The devil works hard, but anti-vaxxers work harder.

A leaked memo establishing a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine program for Carhartt employees has right-wingers calling for a boycott of the clothing brand.

Carhartt, whose customer base spans the political spectrum, clarified in an e-mail that the Supreme Court’s ruling on vaccine mandates for large workforces will not affect the company’s internal policy.

Shoutout to @Carhartt for prioritizing worker health in this way. https://t.co/Wpytqo4oEG

— Rebecca Mitchell, HD106 (@Rebecca4Georgia) January 18, 2022

“An unvaccinated workforce is both a people and business risk that our company is unwilling to take,” wrote CEO Mark Valade.

In the name of “patriotism,” conservatives have taken to Twitter with the hashtag #BoycottCarhartt, causing the brand to briefly trend.

Users boasting laughable handles including @LiberalsLeaving, @patriot80028625, @RebelOutlaw5, and @USATRUMPMAN1 are railing against Carhartt’s decision, characterizing it as “medical tyranny” and “anti-American,” arguing that vaccines aren’t effective despite ample evidence to the contrary.

Other, more reasonable, netizens are taking the opportunity to stock up on the brand’s workwear in a show of support.

Carhartt’s move comes shortly after Nike implemented a similar vaccine mandate, a decision that’s generated considerable backlash — and some tricky questions, including how the company will deal with one of its star athletes, the very unvaccinated Kyrie Irving.

According to a statement issued to CBS, the “vast majority” of Carhartt employees are already vaccinated, though some medical and religious exemptions will be granted.

Given the company’s firm stance on the importance of vaccines, the conservative uproar currently brewing online likely won’t make much of a difference at the end of the day.

Carhartt, continue as you were!

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At the risk of revealing an obvious and immediate bias: I love Hed Mayner. The Israeli designer and Karl Lagerfeld Prize winner is, in my humblest of opinions, a brilliant designer undeservingly underappreciated by much of the fashion cognescenti.

Like his Spring/Summer 2022 collection, Hed Mayner’s Fall/Winter 2022 line-up is filled with immense silhouettes generated by warped takes on familiar garments.

Puffer scarves are blown up to deliciously massive sizes, knitwear drapes past the knuckle, and Mayner’s signature big blazers return in minimalist form, stripped of external buttons and lapels.

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But to simply label Mayner’s creations as merely “oversized” is to miss the point of his purposeful cuts, which playfully redistribute bulk to enhance ease and reframe menswear convention.

Arranged by master stylist Samuel Drira, Mayner’s constant companion, the garments tell a story of usurped tradition. Staple garments are rendered new not by reinventing their construction, but by distorting their shapes, which in turn expands the canvas that Mayner paints atop.

His lush fabrics — wool gabardine, faux leather, washed denim, a Liberty London print from the very early 20th century — intermingle in surprising ways.

Note how one look will balance gargantuan outerwear with trousers that scrape the floor while the subsequent shot breaks up the shape with trimmer trousers or distressed knitwear bustling with distended fibers. Nipped waists pull together huge layers, creating shape where there was none before.

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I love it: the results are fresh but not foreign, not simply sized up just because Mayner feels like making big clothes for once. He’s always cut his garments full, emphasizing comfort and a refutation of convention.

There’s a reason I was so excited simply to see a store stocking his wares in New York: it all makes a lot more sense when handled IRL, when you feel how his clothing drapes free from the body.

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The death of André Leon Talley at age 73 is sending shockwaves through the fashion industry.

The former creative director of Vogue, Talley was beloved for his idiosyncratic personality and encyclopedic sartorial knowledge, assets that cemented him as a fashion icon in his own right.

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Talley, who grew up in the Jim Crow South, rose to the highest ranks of a largely white — and elitist — fashion landscape, staring out as an apprentice for Diana Vreeland and going on to work for Interview, Women’s Wear Daily, W, and the New York Times.

He eventually landed a role as Vogue’s Fashion News Director, and was later named the magazine’s first Black male creative director in 1988. He returned to the publication in 1998 to serve as editor-at-large, departing in 2013.

Beyond print, Talley served as judge on America’s Next Top Model, starred in 2016 documentary The Gospel According to André, and penned two memoirs, most recently The Chiffon Trenches, chronicling his tenuous relationship with Vogue’s longtime editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

Talley’s colleagues, friends, and fans are taking to social media with an outpouring of tributes for the larger-than-life journalist.

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“Without you, there would be no me,” wrote Edward Enninful, the first Black editor to helm British Vogue as editor-in-chief. “Thank you for paving the way.”

Pierre M’Pelé (AKA Pam Boy), head of editorial content at GQ France, penned: “Andre Leon Talley walked ever so fiercely so that many of us could run.”

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Via Vogue’s official Instagram, Wintour reacted to her former colleague’s passing.

“He was magnificent and erudite and wickedly funny — mercurial, too,” she wrote. “Like many decades-long relationships, there were complicated moments, but all I want to remember today, all I care about, is the brilliant and compassionate man who was a generous and loving friend to me and to my family for many, many years, and who we will all miss so much.”

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On Twitter, fans are sharing screenshots and videos immortalizing Talley’s bold proclamations on style, most notably, an epic quote from The September Issue: “It’s a famine of beauty, honey! My eyes are starving for beauty!”

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— image grocery (@tired_ugly_) January 19, 2022

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— hari nef (@harinef) January 19, 2022

This one of my favorite fucking things I ever got to work on 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/rIBh0ipdoe

— brendan kennedy (@waywaw) January 19, 2022

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— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) January 19, 2022

Brand: BLOHM

Season: Spring/Summer 2022

Release Date: March 2022

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Editor’s Notes: I love Japanese clothing. Beyond the big brands that cross over internationally, I’m obsessed with small upstarts and the random amazing creations you come across from digging deep into the scene.

