Most windbreakers fail the same test. They pack down fine, they do a reasonable job in a light shower, and then you look at yourself in a shop window and immediately regret the decision. The technical end of the market has spent years optimising for performance at the expense of any coherent aesthetic, and it shows.

What we were looking for here was something that solves the actual problem, which is unpredictable weather without a bag large enough to carry a proper jacket, while still looking like you made a considered choice rather than grabbed whatever was near the door. Packable does not have to mean shapeless. It does not have to mean that particular shade of grey that exists nowhere in nature.

The windbreakers in this collection have clean construction, cuts that sit well over a midlayer, and colourways that work with how men actually dress. They compress small enough to live in a day bag permanently. That is the whole point.