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Loiter Jacket
Ready-to-Wear · Relaxed Tailoring

Loiter Jacket

A boxy, easy jacket that turns EG’s fabric play into a casual tailoring staple.

$408 at Nepenthes America

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Story & heritage

The Loiter Jacket is a recurring Engineered Garments layer, with Nepenthes treating it as a deep-dive subject and a regular canvas for seasonal cloths.

Its appeal is in the name: relaxed enough to loiter in, structured enough to stand in for a jacket when EG’s workwear, Ivy and military references meet.

Materials & craft

The current Nepenthes Special version is listed as 100% cotton and made in the U.S. Nepenthes’ Loiter coverage also frames the model through fabric variety, from corduroy and heavy twill to wool-blend checks.

100% cottonmade in U.S.seasonal fabricsboxy shape

How to choose & style

Use it as a softer blazer: shirt underneath, loose trousers below, and no need for a tie unless the fabric is doing something deliberately odd.

Patterned versions work best when the rest of the outfit is plain; black and grey versions can take print shirts or textured pants.

PaisleyPatchworkMelangeTropical woolNyco twill
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