Wearing mostly black, Tajh Cochran somehow managed to both stand out and blend in as he quietly, almost meditatively, walked the streets of SoHo in Manhattan on a Monday evening in June. His accessories, which included a beige flat top hat, tabi shoes and a pair of lovely leather bags, telegraphed a taste for fancy things.
Mr. Cochran, 35, who grew up in Chicago, has worked in fashion, he said, including at the Dover Street Market store in New York. He told me that his tabis were by Maison Margiela and that his shirt was, too. His jacket and shorts, he added, were by Comme des Garçons (whose designer, Rei Kawakubo, founded Dover Street Market).
Mr. Cochran described his style in contradictions. “Minimal and clean and understated, but overstated as well,” was how he put it, adding that he has grown to like uniformity. “Not the same exact outfit, but I kind of have this uniform that I wear different seasons,” he said. “Right now, it’s shorts and blazers because it’s, you know, a little hotter out.”
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