If you don’t own any classic workwear staples, you’re missing out. These versatile, hardwearing, utility-inspired garments can do it all. They can be smart, adding a rough-and-ready edge to tailored clothing, or casual, naturally combining with streetwear and off-duty attire.
We’re not, of course, talking about ‘work clothing’ you’d wear to the office. Rather, ‘workwear’ is a catch-all term which refers to functional garments that would have originally been worn for blue collar jobs – think factory work, mining, carpentry and other, manual occupations.
Workwear is often made from denim or cotton twill for durability,