VESTE GOULT: A Jacket Shaped by Time

VESTE GOULT is inspired by a rare French hunting jacket from the 1920s–30s, originally made as a personal order and later reworked. Rather than replicating the past, the design translates it—quietly updated this season, while preserving the balance between utility and elegance that defined the original.

The jacket is cut from OUTIL’s original chino cloth, woven with Greek Pima cotton single yarn in the warp and Indian Suvin cotton double yarn in the weft. A gentle irregularity in the warp gives the twill a subtle, three-dimensional character. In indigo, the fabric is hand-dyed by craftsmen, allowing the color to evolve gradually with wear.

OUTIL takes its name from the French word for “tool,” reflecting the brand’s belief that clothing should function as an everyday companion rather than an object of display. Rooted in French workwear, the brand’s practice is grounded in material choice, construction, and silhouette. Through repeated journeys across France, designer Yuya Uta has encountered artisans who continue to work with traditional techniques—methods that have largely disappeared from modern production but remain quietly intact.

VESTE GOULT stands as a garment shaped by such continuity. It is not defined by trend, but by use; not by excess, but by intention. A jacket made to be worn, lived in, and carried forward—much like the traditions that inspired it.