A Belt Buckle Doing Some Work

The belt buckle catches the eye first, a wide western piece sitting dead center under a plain white tank, and it changes the read of everything around it. Without it, this is a simple workwear outfit. With it, the whole thing has a point of view.

The tank stays tucked and close to the body, which gives the tan trousers room to do their own thing lower down. Full-length, slightly stacking over black boots, they've got the pleated front and patch pockets of real workwear rather than a fashion version of it.

The layered chain necklaces, the tattoos running down both arms, the black wide-brim hat — none of it feels styled on top of the outfit so much as it feels like it just belongs to the person wearing it. That's the difference between a costume and a look.

Parked in front of a Jeep on a gray Venice street, the whole thing reads a little western, a little workwear, and entirely unbothered about which category it fits into.