UNIQLO & Engineered Garments Reunite to Perfect Affordable Outerwear
Engineered Garments' bread and butter is classic menswear, perfected. UNIQLO's specialty is staple clothes, perfected.
When Engineered Garments and UNIQLO come together on a collaboration, you get crazy, avant-garde creations that can barely be called clothing. Just kidding, obviously: Engineered Garments x UNIQLO is, of course, the ultimate in affordable outerwear.
Remember when Engineered Garments and UNIQLO dropped what became the menswear world's hottest fleece (literally)? EG and 'QLO are back to repeat the magic in November 2023, this time dishing a trio of layering pieces designed to slot into any tasteful cold weather menswear wardrobe.
Engineered Garments and UNIQLO's Fall/Winter 2023 collab drops a delicious mélange of staple EG silhouettes upgraded by UNIQLO tech.
There's a fishtail parka, field jacket, and bomber on hand for FW23. All of these clothes are favorites of EG founder Daiki Suzuki and all are elevated by UNIQLO's Pufftech and Heattech functionality, which is infused into the collection's onion-quilted lining, guaranteeing the garments peerless insulation.
For a not-so-steep price of purchase, you also get some nifty EG touches throughout the latest UNIQLO collaboration, like in the bomber's myriad zips, closures, and pockets. Truly, who needs a bag when you've got an EG jacket?
The fabrications are also quite typical of Engineered Garments, going heavy on texture and timeless textiles. The EG x UNIQLO FW23 bomber is offered in a fuzzy wool blend, for instance, while the field jacket comprises a hardy cotton that recalls the militaristic cotton sateen used in EG's mainline collections.
Unlike EG's mainline collections, though, all of the EG x UNIQLO FW23 pieces are yours for under two bills. Dropping November 10 on UNIQLO's website and its stores, the EG collab's bomber, jacket, and coat retail for $130, $150, and $180 apiece, respectively.
Compare to Engineered Garments' in-line wool bombers — which often retail for over $700 — and field jackets, which can command even higher prices.
Though Engineered Garments is typically best known for its collabs — mostly because it does so damn many of them — UNIQLO might have the New York brand beat.
Along with this new EG lineup, UNIQLO also recently partnered with longtime pal JW Anderson and one-off partner White Mountaineering for separate winter collections, which doesn't even include the deep seasonal capsules designed for UNIQLO in perpetuity by UNIQLO U mastermind Christophe Lemaire.
That's one-stop shopping, the UNIQLO way. At least you can't fault the fast fashion retailer for lacking taste.
