The term “jet-set style” began, fittingly, in the jet age. You know, those days of Pan Am glamour, when women wore dresses and men wore blazers and everyone smoked on aeroplanes. Seventy-odd years later, the phrase’s meaning has expanded — jet-set style can just as easily be described as throwing on Yeezy track pants and a Gucci hoodie to sneak on to your G650 at Van Nuys.
Then, of course, there’s the destination wardrobe — the Moncler jacket for Aspen, the Eres swimsuit for Antigua, and so on. (A Robert Mapplethorpe portrait of the designer Carolina Herrera dancing in Mustique wearing a gold-sequinned stripe kaftan is still pretty much jet-set chic, defined.) Yet these days, getaway style isn’t as much about fitting a place’s image; it’s about taking the place’s image and making it your own. So why not layer the Moncler over a tie-dyed Elder Statesman cashmere, or wear the Eres under a men’s linen-blend shirt from Simon Miller (featured here)? Here are our picks for the best in jet-set style, 2017 edition: personable, distinct, and just plain cool.
1. Album Surf