Highsnobiety
John Elliott

Brand: John Elliott

Season: Fall/Winter 2021

Key Pieces: The expanded range of in-house John Elliott footwear is key, expanding to include trek-ready sandals and hiking boots, and house slippers alongside the familiar black derbies and mules. There are plenty of easy layering pieces, too, including waist-length leather puffers, padded shirts, mohair cardigans, and vivid sweatpants.

Buy: Dropping weekly at John Elliott's website and flagships; launching soon at stockists like SSENSE.

Editor's Notes: John Elliott has proven incredibly adept at navigating flighty trends, maneuvering his eponymous Californian label through various eras of streetwear — and then post-streetwear — style.

Today, Elliott's brand isn't really in the realm of "streetwear" at all: though his output remains approachably casual, it's more sophisticated, balancing easy favorites with grown-up silhouettes.

So, he still does cozy hoodies, grab-n-go shirts, and tailored sweatpants, but they're realized with luxuriant textiles, experimental washes, and more shapely cuts.

Behold the latest round of "Pollock" jeans, layered with paint and cut with twisted seams for a curved shape. Take in the jacquard fleece jackets, woven exclusively for Elliott in Japan and designed to recall old school adventure layers.

Some things are imminently familiar to longtime followers, like the militaristic parkas inspired by the wardrobe of Elliott's uncle — a Vietnam War vet — or gentle distressing that plays across deep-dyed jersey pants.

Seasonal all-timers, like coaches jackets and trucker jackets, are executed in versatile weatherproof nylon or suede, layered over luscious knitwear occasionally given the tie-dye treatment.

It's all recognizable stuff: anyone who's grown up with Elliott can add any of these mock-neck tees or puffers to their rotations with ease. But Elliott's inherent appeal is that he can make wearable stuff that reads as stylish without demanding its wearer try to style anything too out-there. He's concocting some adventurous stuff, sure, but it's all grounded.

Likewise, the in-house footwear program that kicked off this past February is expanding, widening its purview beyond Vibram-soled running sneakers to encompass boots, sandals, and slippers.

  • PhotographyPaley Fairman
  • ModelsVictor Ndigwe, Hayden Mullikin
  • Art DirectionPaulo Rafael
We Recommend
  • Why Maison Margiela SS24 Was the Best Couture Show in Years
    • Style
  • Storage Wars: 18 Crossbody Bags to Store Your Daily Essentials
    • Style
  • FENDI Splits High Fashion In Two For Its Winter 2023-2024 Collection
    • Style
    • sponsored
  • adidas High-Top Sneakers are a Low-Key Flex
    • Footwear
    • sponsored
  • These Luxury Jeans Give Denim a Glow-Up
    • Style
What To Read Next
  • The Clarks Wallabee Is Getting Wavy
    • Sneakers
    • sponsored
  • 114 Index Is Pioneering a Sling Bag Renaissance
    • Style
  • adidas Originals Is Looking Back For the Future
    • Sneakers
  • Nobu & Caviar with Chef Nobu
    • Culture
  • Why Are Famous People Obsessed With Cowboycore?
    • Style
  • LOEWE's JW Anderson Made 'Challengers' 2024's Best-Dressed Movie
    • Style
*If you submitted your e-mail address and placed an order, we may use your e-mail address to inform you regularly about similar products without prior explicit consent. You can object to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. Each newsletter contains an unsubscribe link. Alternatively, you can object to receiving the newsletter at any time by sending an e-mail to info@highsnobiety.com

Web Accessibility Statement

Titel Media GmbH (Highsnobiety), is committed to facilitating and improving the accessibility and usability of its Website, www.highsnobiety.com. Titel Media GmbH strives to ensure that its Website services and content are accessible to persons with disabilities including users of screen reader technology. To accomplish this, Titel Media GmbH tests, remediates and maintains the Website in-line with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), which also bring the Website into conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Disclaimer

Please be aware that our efforts to maintain accessibility and usability are ongoing. While we strive to make the Website as accessible as possible some issues can be encountered by different assistive technology as the range of assistive technology is wide and varied.

Contact Us

If, at any time, you have specific questions or concerns about the accessibility of any particular webpage on this Website, please contact us at accessibility@highsnobiety.com, +49 (0)30 235 908 500. If you do encounter an accessibility issue, please be sure to specify the web page and nature of the issue in your email and/or phone call, and we will make all reasonable efforts to make that page or the information contained therein accessible for you.