The I’ll Try Anything Once Coat is a one-of-one archival assemblage—part garment, part time capsule—layered with fragments of American pop culture, identity, and expression.
At its foundation is a vintage plaid coat dating to the 1960s–early 1970s, a period defined by experimentation in both fashion and social identity. The silhouette—slightly boxy with a softened shoulder and rounded collar—reflects mid-century outerwear designed for everyday wear, yet quietly expressive through pattern and proportion. The deep navy and yellow plaid grounds the piece, offering a sense of structure beneath what becomes a richly layered surface.
Adorning the coat are approximately 65 vintage buttons, spanning the 1940s through the 1980s—each one a small artifact of its time. These buttons were originally worn on lapels, hats, and bags as markers of belief, humor, affiliation, and personal taste. Collectively, they reference a wide range of cultural moments: mid-century advertising slogans, political campaigns, civic organizations, novelty graphics, and countercultural expressions. Phrases like “I’ll Try Anything Once,”“Love Conquers All,” and “Harvey Wallbanger” speak to shifting attitudes around identity, pleasure, and rebellion, while others nod to institutions, local pride, and everyday Americana.
The buttons are not arranged in uniformity, but in a way that feels accumulated—like a life lived outwardly. Each pin interrupts the surface of the coat just enough to create tension between the original garment and its evolving narrative. Together, they form a kind of wearable archive—humorous, political, sentimental, and at times contradictory.
The result is a piece that resists a single reading. It exists somewhere between past and present, sincerity and irony, structure and spontaneity. The coat becomes less about protection from the elements and more about expression—about carrying history on the body.
As with all Wayne Elliett pieces, this is a continuation: a garment that has moved through decades, gathering meaning along the way. One-of-one, and impossible to replicate.
Size: Small
Dry Clean Only
The I’ll Try Anything Once Coat is a one-of-one archival assemblage—part garment, part time capsule—layered with fragments of American pop culture, identity, and expression.
At its foundation is a vintage plaid coat dating to the 1960s–early 1970s, a period defined by experimentation in both fashion and social identity. The silhouette—slightly boxy with a softened shoulder and rounded collar—reflects mid-century outerwear designed for everyday wear, yet quietly expressive through pattern and proportion. The deep navy and yellow plaid grounds the piece, offering a sense of structure beneath what becomes a richly layered surface.
Adorning the coat are approximately 65 vintage buttons, spanning the 1940s through the 1980s—each one a small artifact of its time. These buttons were originally worn on lapels, hats, and bags as markers of belief, humor, affiliation, and personal taste. Collectively, they reference a wide range of cultural moments: mid-century advertising slogans, political campaigns, civic organizations, novelty graphics, and countercultural expressions. Phrases like “I’ll Try Anything Once,”“Love Conquers All,” and “Harvey Wallbanger” speak to shifting attitudes around identity, pleasure, and rebellion, while others nod to institutions, local pride, and everyday Americana.
The buttons are not arranged in uniformity, but in a way that feels accumulated—like a life lived outwardly. Each pin interrupts the surface of the coat just enough to create tension between the original garment and its evolving narrative. Together, they form a kind of wearable archive—humorous, political, sentimental, and at times contradictory.
The result is a piece that resists a single reading. It exists somewhere between past and present, sincerity and irony, structure and spontaneity. The coat becomes less about protection from the elements and more about expression—about carrying history on the body.
As with all Wayne Elliett pieces, this is a continuation: a garment that has moved through decades, gathering meaning along the way. One-of-one, and impossible to replicate.
Size: Small
Dry Clean Only
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