“She’s always been there alongside the menswear,” said Jockum Hallin, who, accompanied by Our Legacy cofounder Cristopher Nying, was previewing their first women’s collection. The brand’s fluid suiting and humanist sensibility has long attracted women even in the absence of a dedicated offering. What makes this new development especially interesting is that the duo believes men will now dip into the womenswear.

To be clear, they are not proposing a shared, gender-neutral collection: a boxy jacket for woman will be narrower in the sleeves, and the subtly striped pants in raw cotton have been cut to accommodate hips. But in today’s intimate presentation, the guys demonstrated a liberal exchange across the collections and took a completely encouraging view of men in dresses (needless to say, unstructured tunics, not cocktail frocks). Staged as though a group therapy session, the images portray the aesthetic of Our Legacy as more or less ’90s minimalist. The combination of natural and tech fabrics tells a different story. Call it a back-to-the-land, of-the-future message whereby insect nets are parlayed into blousons and beekeepers are style references. A material meant to resemble garbage bags seemed superfluous; but when Hallin referred to a linen suit as “natural power dressing,” he was definitely onto something. Streamlined Cuban boots or clogs and “survivor” boots seemed essential to Nying’s vision (he oversees the creative direction), yet the lack of a few sandal styles seemed a missed opportunity. Still, the cofounders have a strong eye for coherence, which dovetailed well with their Synthesis theme. A black bomber in gauzy ripstop that revealed the classic orange underlayer was a quintessential example of Our Legacy future: updated, all-purpose, and all-inclusive.