RUNWAY: J. Crew FW14

J.Crew is one of the few, if not only, American mass retailer that has successfully upped its fashion quotient. Unlike other retailers that create one-off collections with big names or ones that heavily "borrow" looks from high fashion labels, J.Crew sticks to its roots by constantly showing new iterations of Americana. For FW14, the collection was inspired by New York in the 1940s and the men who helped build the city up by working on the docks. These blue collar workers wore utilitarian clothes fit for their trade but J.Crew added in luxe materials like cashmere to give them a truly high fashion feel at affordable prices.