We4r makes illustrated lookbooks: each look is put together piece by piece, then drawn.
From Autumn Weekend in Scotland · look 1 of 4
Heather on the Ridge
Mara is drawn wearing these pieces — an illustration, styled as the items shown, not a photograph of them.
Model: Mara — landscape architect, Zürich
Why it works
The palette comes from the hillside itself: charcoal plaid and heather gray for stone and mist, olive for bracken, dark brown for peat underfoot. Every color is muted and earthy with no accent, so the look sits quietly in the landscape. The charcoal scarf picks up the darkest line in the plaid and ties the top half together.
The proportions are built for walking. A close thermal sits under a slightly roomy shirt-jacket, and relaxed cargos give full range of movement over the boots. The textures build up in practical layers: fine merino against the skin, brushed flannel on top, dense twill below, then leather and wool. Each layer does its own job, so Mara can open the shirt-jacket on the climb and button it up at the summit cairn.
This is how Mara dresses: few elements, good materials, room to move. None of it is trend-bound. The flannel, the cargos and the boots are pieces that get better with ten years of wear, which suits someone who would rather keep one thing a long time than replace it.
The pieces
- long-sleeve thermal undershirtheather gray
- flannel shirt-jacketcharcoal plaid
- utility cargo pantsolive
- lace-up combat bootsdark brown
Worn with
- scarfcharcoal
How it goes together
A hillwalk uniform for a Highland long weekend: a plaid shirt-jacket over a warm thermal, hard-wearing cargos and dark combat boots, with a wool scarf against the wind.