Even when Gap was a humble denim specialist with a lone San Francisco outpost, the retailer knew how to bridge the divide between the clothes people wanted to wear and the clothes they could afford. That’s still blessedly true. As of this week, though, its biggest upmarket push in decades has arrived: GapStudio, a line of artful basics designed by Zac Posen, the buzzy fashion industry darling and the company’s new-ish EVP and creative director.
We say “new-ish” because Posen has been installed at Gap for close to two years now—though this marks the first time his remit has included a full-blown menswear collection. Prior to now, Posen’s bespoke GapStudio men’s pieces had appeared on red-carpet luminaries like Timotheé Chalamet but were woefully hard to find on the shelves. No longer.
Fittingly, GapStudio’s inaugural menswear collection iterates on Posen’s specific brand of retro glamor, from lustrous satin tailoring to flared corduroy pants with a distinctly Boogie Nights energy. Slinky wide-neck tees, styled under a razor-sharp double-breasted blazer or a pavement-skipping camel topcoat, recall the best of ’90s minimalism, while an indulgent vegan-leather fur-lined coat simultaneously stands out and ties everything together. But enough gabbing. Check out a few of our favorite pieces from GapStudio release below, or head over to the Gap website to scope out Posen’s vision in its entirety.
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