The vest is having a moment and we are not surprised. Men have been quietly reaching back into the mid century wardrobe for a while now, and the knitted vest sits right at the heart of it. Wear one over a shirt and suddenly you have an outfit with actual considered layering rather than just a shirt and a vague sense that something is missing. The collar frames nicely, the sleeves stay visible, and the whole thing looks like you thought about it without overthinking it.

Where most men go wrong is scale. A vest that is too boxy reads costume. Too slim and it fights the shirt underneath. The ones we have pulled together here sit in the right territory, proportions that work for real dressing rather than editorial fantasy.

Argyle, ribbed, textured college stripes. These are not novelty pieces. They are the kind of thing you reach for more often than you expected and wonder why you waited this long.