Herringbone Is Having a Style Moment. Here's How to Take Advantage

Arriving for his hotel-room tryst with Mrs. Robinson, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman’s post-collegiate layabout in The Graduate) is the opposite of a smooth operator. Nervous and bumbling, he’s a blunderer in every sense—except for his dress sense, which is impeccable. Matched with a knit tie and button-down shirt for a sophisticated play of texture, Benjamin’s herringbone sport coat is dapper in a dynamic way.

Imagine that th telephone booth in that scene were a time machine whisking Benjamin to the next chilly day in 2016. He’d look just as correct now as he did in the mid-'60s, as this classic is experiencing a revival. After half a decade of creeping popularity, herringbone—a twill weave named for the v-shaped X-ray of a tasty little fish—is set to achieve omnipresence in a variety of sophisticated circles.