Really, the only reason I use Instagram is to keep up with this stuff for my own personal interest.

That brings me to BLOHM, a niche Japanese brand that specializes in punkish shoes, loafers, and the occasional wearable.

It’s a pretty small outfit even in Japan, though BLOHM’s reach extends to pretty cool joint efforts like a 2019 collaboration with street artist CHITO — now best known for collaborating with Givenchy and Supreme — and influential streetwear label Stray Rats.

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For Spring/Summer 2022, BLOHM is rolling out another collection of stylized footwear and accessories but one particularly clever pair of kicks caught my eye: the “Paradox” sandal, which is a Birkenstock-style platform slide with a forefoot strap clearly inspired by MF DOOM’s mask.

The Villain’s signature face covering was both part of his larger-than-life persona and a reflection of his desire to shun the spotlight. DOOM often famously hired imposters to perform in his stead rather than tour himself and rarely granted interviews, letting his famously twisty flow do the talking instead.

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All that’s to say that it’s pretty funny to see a Japanese brand inexplicably render MF DOOM’s mask in silver and black leather atop a sandal sole and doubly impressive to see that the resulting design actually looks pretty good.

Hopefully, BLOHM’s in touch with DOOM’s estate to kick some funds their way, though.

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Even if the shoes aren’t gonna see especially wide release — BLOHM only has select domestic stockists aside from Better Gift Shop and its shoes usually retail for around $300 — it’d be a worthy gesture.

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UNDERCOVER designer Jun Takahashi sure does like films. Having already riffed on Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood and anime franchise Evangelion, the designer turns toward American cinema for Fall/Winter 2022.

Drawing from the estate of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, Takahashi’s latest menswear collection is a mix of film nods and era-appropriate Americana.

The former plays out through screengrabs, logos, and some amusing Hitchcock branding: pretty funny to picture UNDERCOVER’s edgy, young aficionados flexing the name of a relatively uncool filmmaker. Hey, don’t get me wrong, I love Hitchcock’s work — grasping the complexity of Hitchcock and Welles’ cinematography was a seminal moment in my personal understanding of filmmaking technique — but he doesn’t have the youth culture clout of a Larry Clark or Scorsese.

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Perhaps that’s even better, though: the majority of the collection borrows imagery from Hitchcock’s inimitable Psycho, which feels as fresh today as it did over 60 years ago.

If UNDERCOVER gets more kids to witness Janet Leigh’s unforgettable shower scene — memorialized here in a giant print — and Anthony Perkins’s terrifying turn as Norman Bates, so much the better.

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Besides the Hitchcock stuff, UNDERCOVER is also playing with Americana aesthetics, dolling up its male models in reworked hunting gear — puffer jackets are fitted with fleece, Bean Boots become sneakers, and waders turn into fluffy cargo pants — and subverted collegiate gear.

Above pleated skirts and striped socks, Takahashi styles logo-laden sweaters fitted with goofy slogans like “I HAVE A THIRD EYE BUT IT IS BLIND” (love that band!) and “LIFE HAS ITS PEAKS, VALLEYS, AND WATER STATION.”

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More conventional tailoring also appears, refreshed with zippered trousers. But perhaps the FW22 collection’s real stars are UNDERCOVER’s new Nike sneakers, which appear to be laceless ISPA runners printed with the Japanese brand’s usual “CHAOS BALANCE” jargon.

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Trudging up Snowden or in your shower for TikTok, whatever the purpose of your Arc’teryx shell jacket may be, there’s always room in your wardrobe for a set of new spring-ready colorways.

Read it and weep – the climbers and hikers of the world, Arc’ is old news. Sure, the brand has had a huge surge in popularity within the mainstream over the last three years, thanks to the fashion industry’s full-steam-ahead adoption of the bird.

Several hands have played their part in ensuring the brands stayed seated in the spotlight. From Frank Ocean single-handedly inflating the price of Grotto Toque beanies to Drake and Virgil in matching LEAF camos and Jil Sander’s luxury rendition, fashion isn’t letting go just yet – perhaps to the dismay of many an OG fan.

Regardless of how you feel about Arc’s shell jackets – namely the entry-level Beta LT or street-level overkill with the Alpha SV – taking over the mainstream as a contemporary must-have, you can’t complain about new colorways.

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Spotted on Peggs & son, the much-loved GORE-TEX-equipt Beta LT has landed in two new colors that are perfect for the spring showers that will inevitably follow the cold and wet winter.

Both are shades of blue – the first being “Vitality,” which is a deep royal hue that feels perfectly in line with the visibility needs of hikers.

The second, “Ether,” has previously appeared within the Arc’teryx lineup as a women’s exclusive. This pale, sky-like blue is easily one of the best the brand has to offer, yet certainly lacks some of the practicality you’d seek with the jacket’s intended use. It’ll get dirty. Fast.

Sizes have already started to sell out for both colorways, and where and when they’ll pop up next is yet to be seen. As we sift through winter, expect updated palettes across the Arc’s popular shells.

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It is no secret that resale means big business. According to the Business of Fashion Insights, the market is worth $130 million globally. Much of the success of resale is attributable to the some hundreds of thousands of young people who dominate websites like Depop, Grailed, Vestiaire Collective, StockX, and more.

In June, Etsy bought secondhand fashion resale app Depop for $1.6bn. In September, French luxury resale site Vestiaire Collective was valued at $1.7 billion following the latest fundraising round. It’s led to an ever-growing cohort of entrepreneurial young people abandoning corporate positions and mainstream career pathways in pursuit of lucrative side-hustles buying and selling luxury fashion and streetwear to loyal audiences in search of hard-to-find designer clothing. These precocious stars of resale are growing rapidly.

