The Sartorialist x Roy Roger's
During my visit to Florence for Pitti Uomo last week I got to discover loads and loads of brands/designers (1,233 in total), some of them were new and emerging, and much of them were already established and were just presenting new collections or collaborations, so was the case for Roy Roger’s – the first Italian blue jeans Brand (1952) – which was launching their second capsule collection with famous blogger and photographer Scott Schuman from The Sartorialist.
Grabbing apparel codes from the 70’s heyday, the collection harkens back to the 1970s heyday of balmy locales like the California coast and Bali, both places connected by its freedom and boundlessness. Subjacent to that, the SS17 collection also referenced the iconic book “Locals Only” by Hugh Holland, featuring photographs of Jay Adams, as well as a recent trip Scott took to the Asian city, images that show bold print mixing and an elusive vintage feeling.
“El proyecto que acabo de lanzar en Pitti Uomo con Roy Roger’s ha sido una de las mejores aventuras de mi vida hasta ahora. Mi única exigencia fue que me permitieran diseñar, no solo escoger un ‘wash’ para aplicarlo a un par de jeans que ya existiera”, me comentó Scott en el cocktail de lanzamiento de la colección el pasado 13 de junio en el primer piso del Area Monumentale de la Fortezza de Basso.
Patrones originales de Bali recorren toda la colección, y ricas texturas índicas elevan jackets, shorts, camisas minuciosamente entalladas, de las cuales resaltan una parka de lana verde olivo, un par de pantalones a la cintura con basta de elefante, un jacket de gamuza y una variedad de suéteres tejidos con tratamientos balineses. ¿Lo que más me encantó? La reinvención del cuello peculiar de los 70’s en las camisas.