sacai x Carhartt WIP Spring/Summer 2024
For Spring/Summer 2024, sacai has once again collaborated with Carhartt WIP to create a capsule collection that merges its own distinct design codes with Carhartt WIP’s functional sensibilities.
The 18-piece collection deconstructs and reimagines a series of signature work-inspired items as exclusive hybrid silhouettes. Styles such as the Reversible Duck Coat combine two signature Carhartt WIP styles – the iconic Chore Coat and Siberian Parka – while the Suiting Bonding Dress takes inspiration from a Bib Overall style, juxtaposing rugged, functional cues with the fluid lines of a pleated skirt.
The collection also fuses signature fabrics and details from both brands. As such, Carhartt WIP’s iconic Dearborn Canvas is bonded with sacai’s wool-blend suiting fabric, resulting in items which can be worn inside-out, while subtle elements, such as triple stitching, piping and pocket details, feature throughout.
The accompanying campaign features the Detroit-based ghettotech trio HiTech, and musician and model Soo Joo Park, who is known for her ethereal dream pop sounds. Styling for Soo Joo Park is by Karl Templer, while the images were shot by Stas Komarovski.
On February 22nd, sacai x Carhartt WIP will launch at select global retailers Carhartt WIP Store Sydney and select sacai stores, as well as at sacai and Carhartt WIP’s online shops. The collection will launch in Japan on February 23rd.
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Joseph Biais
jbiais@carhartt-wip.comAbout Carhartt Work In Progress
Carhartt Work In Progress (WIP) is a clothing brand that adapts and modifies the core products of the pioneering American workwear brand Carhartt to create its own collections. Established in 1994 by Edwin Faeh, the brand’s audience is just as likely to associate its iconic yellow C motif with late 90s hip hop videos or skate clips, as they are with factories or manual labor. This distinction is key in defining what Carhartt WIP does. Carhartt WIP engages with different cultural spheres: from Detroit and Berlin’s symbiotic techno scenes, to skateboarding and its communities that span Paris, New York, and Seoul, to the contemporary art world. The brand channels these influences, representing the culture which has formed around it. This can be seen and felt in its collections, its imagery, and its choice of partners and collaborators. Today, Carhartt WIP operates over 100 brick and mortar retail stores across Europe, Asia, and the US, as well as working with select wholesale clients.
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.