RAG & BONE GETS DOWN

We're getting this jacket in gray.
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via Men.Style.com

"This fall, Rag & Bone is introducing a down jacket with zip-off sleeves made in collaboration with the outdoorsy Massachusetts brand Penfield. Designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville have, for the most part, kept the iconic Penfield shape intact and messed instead with the fabrics: The puffer comes in black and gray, and features the same water-resistant and windproof melton Schoeller wool that the duo deployed in their Fall '09 apparel. (It also has the Bemberg lining they use in their suits.) "The reason I approached them initially is that it's very difficult to make down products, and they're great at it," explains Wainwright. He goes on to say that, as longtime Penfield fans, neither he nor Neville saw any particular need to fancy-up the jacket's basic form. "We toned down their Western yoke, and the fit is according to our specs," he says. "There aren't too many really archetypal silhouettes for men, and this is one of them." If it ain't broke...
The Rag & Bone for Penfield jacket, $795, rag-bone.com

MAYA SINGER
Photo: Courtesy of Rag & Bone"