With the same credibility as key arbiters of style, the phenomenal growth of resale is not only about dictating trends and giving people an opportunity to buy high-quality vintage and secondhand but fostering the livelihoods of savvy entrepreneurs from each corner of the globe.

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We spoke to a number of resellers about brand building, success, sustainability, and the future of resale, as well as the challenges that they face from a consistently inconsistent market, the tremulous nature of trends, and the dogged schedule that dictates.

What started as a project for Joseph Lewis (@eluxive on Grailed) to build his own collection of Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger pieces resulted in him becoming a top-100 Grailed seller, with nearly 3,000 transaction and a 5-star rating, stocking the likes of luxury titans Chanel and Louis Vuitton, alongside streetwear giants Supreme and Noah.

New Jersey native Tom DeCeglie (@tommymcbuckets on Depop) went from turning his dorm room into a functional shop for his peers to becoming the go-to for vaunted NBA players like Chris Paul, Montrezl Harrell, Taurean Prince, and more, with his unique taste in vintage t-shirts.

Based in rural Ireland, Daniel Walters (@sadsac on Depop) begins his process by spending time in thrift stores (or ‘charity shops’ as they are known in Ireland) and upcycling products with his bold cartoon designs. His devotion to upcycling propelled him to star seller status with Depop arranging collaborations between SAD SAC and adidas and Caterpillar.

With a background in business management, stints at high-end brands, and personal shopping, Eduardo de Palma (@eduardo_shopper on Vestiaire Collective) curates a luxurious offering across menswear and womenswear consisting of covetable items from Gucci and Hermes.

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TOM DECEGLIE: My brand is me. It’s stuff that I love like vintage T-shirts, sports, music – the things I grew up on; I just made it a part of my business. For a lot of people my age, we have the same nostalgia, or taste in pop culture, clothing, fit of clothing, the whole nine yards. I think that’s why it works because it’s so organic and natural. It’s something you can’t fake.

DANIEL WALTERS: I would agree with Tom. You can’t fake it with resell culture; there’s a million vintage T-shirts, and it really does come down to the sort of curator you are and to the brand itself. It’s really about the individual behind it.

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EDUARDO DE PALMA: You cannot fake it, you have to be a pleasant person and have to be authentic to your clients so they know your true self and then they can judge whether they’re interested in working with you or not.

JOSEPH LEWIS: The way I approach things is that I have bought so many things myself, from so many different people and I tried to gauge the positives and negatives from every experience and tried to put the positive ones back into my business.

LEWIS: This was never my plan. When you look towards the future and you kind of roll with it, taking inventory every day to see what performed well or what didn’t do well, and try to focus on the things you do well because that’s what’s gonna drive you forward.

DE PALMA: I never thought it would actually be a full-time job in the first place. I studied Business Management but I never wanted to be an entrepreneur, I just wanted to work for a large fashion company. I worked with a big Italian fashion company in the US and UK and it was an absolutely amazing experience. But at the same time, I wanted to be the owner of my own time and the owner of the future so becoming an entrepreneur was actually a really good decision. What surprised me was that I really thought I would be doing more personal shopping and actually resale is nowadays three-quarters of my business.

WALTERS: I didn’t plan on developing like this. When you’re in an environment such as entrepreneurship, and especially resale, it’s uncertainty times uncertainty. I think you need to accept that mentality going into it.

DECEGLIE: Right out of college, I had got a normal, nine to five job, and I absolutely hated it. I quit, and my parents were so upset with me at the time. I had this plan of running my own business and I didn’t really know what I was doing at the time, and I definitely didn’t think it would turn into this. But thankfully, things worked out every single time. That’s the name of the game. You have to trust in your work, your work ethic, punctuality, how you handle business and do things the right way. That’s all you can do. Everything else is up to the universe.

LEWIS: I think networking and talking to literally everyone because you never know who you might be working with or bumping elbows with at an event. Connections are everything, especially in this kind of business.

WALTERS: For me, it’s that you need to be really innovative with your current curation. I think that innovation is really what motivates me. You know, I can sell a collage of things, and people say “that is so trash” and it’ll take one celebrity, one photoshoot or one post for people to see it. The beauty of this culture is you can literally see a culture change through one celebrity or in one picture of one item, and the one t-shirt that was worth $12 today, could be $1,200 the following year.

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DECEGLIE: I don’t think it’s about how hard you can work but more how creative you can be because things change, styles change. It’s pushing yourself to see “how creative can I get?”

WALTERS: The market is consistently inconsistent, as well as the lifestyle that we chose, so you really do need to adapt. It sort of comes back to the first thing that we talked about: you can’t really fake it, you just have to have a real passion for it, for that innovation and the creativity that goes into it.

WALTERS: Collaboration is this beautiful thing. If it’s a sportswear brand, and I’m this awkward kid in my bedroom who’s obsessed with cartoons and vintage – whenever you put those universes together, you’re going to get an interesting outcome.

LEWIS: It’s great to have that mix of ideas. If resale is the new retail, and we’ve already seen brands collaborate with different retailers, maybe we’ll see a brand coming to someone smaller and asking ‘we know that you reach a certain audience that we might not be directly related to yet. Would you like to partner with us in “this way?” I think that’d be a great way for somebody smaller to get that backing from a big brand, and also a great way for a bigger brand to get in touch with people that they might have already met.

DE PALMA: I’m trying to establish partnerships with some retailers. I went to a private sale yesterday and they introduced me to the brand manager and she said, “If you come to the retail store and you buy tennis shoes at full price, you get a life discount of 50% or whatever you buy.” So that’s the kind of thing I’m trying to look on my side trying to make partnerships with other sellers who might have this stock that you need, but also retailers.

