Reading · Desk of Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe

Venroy. Made famous by tweens and early twenties for their lounge skirt and adored by every living, breathing 20–30-something-year-old male heading to Noosa for the long weekend, Venroy as a brand has my attention. To be fair to Venroy I had dabbled in some linen here and there, but never really thought of them as anything beyond the go-to quintessential Summer resort wear brand. That was until last year when I stopped a lady on the street to ask where her trench was from. “It’s just Venroy,” I was stumped—assumed she was mistaken—but found myself browsing online anyway.

And so, the love affair was born.

Don’t get me wrong, I still ground Venroy heavily in the Summer season and I think they enjoy playing there. But previous drops, alongside their latest ‘Travel Essentials’ collection, are playing in a different territory (perhaps a more grown up one), it’s the kind of collection you buy knowing it will sit on top of your favourite jeans and be called upon weekly in your wardrobe lineup. Despite my love of fashion, I must say I fall into the lazy dresser category. For me, comfort and ease is key, I have spent too many seasons buying the ‘it’ item or the bold piece thinking it will elevate the look, only to return to the comfort of tees and knits paired with jeans and a coat or trench. If not broken why fix it! So when I walked into Venroy early last week there were some easy wardrobe building blocks that were no brainers for me to add to my Autumn/Winter wardrobe (listen the Style-ish episode with Elliot Garnaut on what these are - he explains it far better than I ever could)

I made a list at the start of Autumn of what I reallllllly needed this Autumn/Winter to avoid buying crap for the sake of it, my list included

Black Coat - Hi Venroy!
New Trench (a dog peed on my last one and it was never the same post dry cleaners - wish I was kidding)
New Jeans
Suede loafers
Boat Shoes - got these, Sezane!
Flat knee high boots
Good quality white tank - complete, P.Johnson hurt the savings but going with ‘investment’ purchase theory and told they wear and wash very well
Knitwear - Hi again Venroy!

Venroy ticked off a few from this list and it felt gate-keep’y not to share my favourites from their latest drop. To the Venroy creative team, not sure who’s worked on this sublime little pivot but welcome to Autumn/Winter - I’m so happy to have you here and of course to your marketing team who ensure the shirtless men are front of store for dog wash activations, I salute you.

My favourites listed below or can all be found here