'This was your place of birth, this daytime palace
This miracle of glass, whose every hall
This light as music fills, and on your face
Shines petal-soft...'
- Philip Larkin
Axel Arigato - Under a Running Sky - SS27 Concept
This collection is inspired by Sweden and it's relationship to the past.
Where function and folklore intertwine, and the natural world informs an ideal that is both contemporary and historic.
Unearthing the roots that connect present-day Sweden to its mythic provenance reveals a through-line grounded in nature, light and simplicity
The ambition was to capture how this has evolved over time: uncovering the harmonies and tensions that persist between modernism and tradition
Axel Arigato - Under a Running Sky - SS27 Research
Axel Arigato - Under a Running Sky - SS27 Research, Explanation
Semi-sheer fabrics embody the promotion of natural light that characterises the Swedish way of life and preference for open spaces
Natural materials like cotton, linen and leather represent the longstanding relationship with the natural world and products of necessity
Patterns, stripes and embellishments allude to the folk art period where hand-crafted decoration was cultivated to promote joy
Drapery and pleating capture the subtlety of ornamentation within a contemporary context, where construction precedes decoration
Axel Arigato - Under a Running Sky - SS27 Design, Lineup
The first rays of the sun found their way through the thinning clouds, shone out against the sky and ran across the ground and sky together. Mist rolled down the valleys in waves, the dew glittered as it toyed with the greenery, and limpid whitening cloudlets sped across the azure firmament...On high, the succulent leaves whispered in peace and joy, and the boughs of the living trees slowly stirred themselves, looking down in majesty'
- Leo Tolstoy
Axel Arigato - Under a Running Sky - SS27 CADs
Axel Arigato - Under a Running Sky - SS27 Details & Development
Axel Arigato - Under a Running Sky - SS27 Details & Development
Axel Arigato - Under a Running Sky - SS27 Tech Pack Development
Axel Arigato - Under a Running Sky - SS27 Product
'It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.'
- Henry James
Axel Arigato - Jack Draper Collaboration
This collaboration honours three iconic grand slams: Roland Garros where the theatre of the clay court channels the artistic soul of Paris;
and the US Open with all the noise, intensity and energy that New York has to offer after dark.
Wimbledon, where the tournament embodies the refinement and traditions of British culture;
Axel Arigato - Jack Draper Collaboration
Axel Arigato - Jack Draper Collaboration
Axel Arigato - Jack Draper Collaboration
Fast fading violets cover’d up in leaves;
And mid-May’s eldest child,
The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine,
The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.
- John Keats
Alex Eagle - This Other Eden - Concept
This Alex Eagle collection is inspired by tennis, viewed through a British lens.
Morning dew and uneven tramlines, a borrowed jumper and looking for lost balls in the hedgerow.
Drawing inspiration from the graceful ageing of country architecture, and evenings spent in the fading light
The ambition was to capture the insouciance of British summer - with Tennis typifying all that is timeless, elegant and scruffy about it
Alex Eagle - This Other Eden - Design, Lineup
Alex Eagle - This Other Eden - Research, Explanation
Sheer fabrics represent misty mornings in the countryside - the day ahead threatening to peek through as the sun rises
Water repellent materials capture the mercurial nature of British weather, resembling the way droplets of morning dew settle on grass
Softened edges capture the informal and insouciant attitude of summer evenings spent playing tennis in the countryside
Oversized garments give the impression of borrowed goods; grabbing the nearest item of clothing regardless of who it belongs to
Alex Eagle - This Other Eden - Details & Development
Alex Eagle - This Other Eden - Details & Development
Alex Eagle - This Other Eden - Product
That I might drink, and leave the world unseen,
And with thee fade away into the forest dim
- John Keats