sacai x Carhartt WIP
sacai x Carhartt WIP F/W 2023 collaboration will launch on September 8th at sacai retailers, sacai online store, and Carhartt WIP’s online store.
Seeking to create styles rooted in utilitarian-wear, sacai has worked with Carhartt WIP, creating a series of men’s and women’s silhouettes that combine the brand’s hardwearing, functional styles and fabrics with sacai’s unique design language.
By fusing Carhart WIP’s iconic duck fabric jackets with sacai’s signature nylon twill – as well as specialist knitting techniques and other typical sacai details – the collaboration elevates workwear-inspired archetypes, creating items geared for everyday wear.
The accompanying campaign features a cast drawn from Carhartt WIP’s skate team, including Pepe Tirelli, Tolia Titaev, as well as Dede Lovelace and Kasper Kacia. Shot by filmmaker Joaquim Bayle, the imagery focuses on the rituals and peculiarities inherent to skateboarding.
A series of special pop ups will mark the collaboration.
These will be held at DSML (Dover Street Market London) and sacai Isetan Men’s starting September 6th; BELOWGROUND, starting September 7th; and sacai Shanghai Taikoo Li Qiantan, starting September 8th. sacai retail store will offer an retail exclusive T-shirt, coming in two colorways, Navy and Light Blue.
sacai Aoyama, sacai Online store and Carhartt WIP’s online store prelaunch ahead of other stores on September 6th.
Contact
Joseph Biais
jbiais@carhartt-wip.comAbout Carhartt Work In Progress
Established in 1994 by Edwin Faeh, Carhartt Work In Progress (WIP) develops its own collections based on original Carhartt workwear. The brand combines authentic adaptations of these robust American archetypes, while engaging with the subcultures that have embraced it. This, in turn, has seen Carhartt WIP place itself in a new context and bring forth its own classics.
Carhartt WIP opened its first store in London in 1997 and today operates over 80 brick and mortar locations worldwide. It also has its own skate team and music department, while supporting an array of artists and releasing various in-house publications. Since 2010, Carhartt WIP has worked with a number of like-minded collaborators, including A.P.C., Converse, Fragment Design, Junya Watanabe, Nike, Underground Resistance, and Motown.
about sacai
Sacai was established by Chitose Abe in 1999 in Tokyo, Japan.
Sacai incorporates the idea of hybridization through juxtapositions of contrasting textures of fabrics, such as knits with super fine wovens and the usage of techniques based on reinterpretations of patterns of the garment, transforming the pieces into unexpected shapes and silhouettes. While her collections may appear to be about femininity, Abe’s interest is in creating clothes that are entirely unique and timeless, innovative and experimental. To Abe, who is influenced by observing her surroundings and functions of daily life, the Sacai collection has a distinctive elegance that is based on renderings and transformations of basic and classical items. The result is a collection of items that can transition easily between various occasions and is not only reserved for special opportunities.
Credits
sacai website: www.sacai.jp
sacai Instagram: @sacaiofficial #sacai #sacaiofficial
Carhartt WIP: https://www.carhartt-wip.com
Carhartt WIP Instagram: @carharttwip #carharttwip