KZO Knits

On my last trip to Los Angeles a label I saw a lot was KZO. I remember when I viewed the premier collection a few years ago it was a very Japanese “streetwear” inspired line called Kazuo. But how things have changed.  The label has grown out of it’s Barracuda roots and is now sitting next to Ann Demeulemeester in sparse high-end boutiques all over the LA area. Oki-ni has a nice selection of items from KZO’s Spring collection. There is almost too little variation between some of their styles but two of my favorites are pictured above.

The knit jacket is like a soft not-so-durable engineer jacket - a play on the knit blazers seen from Band of Outsiders and Obedient Sons over the years. It really is just a perfect light grey marl and it’s topped off with metal buttons which is a nice variation from your typical nut buttons.

And I’m just loving the cropped sweat pant. This is another personal style thing for me that has come out of my frequent travels. I picked up a pair of the Crew’s sweatpants last year to wear on long flights. I would have picked up Save Khaki’s version but I couldn’t commit $100 for an item I wasn’t sure I would adopt into my lifestyle so easily. I have since begun wearing them to my early morning flights or changing into them at the airport or on the plane on flights that are later in the day. I’ll typically wear a deconstructed sport jacket and oxford tucked into the front and Italian sneakers of some sort. It’s a nice pairing in it’s own right, but it also makes it easy to keep a pair of pants or denim in your carry-on you look ready for a day of work or a night out the second you step off the plane.