Image via Palace Skateboards
Groundhog Day has passed and it looks like we’re set for six more weeks of winter. So, that means there’s plenty of time to pick up some cold weather gear before temperatures start to heat up again in spring. Luckily, there’s a number of great releases to peruse this week. One of the most surprising is a rare collaboration between Human Made and Undercover, which celebrates Nigo and Jun Takahashi’s long friendship together. Brands like Palace and Stone Island will drop some of the first pieces for their respective Spring 2022 seasons this week. Additionally, there are great drops from brands like Denim Tears and Tombogo.
Check out details on how to cop all these releases, and others from brands like Bodega and Brigade, below.
Human Made x Undercover
Release Date: Feb. 4
Where to Buy It: humanmade.jp
Price: ¥9,680-¥33,000 (Approx. $84-$287)
Human Made and Undercover will collaborate on a special collection that commemorates the backgrounds of each brand’s founder. The collection is titled “Last Orgy 2,” which was the title of a popular Japanese editorial column by Jun Takahashi and Nigo before they founded their respective brands. Inspired by an influential magazine column by Hiroshi Fujiwara with the same name, the Last Orgy 2 continued to influence a bubbling streetwear scene in Ura-Harajuku in the early ‘90s. When Takahashi and Nigo launched their famous Nowhere store in 1993, they stocked Last Orgy 2 apparel. Now, that historic apparel is making a comeback with a capsule collection of five items. A coaches jacket, hoodie, sweatshirt, and two T-shirts will be available. Some of the items feature the work of Verdy in the style of his “Girls Don’t Cry” design.
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: denimtears.com
Price: $17-$500
Tremaine Emory’s label Denim Tears has just launched a collaboration with Ugg inspired by his Black Seminole heritage. Emory collaborated with Lucette Holland of Sincere Dignified Goods to give a new take to Ugg’s Classic and Tasman styles. The footwear boasts cotton and beading true to traditional Seminole moccasins. To coincide with the collection, the brand also released a collaboration with Levi’s and T-shirts that pay tribute to Black Seminoles, a group of free Blacks and runaway slaves who joined forces with the Seminole Indians of Florida from the 1700s to the 1850s. To fully contextualize the collaboration, Emory also released an hour-long documentary titled “Onia”and books on the history of Black Seminoles in the Denim Tears store.
Stone Island
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: stoneisland.com
Price: $1,785
Stone Island has just released a key piece from its new Spring/Summer 2022 range, a 419G1 ripstop Gore-Tex anorak jacket made with packable Paclite technology. This unique release from Stone Island is actually three products packed into one. A windbreaker and vest come packed inside a double pocket bag with a shoulder strap. The bag sits on the wearer’s chest, which allows for easy access to put on each garment as layers. The vest included with the anorak and bag is padded and made out of Bio-Based Ripstop Nylon, an innovative Japanese 12 denier rip stop nylon composed of 60% bio-based polymers.
Palace
Release Date: Feb. 4
Where to Buy It: palaceskateboards.com
Price: TBD
Palace will release the first drop from its Spring 2022 collection this Friday. Some of the highlights from the British skateboard label include a leather flight jacket with cartoon graphics, an embroidered varsity jacket with Palace goats, a Pertex microdown jacket, and more. The brand is set to release a collaboration with Vans and Brixton Baddest this season too, a skate shop that is located next to London’s iconic Stockwell Skatepark.
Brigade
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: brigadeus.com
Price: $42
In response to recent news of book ban efforts increasing across the United States, the New York-based label Brigade has released a T-shirt that advocates for the positive impact reading has on individuals. The brand has released pre-orders for the T-shirt that will be available until 6 p.m. on Feb 4. All proceeds will go towards the American Library Association, an organization that promotes library service and librarianship.
Moose Knuckles x Eckhaus Latta
Release Date: Feb. 3
Where to Buy It: Moose Knuckles stores, mooseknucklescanada.com, and select global retailers including Saks Fifth Avenue and SSENSE
Price: $390-$925
Moose Knuckles has collaborated with Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta of Eckhaus Latta for a 10-piece collection of versatile garments. The collection reimagines Moose Knuckle’s outerwear icons through the Eckhaus Latta lens. It includes a lightweight quilt blanket jacket, raincoat, and hoodie in muted tones of coconut milk, stretch limo, and white asparagus. Quilt pieces are cut in transparent nylon and filled with a light, hand-dyed melange down, which shows off the unique look of Moose Knuckles RDS Down. A new hyper-light form of hand-dyed down is used throughout the collection. Additionally, convertible windbreaker jackets and matching pants with multifunctional capabilities will also be available.
