Cult luxurious streetwear model Aries has joined forces with KFC on a 10-piece limited-edition capsule assortment underneath the title of ‘Gravy Drip’.
Described as a “love letter to consolation meals and couture”, the gathering “blends excessive trend with finger lickin’ flavour” – paying homage to KFC’s fashionable gravy.
The stand-out piece is a distressed leather-based jacket in deep gravy brown for £1,400, completed with a Renaissance-inspired again panel that includes angelic figures providing drumsticks, “hand dripped” gold particulars and a gold foil co-branded emblem.
There’s additionally digitally printed denim denims adorned with Roman banquet-inspired scenes and a rooster drumstick chain, priced at £225, and a black tracksuit with elevated gold detailing and twin branding, that includes a sweatshirt (£170) and sweatpants (£190).
An sudden coming along with a touch of irreverent humour, it’s trend that doesn’t take itself too critically – serving up sharp design, distinctive visuals and “a wink of absurdity”.
Sofia Prantera, founding father of Aries, stated: “We needed to create one thing fantastically executed with a refined contact of irony. The thought of reverence, ritual and indulgence evoked the spirit of a Roman feast and a celebration of extra.”
Rounding out the gathering are two printed tees, a cap, a golden rooster drumstick pendant, a sticker pack and even a ceramic gravy boat with embossed logos.
Phoebe Syms, Model Supervisor at KFC UK & Eire, stated: “After we considered bringing the nation’s gravy obsession into the world of trend, we knew there was just one model iconic and fearless sufficient to do it with us – Aries. That is greater than only a collab, it’s the final word gravy drip, a love letter to our liquid gold.”
The collaboration assortment additionally marks the “subsequent evolution of a cultural second for KFC” that began earlier this yr at Sinead Gorey’s trend week catwalk present. Fashions clutched items of rooster mid-strut, sending social media right into a stir.
The ‘Gravy Drip’ assortment can be out there on the Aries web site from 9am on 4 June, with costs starting from £12 – £1,400.
