Graffiti Logo Nylon Windbreaker — Army Green, Size IT 50 / US 40

The graffiti logo arrived at Alexander McQueen in Autumn/Winter 2021 under Sarah Burton: the house name rewritten as a loose, spray-can tag and rolled out across men's and women's ready-to-wear and accessories. It was framed not as a new logo or a capsule but simply as a graphic, which is why it turns up everywhere from track pants to bags. For a house built on razor tailoring and dark romance, it was a deliberate step toward the street, and the windbreaker, the most utilitarian jacket in a man's wardrobe, became one of its most direct carriers.

This one is cut in lightweight army-green nylon and screen-printed with the McQueen graffiti logo. The green is the colour of military surplus, which gives the tag its context: a field jacket marked up like a wall. It closes with snaps beneath a spread collar, and elasticated cuffs and an elasticated waist gather the straight, easy body into a blouson shape, so the elastic does the shaping rather than the cut. Welt pockets sit at the waist, and the nylon is light enough to pack down. Made in Italy.

What it reads as is McQueen with its guard down: a house known for armour-like tailoring signing its name across a piece of sportswear, the way a tagger would across a wall. Worn with the collar up and the waist pulled in, it is the easiest way into the house's later menswear. Size IT 50 / US 40.