The 14-piece vary reimagines Lee’s 101 denims, 101 Storm Rider jackets, chore jackets, western shirts and carpenter pants with unique prints similar to Paul Smith’s signature stripes.
Costs vary from £85 for T-shirts to £450 for the Storm Rider jackets. The gathering is obtainable on each Paul Smith and Lee web sites, in addition to selective wholesale stockists similar to Nordstrom within the US.
Sir Paul Smith, founding father of the eponymous vogue model, mentioned: “I used to promote Lee in my Nottingham store within the Seventies and so they have been essential to me once I was first beginning out. Getting garments over to the UK from the USA was way more troublesome to do again then and it was at all times so thrilling to have it within the store.
“They’ve bought actual heritage and having the ability to accomplice on this assortment has been nice. Pairing their experience in denim and our data of print and design is a superb mixture.”
Drapers caught up with Meghan Brown, Lee’s world design director concerning the design inspiration, behind the capsule.
What do Paul Smith’s and Lee’s clients have in widespread?
Each Lee and Paul Smith clients respect timeless types and high quality craftsmanship. They embody confidence of their private model and luxuriate in utilizing vogue as a private expression.
What inspirations did you draw from Paul Smith and Lee, respectively?
Drawing from Lee’s archive, this assortment blends Lee’s iconic denim and workwear types with the handwriting of Paul Smith, creating the right mixture of “classics with a twist”.
The 101 jean is crafted from Italian Candiani selvedge denim with a customized selvedge ID taken from the Paul Smith signature stripe. The inside pocket baggage tackle new persona with a Paul Smith floral print.
Each the denims and Storm Rider jackets have a novel leather-based patch with the Lee twitch brand and a gold foil Paul Smith brand.
The Storm Rider jacket is predicated on Lee’s sample. A playful twist: Lee’s Storm Rider label of a person driving a horse within the rain has been swapped for a person on a bicycle within the rain, paying homage to Sir Paul Smith’s love of biking.
What’s the key to creating a superb collaboration?
Lee has been a part of American tradition and vogue for 136 years so we have now many iconic designs and moments round which to collaborate. This capsule ties again to Sir Paul Smith’s very first store in England the place he bought a pair of Lee painter pants. 50 years later, that connection has come full circle.
A collaboration works nicely when there may be an genuine connection, respect for every accomplice’s model and when it leads to one thing a bit surprising.
Getting into each other’s sneakers so to talk and seeing every model by means of the opposite’s eyes creates unique and uniquely particular collections. This collaboration was really an incredible partnership with nice folks, a powerful idea and designs and delightful execution.