WALTERS: I could say reselling has a bad reputation but I don’t think that’s fair to say entirely. I feel like it has a bad stigma but it’s still getting off its legs. There’s a lot of passionate people in it for the right reasons. But because of that you’re going to get a lot of people hopping on the trend which depletes and contradicts that statement in itself if you get me. We’re getting an influx of all these new retailers, or sorry, resellers doing it for the wrong reasons, selling things on Depop for crazy amounts. I think we are treading the water right now.

DECEGLIE: Especially over quarantine, people had this new hobby and reselling seemed easy or a quick way to make money. I’m pretty sure I can speak for everybody here: we take it so seriously and hold ourselves to such a standard that it’s more than just making a couple bucks and calling it a day. I’m trying to build way more than that. Making money is great. But I’m here for the long run. I’m trying to figure something else out.

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LEWIS: We’ve all been doing this for a while and we know what it takes to make it what you need to do to stand apart. You probably have people who say, “Joseph can do this, I can also do this.” They’ll hop on and buy a bunch of stuff and try to sell it, and then come back to you saying “How the fuck do you do this? We’re not moving anything.” Those people will fall by the wayside. We’ve been doing this long enough to see the cycles come and go and understand what you need to do to maintain a brand and not just be some dude selling stuff.

DECEGLIE: Quality is the most important thing for me. You can’t buy the quality, fade, fit, or hang, or whatever it may be, on the shirt that’s 20-years-old, rather than something you can just go buy at the mall.

LEWIS: I have a focus on quality and things that have a lasting value. Something you could buy five years ago or five years from now. It’s about things like that rather than hopping on trends or what other people are selling. I’m trying to preserve garments or shoes. My niche is having this mix of things people might not have seen before and have it arrive to them as if they bought it from a luxury store.

DE PALMA: I agree and I think it’s important to have not only a sustainable product, but also a sustainable business model because in the end. We’re selling clothing and, of course, we want to make money at the end of the day and I want to sell as much as possible but it has to be in a sustainable way. So instead of selling hundreds and hundreds of T-shirts to people they don’t need, it’s nicer to sell something more creative, something that’s going to last much longer, something that has a higher quality to the consumer.

WALTERS: Resale is just something I love. I love being in charity shops, and thrifting it’s just something that fuels my creativity. I live in rural Ireland and that’s not great for thrifting so thrifting is just whatever I get. I might not thrift anything for a week, and I might get loads of items for a month. It’s very unpredictable. I’m content with that because when people buy my stuff they know they’re buying into the artist and the individual.

WALTERS: The first thing that comes to mind is when people say they want to take up thrifting and they go to charity shops for a month or two and they don’t find anything good. I think what people really don’t understand is if you keep doing it will make sense eventually.

DECEGLIE: Touching on that, I think consistency in this kind of space is key. You can’t just check your sales or your page one day and take a couple days off. This is a 24/7 job.

LEWIS: People think this is a lot easier than it is – “Buy something for $100, sell it for $200. You made $100,” like great, but that’s not really how it works. You have to always be on your toes. You never know when an opportunity is going to be there. We don’t steady suppliers where we get a shipment of something every month, sell it, buy a new shipment. We always have to be looking for something new because that’s what sets us apart from all the people who just saw what everybody else is selling. You have to have that motivation to explore and see what’s new and how we can work that into the brands that we’ve built.

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WALTERS: It’s very survival based. We sometimes work for a month, and we invest all of the money that we don’t have to have stock in a room that we can’t keep to keep going. You know, it’s a really difficult lifestyle, but it does work. I think the best way you can sort of say it is, “you’re either in it, or you’re not in it.”

DE PALMA: It’s definitely a 24/7 job. I was going to take December 1 off but I had clients who needed things so I couldn’t. But it’s extremely inconsistent. People think that because you’re selling very expensive things, you’re making a fortune. That’s not true. You might be setting a bag for $2000 pounds, but you pay $1800. So we actually made $200. But maybe on a T-shirt for $20, you can sell it for $150. You can actually make more money on the t-shirt than the super expensive bag. I see a lot of people trying to enter straight into luxury because they think you’re gonna make more money, but that’s actually not always true.

WALTERS: What people as well don’t consider is the time spent so if you made $100, as you said on that bag, you could have spent 20 hours sourcing that bag, whether it’s thinking of a supplier talking with three other suppliers who didn’t pull through. I think the return is really in the branding, it ties back to that. We may not make a lot of money per hour, we may make a lot of money in one specific day. But really the investment we’re putting into this is for the future, it’s the 20-years-from-now-brand.

DECEGLIE: I don’t even know if I want to call it a trend but just this ‘style’ of vintage is not even at its peak yet. I think it’s just starting.

WALTERS: It really is just starting. If you think about YouTube, a few years ago or a decade ago, nobody thought people talking to the camera would be a thing, but now content creators are powerful influencers. I think vintage vendors will become a staple part of influence. It’s already happening.

DE PALMA: I think people are more and more creative with the way they consume, whether it’s what consuming, or the channel it’s coming from. I think resale has an amazing future.

LEWIS: People are looking for something that’s more sustainable, more creative, and has a strong identity. So long as we keep doing that and trusting our gut, I think that’s how the industry will grow organically and authentically.

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New collections, new drops; it all calls for one thing, more bags – côte&ciel bags, in this case. For Fall/Winter 2022, the experts in all things baggage offer more bang for your buck with an extended offering of styles.

Bags are one of fashion’s true essentials. Literally your personal inventory, no one likes being caught without enough pockets, pockets that are too shallow, or stuck juggling 101 items on the fly; and so, we have bags.

From its inception and global introduction, côte&ciel has taken a different approach to bag design, one led by architecture and modest functionality. There are no crazy bells and whistles or attention-grabbing branding, just accessories that look good and work even better.

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Fall/Winter 2022 is led by a design evolution, by the brand taking what’s performed well and making it better. This direction has led the brand to birth the new INFINITY range.

