Fall 2017’s Best Patterned Sweater Looks A Lot Like 2016’s Best Patterned Sweater

No sweater gave your wardrobe an upgrade better than one in a graphic Nordic pattern when it came to cold weather dressing these last few years. But in 2017, we’re all in on the knitwear’s distant (physically more than stylishly) cousin, the Peruvian sweater (just ask macho style mascot Jon Bernthal). And there’s none better to buy right now and this rich brown number from Belgian designer Dries Van Noten. It’s playful but hardly a novelty item—and that’s important. That’s what’s going to make this sweater ideal for casual Friday at the office and every hour outside of it when you want to keep warm, but look your best. You’ll notice that Michael Lockley (below) is wearing our favorite of-the-moment graphic sweater with menswear essentials every guy has in his closet already: a white dress shirt, charcoal wool trousers, a tailored gray topcoat, khakis. That’s because when you have a menswear piece with this much presence, you don’t need to add anything to it; it does all the work. And because the ground is neutral-friendly brown, there’s almost no other color you can’t wear this sweater with. Consider it your fall wardrobe secret weapon. See more at GQ.