Loden Dager's resort collection is just what you'd expect: reliable, unfussy sportswear with a contemporary bent, like trim blazers and washed chambray shirting (pictured), trouser-cut denim, and a rugged (if slightly unyielding) canvas trench. Resort collections in general may be meant for those luxe end-of-year vacations—and, by extension, those who can afford them—but LD's item names seem to pay homage to a hardier and more self-sacrificing crew. Select pieces—like a Steinbeck jean, the Orwell trench—call out the masculine, hardscrabble writers of the early 20th century. An unexpected addition to their company: the effete T.S. Eliot, namesake of the work-style shirt above. We're pretty sure the bard of The Waste Land wasn't much for manual labor, but apparently in Loden Dager's vision, even the most elite aren't too good to get their hands dirty.
Vachon blazer, $405, and Eliot shirting, $180, available at Opening Ceremony, 35 Howard St., NYC, (212) 219-2688, and 451 N. La Cienega Blvd., L.A., (310) 652-1120, openingceremony.us