Much like previous collections, architectural design is still a foundation; yet is approached from an alternate angle. This time around, circumference and symmetry play out through key styles, such as the new AÓOS, which curls and wraps around itself.

Similar to existing flagship styles, hidden zips offer the option of extending the bag’s size and shape. Additionally, the ADIRA backpack takes on the appearance of an unfurling flower bud, using a central drawstring closure for access.

For our growing arrangement of small items that slowly line our pockets, miniature accessories – AÓOS S, XS, and NANO – have been created. Each of these new petit bags can be used independently or attached to their larger counterparts.

Popular pieces like the iconic ISAR AIR and ISASARU have been updated with reflective fabrications, while the SORMONNE AIR has been stripped to a lighter weight.

The full, growing family of côte&ciel products for Fall/Winter 2022 will be available to shop online from September.

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Brand: PUMA

Model: CA Pro

Key Features: The PUMA CA Pro Classic silhouette is back in a fresh white colorway. Retaining its iconic leather upper, rubber midsole and outsole, and of course the debossed PUMA logo on the tongue and sides, the CA Pro Classic is a sneaker made for all occasions.

Price: €89,95

Buy: Online at puma.com and in select PUMA stores.

Editor’s Notes: Easily one of the brand’s most popular sneakers, the CA Pro Classic merges hallmark PUMA DNA with a relaxed, everyday aesthetic. Shot on France international and Bayern Munich footballer Kingsley Coman — a style icon in his own right, this iteration is a subtle nod to PUMA’s deep-rooted sporty heritage, but also its CA series’ history.

The brand’s famous California sneaker series is a staple in the footwear scene and has been worn by all subcultures, from ‘90s terrace wear and sports fans, to musicians and celebrities, with the reinvented, casual and comfy CA Heritage and Pro’s hitting the top of the list.

Shot in the super sleek new shade, Coman shows us how the CA Pro can bring a touch of West Coast street style and color to your fits as the seasons start to change, and things get just that little bit brighter.

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Bread and butter, Woolrich and outerwear – some things are simply made for each other. Finding the right piece is paramount, and Woolrich’s Fall/Winter 2022 collection will leave you spoilt for choice.

For me, there are two components of dress that are the most important, or, at least, my favorites to shop and build around – footwear and outerwear. The cherry on top, if you will, the pièce de résistance.

During these deceivingly sunny skied winter days, the aesthetics of outerwear are far outweighed by the need for function, which more than often dictates the pieces we use to finish off an outfit. Luckily, brands like Woolrich, with a long history of outerwear expertise, make those choices far easier.

For Fall/Winter 2022, Woolrich is all about empowering life in the outdoors – providing the right tools to look good, stay warm, and remain protected from the weather. All boxes ticked, no?

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As always, the core of the collection remains an authentic Americana experience. This presents itself in instantly recognizable ways, such as the original Buffalo Check, but no, not just as shirting this time, but oversized totes and blankets, too.

Within the men’s “Heritage Terrain” product family, overshirts and vests take on a classic workwear feel by coupling Taslan fabric with soft corduroy collars in a selection of colorways. This family further includes a range of bomber jackets and fleecing.

For those traversing both urban and natural, the “Upstate Outsiders” delivery is all about adaptive dress – a bigger focus on function while retaining the contemporary styling of the city. Think wool coats and waterproof seam-sealed parkas.

These two selects barely scratch the surface of what Fall/Winter 2022 has to offer, with original outerwear pieces providing a new point of entry to Woolrich, alongside updates takes on brand classics (in both fabrication and silhouette).

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Forget the cold – EVISU is starting the year strong with a two-strong offering of Spring 2022 collections, declaring that “Seagull Rules the World.”

Last year was one full of celebrations over at EVISU, and rightly so, the Japanese denim legends had been supplying top-tier streetwear for three decades. Celebrating in style, the brand came less than empty-handed to its party – a double dose of Palace collaborations, a Year of the Tiger capsule, and much more.

Although its dirty thirties milestone may have now passed, EVISU is capitalizing on the moment to re-dose us with denim, not once, but twice.

For the launch of its Spring 2022 collections, the brand is putting further emphasis on creating statement pieces – they’re unapologetically loud and offer up everything that fans, new and old, have come to love.

The first of the two, titled “Evergreen,” takes inspiration from mythology. This point of inspiration is fulfilled through a fusion of modern and vintage styling – think all of your old school EVISU denim favorites, updated with new motifs, fabrics, and craftsmanship. If you’re all for heavily embroidered denim, “Evergreen” is for you.

Second in line is a collection that declares “Seagull Rules the World.” As you’ll know, the Seagull is the unmistakable motif that is plastered across EVISU’s denim.

The collection, translated to “EVISUKURO,” is ironically less reliant on bold logos and color, instead offering a focus on construction in a muted palette of greys, cream, and violet. EVISU’s more mature sibling, if you will.

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You can now buy and sell NFTs on StockX, as announced by the company’s CEO Scott Cutler yesterday. The move is not surprising, considering StockX has been at the forefront of the resale business since its inception and is always looking for new categories to add to its existing portfolio. With the NFT craze boiling over into the mainstream, it was only a matter of time before StockX made the move.

While not rocket science, an obstacle to buying and selling NFTs for the average consumer has always been understanding how and where to do it, setting up a wallet, and, ultimately, completing transactions in unfamiliar territory. StockX’s existing marketplace makes it easy for users to buy and sell NFTs, as the transactions function exactly like those with real, fungible assets do on the site.

To begin, StockX users can buy NFTs of corresponding real-life sneakers, such as the Nike Dunk Low “Panda” or the Bad Bunny x adidas Originals Forum Low. Instead of receiving the actual items, the buyer gets the NFT, which certifies ownership of said sneaker. That NFT can be transferred directly between users, meaning there is no shipping delay or cost. StockX stocks the actual sneaker at its various storage facilities worldwide.

