When GQ acknowledged the mall brand renaissance, I had little way of knowing what it would portend. Until I made my best purchase of the season: Madewell’s double-breasted coat, a boss-man topper crafted from a swaddly Italian alpaca-wool blend.
Omar Atwan
Omar Atwan
I’ll get into the specifics of the coat shortly, but first, a word on Madewell’s glorious menswear glow-up. Madewell’s women’s line has always crushed it, but for years, its men’s department often felt like an…


