Darong Zip-Up Checkered Collared Jacket

Zip it up and your hands find the collar first, smoothing it flat against your neck. The bodycon cut settles close through the waist and stays there, and the side seam pockets take your hands without pulling the check out of line. Long sleeves, a collared neckline, and a checked pattern that reads cleanly from across a room. It was made for travel, so it layers without fuss and packs down small.

One thing it does not do: give you room to spare. The fit is fitted by design, so if you want to wear a heavy sweater underneath, go up a size. Both colourways run in S, M, and L at $49.99, drafted on the same block as the rest of the range.

The run on the Zip-Up Checkered Collared Jacket is S to L, and between any two of them the smaller size clings where the larger one skims.

Size charts are a starting point, not a promise. Body measurements vary between people of the same height and weight, knit fabrics move differently on different frames, and a measurement taken over clothing reads larger than one taken against the body. Measure yourself with a soft tape held level and snug, compare those numbers with the chart rather than with the size you usually buy, and where you fall between two sizes, decide by how you want the garment to sit rather than by the label.

How to measure for this

The composition of the zip-up checkered collared jacket is printed on the garment label, and a wash should follow that label rather than the piece next to it on the shelf.

Turn the zip-up checkered collared jacket inside out for the wash, keep the water cold, and lay it flat rather than hanging it wet.