Owners of the NFT can exchange their NFT for the actual sneaker at anytime, though that’s unlikely to happen as the prices for NFTs are astronomically higher than the corresponding real-world shoe.

It’ll be interesting to see how prices develop and if NFTs of certain sneakers will remain so much more expensive. Currently, the highest bid for the aforementioned “Panda” Dunk Low is over $1,200. The actual sneaker sells for well below that price.

For more information, head to StockX here.

There’s a number of features that make a good ski jacket. It should be highly waterproof and breathable with underarm ventilation, a lift pass pocket, and a snow skirt — it’s these practical considerations that make outdoor labels justify the big bucks that come with ski gear. However, Kendall Jenner, along with her friend Fai Khadra, have been making the case to ignore all of that and go for what looks best.

Enjoying the snow at the Colorado ski resort of Aspen, along with Taco Bennet, two of their outfits for the slopes will likely have turned heads. While not completely ignoring the need for practicality, they were certainly making a style statement. Something that fashion’s ever-growing skiing obsession has made us accustomed to.

Snowboarding down the slopes, a huge puffer jacket in a pastel yellow hue was the standout piece in her look. On a rack, the jacket looks more like one-half of a futuristic space suit than the aerodynamic ski gear you will find in the winter Olympics. But, snow wear and space wear has come together before in the form of Moon Boots, and the oversized style made for a bold silhouette.

Created by Entire Studios, the jacket has become a signature piece of the label due to its distinct shape. The brand was founded by Dylan Richards and Sebastian Hunt, the creative duo behind YEEZY, which explains the wide and cropped silhouette of this jacket that is comparable to that of the YEEZY X GAP round jacket. And while it has a number of heat-retaining properties, being made from ethically sourced duck down and feather along with a DWR (durable water-repellent) coating, it’s not quite gorp-y traditional mountain wear.

While the Entire Studios jacket might be more of a fashion item than sensible ski outerwear, it is certainly more accustomed to flying down a mountain than what Jenner’s friend and fellow model Fai Khadra was rocking.

You would be forgiven for thinking a Yeti was coming to attack you if you saw the multi-disciplinary artist, musician, and art director skiing towards you in Aspen. The recently-dropped Kerwin Frost x Adidas tracksuit which features silky blue and white faux-fur hanging from it might not be the most waterproof of skiwear but it will certainly keep you cozy on the slopes.

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With gorpcore and techwear’s obsession with the specs of our outerwear deeply ingrained into our brains, copping a tactile all-black fit made of the most technical fabrics on the planet is an attractive proposition. But ski gear is known for its garish colors and bold patterns (especially in the 80s and 90s) and these outfits are bringing back that fun and colorful side to dressing for the mountains.

Just when we thought the ski season would offer us the chance to try out the Goretex creations we have copped in the conditions they were made for (instead of in the shower), we’re thinking of ditching the Arc’teryx for a huge yeti-inspired tracksuit.

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Jerry Lorenzo’s Fear of God machine refuses to slow down. To accompany the wild success of his ESSENTIALS line, the designer is kicking off 2022 with a statement of intent for the main Fear of God brand. Alongside British retailer MR PORTER, Lorenzo just released an exclusive Fear of God collection which you can already shop.

The collaborative Fear of God collection features a curated edit from the LA-based brand’s mainline collection and ESSENTIALS range, too. The launch is part of the final installment of MR PORTER’s Hosted By content series, which platforms some of the more exciting names in contemporary menswear.

Ranging from staple sweats by ESSENTIALS through to luxury kicks cut from high-end Fear of God leathers, the exclusive Fear of God collection covers all sides of Lorenzo’s output. Of course, dusty hues are in strong attendance, filling out classic menswear cuts to give them a distinctive LA shine.

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Samuel Ross‘ A-COLD-WALL* output is often too fluid to nail down with easy descriptors, certainly so when stacked up against its street-leaning contemporaries.

Still, a single word comes to mind when perusing A-COLD-WALL*’s Fall/Winter 2022 collection: sculptural.

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“We spend endless hours determining the visual language of each garment,” Ross recently told Highsnobiety and that’s amply clear from viewing the seasonal lookbook.

Looks don’t so much style the new garments as pile them atop models, layering sweaters and jackets around the neck like scarves and shrouding silver- and gold-painted torsos with translucent netting hoods.

Craggy patterns play across anoraks, splatter hoodies, and disrupt warped vests cut from a wrinkled Tyvek-like textile, any organic warmth eroded by cold industrial hues and synthetic fibers.

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This sculptural approach, manifested in the proportion-warping outerwear and trousers with puckered seam, is nothing new for Ross — remember, he’s the founder of SR_A, a “design consultancy” that reaches into architecture and interior design.

It’s indicative of Ross’ overarching goal to disrupt the conventions of clothing design. Like his mentor, Virgil Abloh, Ross disrupts streetwear routines in favor of seeking something unfamiliar.

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But, humans being human, we tend to gravitate towards the familiar. Hence why I couldn’t help but cast my eye downwards to glimpse the footwear, both new and familiar (hello again, Dr. Martens).

Ross recently teased some of the new in-house designs on Instagram and it’s fun to see him really flex his design muscles, moving beyond the relatively recognizable Shard and towards something fresher.

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But there are also some collaborative kicks worth eyeballing, including his take on ROA‘s hiking sneakers and a wild new Converse that appears to warp a Converse Basketball silhouette into a wild shin-high slip-on.

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Help! I’m in a parasocial relationship with Julia Fox, and it’s ruining my life.

Just kidding. Sort of.

I genuinely like Fox. At the very least, I like her as much as people can “like” any public figure they don’t know personally.

