Raf Simons x Fred Perry Autumn/Winter 2016
Image: Fred Perry.
Newly appointed Calvin Klein creative leader Raf Simons partners with UK style monarch Fred Perry for a collaboration of dramatic ethos. This their 14th collaboration, the Belgian designer has attached his creative vision, one of intensity and clean-cut clarity, to the seminal pieces upon which Fred Perry grew British youth style.
Image: Fred Perry.
Colors of ice and bronze are dashed across the collar of the piqué – its graphic trims a victorian boldness accentuated by the darted shape. A brazen, woolen base, unconventional yet slimming, is added to the hem of the padded bomber, while the double layer v-neck, an illusion in itself, alludes to a more historic vintage.
Image: Fred Perry.
Image: Fred Perry.
The classic knitted sports shirt, cuffed in a cooling contrast blue, becomes the geometric cousin to the Inatarsia crew neck, an eye-catching spectacle, that modernizes a collection ushering in a new age of British sartorial iconography. The zig zag stitch, noticeable to any Raf superfan as a graphic staple, and dual branding on the chest complete this must have collection – a new creative step for European modernism.
Image: Fred Perry.
Image: Fred Perry.
Raf Simons x Fred Perry is available now.
