A VESTED INTEREST
A Vested Interest: Tailored Menswear With a Twist
A Vested Interest, the menswear collection designed by William Beranek and Bill Beasley, features pieces that bridge the divide between tailored menswear and casual sportswear.
“We’re taking something that is typically conservative and shaking it up,” Beasley said.
Beasley previously co-founded Horn Jeans while Beranek’s career includes founding and designing his own brands, William B. and Nickel, as well as designing for labels such as 7 For All Mankind menswear and Kangol apparel.
The Los Angeles–made collection includes shirts, vests, jackets and pants, which blend “the best of old-world tailoring” with “a unique, casual feel.”
Beasley describes the collection’s “Bank Puffer” vest as a “hybrid” piece, which blends the look of a wool suit vest with a puffer vest and then finishes it off with oxford fabric on the back. Similarly, a puffer coat features rib-knit sleeves, and the “Bomber” coat is made in wool suiting with contrast sleeves and rib trim.
Beasley and Beranek pack plenty of details into the subtly styled pieces. The “Tie Trim Shirt” and a version with a mandarin collar feature a narrow stripe of vintage tie fabric down the front placket. The vintage tie fabric shows up as the interior loop in the jackets as well. The collection’s pants are cut like a classic chino but feature a zip detail at the ankle.
The designers recently added scarves made from 1970s dead-stock cashmere to the collection as well.
“We always look for interesting vintage fabrics,” Beranek said. In addition to vintage textiles, the two source high-end, limited-quantity fabrics from around the world, including wool from England and premium basics from Japan.
“The quality is top-notch,” Beasley said.
A Vested Interest sells in “a handful of good menswear stores,” Beasley said, including Guerilla Atelier and Ron Herman in Los Angeles, Odyn in New York, and several stores in Japan.
Wholesale prices range from $80 to $290.
For more information, visit www.avestedinterestla.com or call (310) 409-9077.