Tombogo
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: tombogo.com
Price: $25-$400
Tombogo just released its “Transition” capsule collection, which includes a range of convertible pieces designed to evolve with the wearer as the seasons change. The seasonless mix of apparel and accessories was originally seen on the runway of New York Fashion Week earlier this year. Pieces within the collection include two printed knit sweaters that capture juxtaposing environments, a Brick Puffer Jacket featuring detachable sleeves that can turn into a vest, and the brand’s Convertible Double Knee Pants in new corduroy and wool makeups. The capsule also features a range of accessories including quilted nylon bucket hats complete with mirrored brand labeling and more of Tombogo’s popular sherpa bucket hats.
Sidia x EW Pharmacy
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: sidiathebrand.com
Price: $52-$98
The comfort-first lifestyle brand Sidia has joined forces with Tokyo-based florist EW Pharmacy to launch a dried floral and candle collaboration inspired by the scents and vessels of SIDIA’s newly released candles, “Braless” and “Wired.” SIDIA will sell their hand-poured candles with two corresponding dried flower arrangements curated by Megumi Shinozaki. Each flower was thoughtfully and individually selected as a counterpart to the candles’ top, middle, and base notes. The arrangements are intended to serve as a visual representation of the scents and emotions of each candle. The collection is designed to enhance one’s wellness practice at home. When the candle is finished, the vessel becomes a modern vase to showcase the florals for eternity, symbolizing eternal love and the beauty of its complexities and natural imperfections.
Adidas Originals x Pharrell Williams
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: Adidas Confirmed App, bbcicecream.com, and select retailers worldwide
Price: $220
Last month, Adidas Originals and Pharrell Williams began celebrating the iconic history of the Billionaire Boys Club brand with the launch of the BBC themed PW HU NMD sneaker. The latest iteration of the sneaker will arrive in a khaki green colorway. The shoe boasts a knitted ribbed upper, a Boost midsole, and a rubber outsole. A BBC “Running Dog” graphic is embellished across the left and right shoes.
Bodega x Helinox
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: helinox.com and bdgastore.com
Price: $140-$375
Helinox and Bodega have joined forces to introduce the new Natural Habitat collection. Bodega-inspired designs cover a set of Helinox’s premium packable outdoor furniture. The collection boasts a unique urban camouflage print that features falling leaves, broken glass, and concrete. The limited edition set includes the Bodega x Helinox Natural Habitat Chair One, Table One Hardtop and the Cot One Convertible.
FaZe x Nascar
Release Date: Feb. 6
Where to Buy It: fazeclan.com
Price: $35-$75
FaZe Clan, a lifestyle and media platform rooted in gaming and youth culture, is teaming up with NASCAR for a limited edition merch collaboration. For this collection, FaZe Clan tapped one of their in-house creatives, Blazzy, who took inspiration from vintage NASCAR T-shirts and classic symbols of racing such as driver numbers, racing flags, and race tracks. The collection stays true to NASCAR and racing, but gives it the modern gaming twist that FaZe Clan is known for.
Writer's Itch
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: writersitch.nyc
Price: $34.95
Writer’s Itch is a publisher committed to documenting graffiti that has recently been gaining traction through a series of documentary-style profiles on some of New York City’s most prolific graffiti writers. Recently, it has begun dropping collaborative T-shirts with the writers it has covered to help raise funds for its video series. The first T-shirt to drop is this collaboration with Spray RBV. The folks behind Writer’s Itch seek to use the proceeds from this merch to cover future travel expenses and production costs.
Babylon x 'Jackass Forever'
Release Date: Feb. 3
Where to Buy It: Babylon.la and in-store at the brand’s Los Angeles brick & mortar location.
Price: $25-$200
To celebrate the sixth installment of Jackass, Babylon has collaborated with the iconic movie franchise for a special capsule collection. