Japanese style label Onitsuka Tiger has tapped style maverick Nick Wooster for a capsule assortment beneath the model’s boutique imprint, titled “The Onituska.” The collaboration, which marks the primary assortment beneath the heritage-inspired label, encompasses a vary of unique types crafted in Japan.
The gathering employs a minimalist design aesthetic, with refined coloration inclusions and easy design particulars. Among the many standouts, the vary features a silhouette that mixes a bomber jacket with skirt pants, in addition to 4 new footwear fashions: the WIGURVE, the STUDDED DERBY, the WIGURVE SIDE GORE BOOT and BROGUE CHUKKA.
On the collaboration, Wooster mentioned, “When creating one thing, my method is to finish an entire type first. This capsule assortment was constructed by combining a bomber jacket with skirt pants as the bottom. I’ve additionally targeted on a minimalist palette, by limiting the colours to white, black, and navy inexperienced, which unifies the types. For the sneakers, I’ve studied the historical past of Onitsuka Tiger, which began in 1949, and up to date their traditional type with my very own interpretation.”
Wooster entered the business at Barney’s New York, earlier than serving as the style director at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. At the moment, he acts as an advisor for a number of manufacturers, and his longstanding affect is among the many most distinctive in style.
The gathering is now accessible to buy on the brand’s website and at Onitsuka Tiger shops in Japan, the U.S., the U.Ok., Italy, China and Singapore. Check out the vary within the gallery above.
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