uniform in a men’s suit. The three-piece provided an enduringly chic channel for an androgynous silhouette without deleting the feminine form. The former fashion editor of Vogue Homme International has become synonymous with the tailored suit, instantly recognizable by her sartorially fluid sets, so her latest collaboration with the gender-bending A.P.C. stands as a fashion fundamental finally coming to fruition.



A long time admirer of A.P.C.’s gender fluid pieces, Barbieri has teamed up with the Parisian brand to create a timeless selection of sophisticated womenswear pieces. Alas, there is that word again ー timeless. Fashion aficionados hear it all the time. In fact, anyone with one ear attuned, even partially, to the rhetoric of today’s fashion campaigns can recognize the prevalence of this eight-letter word. And yet, what does it mean? To some, “timeless” translates to “never out of style,” an effortless article of clothing that eternally abides to fashion’s constantly evolving trends. To others, the word conjures images of simplicity ー “minimalistic” and “elementary” not too far behind.


To A.P.C. and Barbieri, “timeless” means generational. Wedding traditional codes of male tailoring with the close-fitting silhouettes so characteristic of modern femininity, the collection boils down to a capsule wardrobe capable of being passed on from one cohort to the next. As much as a piece can defy fashion’s revolving door of ever-fading fads, a timeless piece lasts long after the building has shut down.

A midnight-blue double-breasted wool gabardine blazer boasts a set of buttons emblazoned with Barbieri’s family crest, and extra-wide pants offer a nonchalant sophistication crucial to every capsule. A double-breasted checked wool gabardine jacket, evocative of the tantalizing characters from old Italian films (think a dapper Marcello Mastroianni), is the perfect outer layer to an assortment of striped shirts with white officer’s collars (there are those masculine codes). A tuxedo jacket with a contrasting shawl collar functions as a malleable option, one that can be worn from morning to night, and soft-wash denim jeans with chic button accents serve to round out the collection.


In essence, A.P.C. and Anastasia are rectifying the sartorial prejudices that limit men’s tailoring to men. A man’s suit possesses an innately universal power: one that conveys a sense of presence and confidence, that remains so powerful and so prevalent it would be a crime not to let women get in on some of the action. So therein lies the collection’s paradox ー a wardrobe for women that is built on masculine scripts. It’s elegant, it’s dynamic, and, above all, it’s timeless. Why shouldn’t we embrace that?
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