SS23 Icons, Remastered
For SS23, Carhartt WIP offers up a selection of time-honored styles in robust, hard-wearing fabrics, like the brand’s signature Dearborn Canvas. Most notable within this season’s selection is the color palette, with its clean wax, faded mauve and iconic Hamilton Brown colorways, punctuated by pops of vibrant blue and red.
These are complemented by a reimagining of classic, utilitarian styles, with robust cotton twill fabrics – such as the Master Pant and Shirt – as well as the Wesley Bib, which places emphasis on the style’s subtleties, through contrast bar-tack stitching.
The accompanying images, captured by photographer Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek, provide a snapshot of the lives of Rita Lino and Frederik Fialin, at work in their Berlin-based studio space, and Steffen Grap, pictured at his home.
Lino is a Portuguese visual artist whose personal work often interrogates a “natural obsession” with the self. Playing both the subject and voyeur in her images, she describes her photography as animalistic, intimate, and narcissistic. Since 2015, Lino has published four books further exploring her corporeal fascinations. Lino wears the Women’s OG Detroit Jacket, OG Michigan Coat, and Pierce Double Knee Pant from the SS23 collection.
Danish furniture maker and designer Fialin has adopted a straight-forward approach to his practice. With a focus on minimalism and functionality, his work honors the inherent qualities of materials that he uses, which range from steel and beech, to recycled plastic. Pictured in his studio, Fialin wears this season’s Detroit Jacket and Simple Pant, as well as the Michigan Coat and corresponding Double Knee Pant in lazurite blue.
Steffen Grap is a photographer and artist from Berlin, whose work draws on the idiosyncrasies of skateboarding, relaying them for a wider audience through the mediums of photography, airbrush, collage, and wheat-pasted posters. The latter has seen Grap hijack billboards around the city to display his own work, rendering these sites of advertising and commerce as his own personal canvas. Steffen wears items from the brand’s SS23 collection that focus on reimagining utilitarian classics, including the Skyler Shirt Jacket, Wesley Bib, and Craft Pant.
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Federica De Carlo
fdecarlo@carhartt-wip.comAbout Carhartt WIP
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 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 when defining Carhartt WIP.
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, reflecting the culture that has formed around it. This can be seen and felt in its collections, imagery, and collaboration partners. 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.
Credits
Photographer: Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek
Models: Rita Lino, Frederik Fialin, Steffen Grap