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Outerknown’s Summer Sale is best when you treat it like a small closet edit for the part of summer that happens away from your desk.
I am talking about the stuff you actually wear when you finally leave the studio, take a real walk, drive to the coast, meet friends for a drink, or end up outside longer than planned. Nothing here needs to be complicated. Good shirt, good layer, good trunks, clean enough to move from day to night without looking like you changed personalities halfway through the afternoon.
That is where Outerknown usually works for me. The pieces feel casual, but they still have enough shape and fabric choice to avoid looking lazy.
The Blanket Shirt Is Still the Easy Layer
The Blanket Shirt is the obvious first pick. It is down to $98 from $168 in Grassland Salton Plaid, and it is made from 100% organic cotton BlanketWeave twill with chest pockets and a relaxed fit.
This is the thing I would keep in the car all summer.
It works after sunset when the temperature drops, it looks fine over a black tee, and it can handle a casual dinner or hotel bar without feeling dressed up. Outerknown has plenty of lighter shirts in the sale, but the Blanket Shirt is the one that handles the most situations.
I already wrote about why the Blanket Shirt ended up being one of Outerknown’s better summer layers, and the sale price makes it an easier call if your size is still around.
The S/S Studio Shirt Is the Cleaner Day-to-Night Move
The S/S Studio Shirt is down to $58.80 from $98 in Washed Black. It has a classic fit and is made from 100% Regenerative Organic Certified cotton.
This is the one I would reach for when a tee feels too undercooked, but a long-sleeve button-up feels like too much. The washed black color does a lot of work because it can sit with denim, trunks, or beat-up canvas shoes and still look like you thought about it for ten seconds.
The better summer shirt is usually the one you stop thinking about once it is on. Coffee, record store, dinner, small venue, late patio, done.
That same logic showed up in the article I wrote on choosing outfit pieces for festival and club-adjacent style. Good fit and restraint usually beat loud styling.
The Trunks Are for the Reset Day
The Nomadic Volley is the sleeper pick if you can still find your size. It is down to $23.40 from $78 in Pitch Black, made from recycled polyester twill, with quick-dry construction, a relaxed fit, side pockets, and a back zip pocket.
That is the kind of piece you grab for a lake day, beach morning, hotel pool, or a hot afternoon where regular shorts feel annoying.
The All Time Scallop Trunks are the louder option at $58.80 from $98. They use 4-way stretch, quick-drain pocketing, and a zip back pocket with a bungee key loop. The Dazedaloha Tropical Forest print is less quiet, but that is the whole point. Some days can handle it.
Buy for the Plans You Already Have
The easiest way to shop this sale is to picture the next two weeks.
If most of your summer happens between work, errands, and nighttime plans, get the S/S Studio Shirt. If you keep ending up outside after the sun goes down, get the Blanket Shirt. If you have water anywhere on the calendar, check the Nomadic Volley or All Time Scallop Trunks.
I like sale shopping when it solves something specific. You should be able to name exactly when you will wear the thing before you buy it.
Outerknown has enough good markdowns here to make that possible without filling the cart with pieces that only work in theory.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