Fox is reformed New York City party girl, a former dominatrix, a self-described “muse,” a shameless self-promoter, the wearer of many iconic outfits — she’s glamorous and a little rough around the edges, self-assured and confident in an un-alienating way. In interviews, she’s honest to an almost unflattering extent.

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In many ways, she’s a refreshing antidote to the disingenuous influencer, the hyper-polished A-list starlet.

When news broke that Fox was dating Kanye West, I was surprised — Ye’s notoriety far outstrips Fox’s — yet completely unsurprised. The coupling of two artists whose work so often blurs the line between public and private kind of just made sense.

For a while, I lapped up the paparazzi photos, the tabloid headlines, and the juicy interviews.

Good for her, I thought of her ascent from Manhattan scene-ster to indie film starlet to worldwide celebrity.

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But I started to question things when Fox sat down for a second tell-all with Interview magazine, which seems to have secured a bi-weekly series on the actor’s date nights with Ye, cleverly titled “Fox News.”

When asked what she sees as her “destiny right now,” Fox said: “Right now, the vibes I’m getting are very much about tolerance, kindness, and love. I’m canceling cancel culture and putting an end to this black-and-white thinking.”

The cancel culture comment was weird, but I read on.

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“People shouldn’t be defined by their darkest moment,” she continued. “As humans, we commit violence to each other, we police each other. We’ve created such a hostile environment, especially on the internet.”

Fair points?

But Fox’s rhetoric quickly unraveled when she recounted spending a night schmoozing and watching Zola with Ye, Marilyn Manson, Dave Chappelle, Naomi Campbell, Cam’ron, Jack Donoghue, Andrew Richardson, and “the actor from the new Batman” (ostensibly Robert Pattinson?).

As Fox described the bizarre evening, her friend Richie Shazam, a model and photographer, “ate sashimi with Marilyn Manson and they had a really nice heart-to-heart.”

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I’ve already written about Ye’s entirely problematic relationship with Manson, who faces lawsuits from multiple women alleging physical and sexual abuse.

That said, I refuse to skewer Fox for her boyfriend’s wrongs. Whomever she dates is her choice, and how Ye conducts himself doesn’t reflect on her.

But I will question Fox’s casual name-drop of Manson, someone who has allegedly abused a slew of women over the course of his career.

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Manson didn’t fall victim to a decades-old tweet, a controversial joke, or something equally as unimportant. Manson allegedly raped, whipped, attacked, and psychologically abused multiple exes.

Refusing to support someone whose actions are (allegedly) as reprehensible as that isn’t “cancel culture” or “black-and-white thinking” — it’s holding people accountable.

Just days before Ye and Fox went public with their relationship, the Uncut Gems star posted a series of Instagram Stories slamming her ex for being a “deadbeat dad,” a tirade that extended into a call-out of irresponsible, toxic men in general.

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As admirably “zero fucks given” as the rant initially felt, it now rings hollow.

Why would Fox so unashamedly admit to associating with someone accused of such extreme violence? And why would she go so far as to imply he shouldn’t be defined by his “darkest moment?”

The rumor mill has speculated that Fox’s relationship with Ye is some sort of performance, a “gotcha!” that’s ostensibly a comment on fame and our own relationship to the cult of celebrity.

Interestingly, Fox stated in her latest interview that she’s “a really good candidate for this position,” perhaps signaling this whole mess is just a charade. Given the tie-in with Interview, a publication founded by the ultimate cultural commentator, Andy Warhol, the idea that Fox is simply playing Ye’s girlfriend isn’t so farfetched.

For Fox’s own sake, I can only hope it’s an act.

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Brands: Maison Margiela x Reebok

Release Date: January 28

Price: ¥80,300 ($700, normal), ¥86,900 ($760, hand-painted)

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Editor’s Notes: No such thing as too much of a good thing, according to Maison Margiela and Reebok, who’ve already dropped tabi-toed Classic Leathers and cut-up high-tops.

The pair are back together for another round of collaborative kicks, once again taking the Reebok Classic Leather into the realm of the avant-garde.

Like the tall Classic Leathers mentioned earlier, these new CLs are snipped to shreds, utilizing a technique that the maison terms “décortiqué” (French for “shelled,” as in removing seafood or produce from its shell, husk, or pod).

The resulting sneakers are barely recognizable as old school Reeboks, with giant see-through panels interrupting the familiar leather uppers.

They aren’t completely deconstructed, I suppose, considering that the sockliner, toebox, and sole unit are basically untouched but maybe the next round will see Margiela going a step beyond.

Available in the usual tonal makeups of red, white, and black, easily the most Margiela-esque version is the pair that’s hand-painted white, reflecting the age-old house tradition of covering accessories, jeans, and shoes in cracking white paint.

If you wanna collaborate with Margiela, you’ve gotta be prepared to rip up familiar shapes. Witness the brand’s recent Eastpak collaboration, which inverts and flips conventional backpacks into unrecognizable carryalls.

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Judging from recent trademark filings, Walmart appears to be plotting its entry into the metaverse.

The big-box retailer filed several trademarks for Walmart Connect, a venture that might see the company launch its own NFTs and cryptocurrency, a move that could fuel — or diminish — the voracious appetite for digital collectibles.

Walmart also filed to protect the use of its name and logo in virtual and augmented reality, bolstering the company’s application for the names “Verse to Curb,” “Verse to Home,” and “Verse to Store,” terms that suggest some sort of Walmart-powered VR shopping experience.

This is how Walmart envisions Shopping in the #Metaverse.

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— Homo Digitalis (@DigitalisHomo) January 3, 2022

Earlier this month, a five-year-old video imagining Walmart in VR went viral on Twitter. Commissioned by Walmart and created by a digital agency, the clip served as a reminder of the metaverse’s humble roots, which precede crypto traders, NFT collectors, and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta.

