This Preppy Hunting Jacket Is Now Office-Appropriate

Here they come now, as sure a sign of fading winter as the return of morning birdsong. Young New York finance guys are beginning to sport the new outerwear of their tribe on the cusp of spring, fusing navy-blue gilets, olive-green waxed jackets, and gray fleece vests with the standard uniform of city business.

Thus merging town and country, they're evolving the professional wardrobe in the direction of an American hybrid—equal parts Edwardian sporting party, Dartmouth keg party, and party of four with an 8 p.m. reservation at Dorsia. The quilted gilet (rhymes with filet, if you're being fancy about it) made its presence strongly felt last fall. Now, with its sartorial cousins that have descended from hunting gear, it has shoved aside all objections to emerge as a mainstream weekday must-have for a certain sort of moneyman.