Officine Générale Menswear Autumn 2023

For Pierre Mahéo, consistency of dress is a form of elegance that he not only studies but has practiced for decades. He’s always admired people who, by choice, design, default, or whatever, stay true to their own style. He, too, continues to wear, and cherish, a timeworn pea coat. “It’s about a sentimental relationship to clothing,” the designer offered backstage before the show, recounting how last fall, when his team was brainstorming this collection, he realized he wanted to just focus on the two colors he's been wearing himself for the past 30 years or so. “I don't want to change things, I want to perfect them,” he said.