Paul Smith and Lee have launched the capsule assortment that was first proven on the Paul Smith SS25 presentation at Pitti Uomo. The British designer and the American model have collaborated on a set impressed by Paul Smith’s well-known stripes and Sir Paul’s saying, “look and see”.
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The 14-piece restricted version contains denims, denim jackets, western-style shirts and T-shirts.
The businesses stated their connection goes again a few years with Paul Smith’s first store in Nottingham having been a location to promote his personal designs and to current his buyer base together with his favorite objects from different makers.
We’re advised that “one such item was a particularly excellent pair of painter’s trousers, which he began importing in the early 1970s, from a specialist denim brand based in the United States. That brand was Lee – a name familiar to anyone with even a passing interest in denim, workwear, or Americana”.
Now, in a “full circle moment, the capsule reframes the Lee 101 jean and 101 Stormrider jacket, Lee chore jacket, western shirt and carpenter pant in exclusive prints and patterns”.
A washed jacquard set that includes Smith’s tapered trouser, and playful graphic tees and hoodies full the brand new assortment.
Co-branded trim particulars give hints of color whereas a signature model of the Paul Smith stripe is interspersed all through.
The gathering’s “playfulness” is represented within the official marketing campaign imagery. Shot by Anton Gottlob, it options six “friends of Paul Smith” styled to spotlight every expertise’s persona. That includes two musicians, a painter, a dancer, a stylist and a lawyer (Emil Sands, Deneille Robert Percival, Suren Seneviratne, Eddie Wailes, Henry Prior and Hak Baker), “the collection fits each subject and their lifestyle in a unique way”.
Costs vary from £85-£450/$90-$450 on paulsmith.com and lee.com and in chosen partner-owned shops worldwide. It’s additionally obtainable in choose retailers globally with Nordstrom because the unique US wholesaler.
“I used to sell Lee in my Nottingham shop in the 1970s and they were important to me when I was first starting out. Getting clothes over to the UK from the USA was much more difficult to do back then and it was always so exciting to have it in the shop. They’ve got real heritage and being able to partner on this collection has been great. Pairing their expertise in denim and our knowledge of print and design is a brilliant combination,” Sir Paul Smith stated.
And Jenni Broyles, government VP & world manufacturers president at Lee, added: “Paul Smith is renowned for its ‘classic with a twist’ aesthetic which fits authentically with Lee’s timeless style.”
