Most windbreakers fail not because of what they do but because of how they look doing it. Thin, crinkly, and printed with something that made sense at a glance but reads badly in real life. We’ve all owned one. The windbreaker as a category has a lot to answer for.

When it’s done right though, it’s one of the most useful things in a warm weather wardrobe. Light enough to stuff in a bag, protective enough to matter, and with the right print it adds something to an outfit rather than just sitting on top of it. That’s the real criteria we used here. Not just whether the print is interesting but whether it works with the kind of clothes most of us actually wear.

The pieces in this collection sit at that intersection of function and considered design. Worn over a simple tee with clean trousers or thrown on a track suit, they all pass the most important test. They look like they were chosen, not grabbed.