Walmart’s seeming entry into the hype-driven landscape of NFTs and cryptocurrency is both expected and unexpected.

From Melania Trump to Taco Bell, everyone is scrambling for a slice of the virtual pie. If Shawn Mendes can sell his vest as an NFT, it follows that an entity as powerful as Walmart would weigh in on the action.

However, Walmart’s move also raises the question of what, exactly, customers buy into when they purchase NFTs.

It’s no secret that exclusivity — and the bragging rights that accompany them — is part of what makes NFTs so appealing. Anyone can take a screenshot of Beeple’s The First 5000 Days, but only one person owns the $69 million real deal.

It’s difficult to imagine Walmart, a company that built its reputation on affordability, peddling multi-million-dollar collectibles that will accrue value over time.

The tension between the blockchain’s accessibility (technically, anyone can make and sell an NFT) and inherent exclusivity (not only is buying cryptocurrency not a cheap or simple task for many but their value is dependent on limited availability) raises a couple of questions.

How will Walmart market its NFTs as desirable?

And, perhaps more importantly, if Walmart’s entry into the metaverse — where the hype is largely fueled by the rich and famous — doesn’t pop the NFT bubble, will anything?

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Brand: Squid Game x BAPE

Release Date: January 21

Price: ￥8,800-￥9,900 (about $77-$86)

Buy: Pre-orders begin on January 21 via BAPE’s website and end on January 31 when they’ll also be available on Netflix’s web store.

Editor’s Notes: Remember Squid Game? Maybe a better question is: have you been able to forget Squid Game?

From Hoyeon Jung’s Calvin Klein takeover to the inevitable confirmation of season 2, the uber-popular Netflix shows has STILL been inescapable, even four months after it began trending in September (has it really been that long already?).

And, yet, BAPE’s here to prolong Squid Game‘s presence at the front of your mind.

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In partnership with Netflix, BAPE is issuing a trio of thematic T-shirts that draw from some strong Squid Game iconography.

Two tees take on the prisoner number of protagonist Seung Ji-Hoon, combining the 456 printed on his jumpsuit with BAPE’s signature camouflage and APE HEAD motifs afflicted by bits of Hangul borrowed from the South Korean show’s branding.

The other puts brand mascot Baby Milo amidst a squad of Squid Game‘s menacing masked staff. Get outta there, Milo!

We’ve talked before about how Netflix dropped the ball with its first attempts at Squid Game merch — in general, Netflix’s in-house and collaborative apparel is pretty weak, though there are some occasional bright spots.

The BAPE stuff is at least as good as Emotionally Unavailable’s collaboration, which yielded the first collection of officially-branded Squid Game stuff.

Does it have legs beyond either property’s fans? Probably not but that’s presumably why BAPE is launching it as a pre-order rather than a normal drop.

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It’s more interesting that it took this long to get a BAPE collab out of Squid Game but maybe there was some hold-up with licensing.

Actually, it’s just as likely that BAPE’s simply been too busy to focus on any one drop: the past few weeks have seen the streetwear label team with (*deep breath*) Tommy Jeans, Reebok, Union, Mitchell & Ness, Minecraft, and — while I was writing this — Stüssy.

Phew. That’s to say nothing of BAPE’s Spring/Summer 2022 collections and rumored Supreme partnership, either. “Busy Works,” indeed.

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Because reclusive COMME des GARÇONS
designer Junya Watanabe keeps an extremely low profile — seriously, there are barely even any photos of the guy — we can only make inferences about Watanabe’s personal taste by taking cues from his clothing collections.

But Fall/Winter 2022 only proves something that we already kinda knew: Junya Watanabe has great taste in music. We wanna see his Spotify playlists!

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Specifically, Watanabe’s FW22 menswear collection is an ode to the inimitable style of Jay Kay, the front-man of acid jazz ensemble Jamiroquai.

Best known for hits like “Space Cowboy,” “Canned Heat,” and “Virtual Insanity,” the British band’s smooth funk tunes dominated international pop charts in the early aughts and, honestly, they kick just as much ass nowadays.

Jamiroquai is secondarily recognized for singer Jay Kay’s eclectic outfits, always topped off with some inspired headgear.

In looking Kay up, I realized that he’s claimed arguably appropriative inspiration from the Native American Iroquois tribe — Jamiroquai is a portmanteau of “Jam” and “Iroquois” — but at least he isn’t wearing headdresses anymore, I suppose.

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Anyways, Watanabe has made his musical inclinations part of his menswear collections for a long while, recently incorporating lyrics from rapper Loyle Carner into his Fall/Winter 2021 menswear collection and inviting Tokyo DJ Bryan Burton-Lewis to model for Spring/Summer 2021.

Virgil Abloh memorably borrowed Kay’s style for a 2019 Louis Vuitton collection but Watanabe’s approach is more straightforward.

The Japanese designer’s FW22 lookbook opts for headwear that looks almost identical to the stuff that Kay rocks on-stage (though Watanabe’s were made by Benny Andallo), with the models dancing to Kenji Takimi & Gonno’s seven-minute-long “Virtual Insanity” edit in the accompanying video.

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As usual, Watanabe’s menswear collection is packed with collaborations beyond even the Jamiroquai nods, though Kay’s personal wardrobe clearly inspire the cargo-pocketed jackets and slimmed-down jeans.

The Secretariat of Culture of Mexico and Pendleton provided some of the wild woolen patterns that grace hybrid bombers, anoraks, and work jackets, again riffing on Kay’s own garments.

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Collabs with Carhartt, Levi’s, Karrimor, New Balance, Stepney Worker’s Club, and some other old pals enliven the affair though this is arguably Watanabe at his tamest, in terms of silhouette and styling.

Then again, hard to complain about Watanabe delivering perfectly wearable and, dare I say, funky menswear. The collection’s only missing a giant pink fleece.

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