Khaki by Storm

It seems like all week I heard about khaki’s. Everyone’s talking about them and you can’t open a fashion magazine, newspaper or blog without reading about them as the jean alternative in new washes (grey) and fits. WWD led its daily on Thursday with Khaki on the cover. Hell, even the New York Times was writing about khakis this week discussing the Dockers collaboration with Steven Alan. Apparently, khaki’s are the new jeans. Banana Republic and Gap, both famous for their khakis in the 90′s, have re-launched their khakis. People have been trying to make khaki’s cool again for a few years now, take the brand aptly named Save Khaki, or look at how Michael Bastian has incorporated them in his personal collection and his line for Gant for instance. And all of the cool kids were running around this summer in their khakis with cuffs turned up. Valet was able to get some info about Mr. Alan’s capsule for collection for Dockers, and it looks promising. These certainly won’t be your dad’s Dockers. By the way, Dockers current campaign slogan is “Keep calm and khaki on.” Seriously. Oh, and yes, I’ve gotten a few new pair of khaki’s myself lately.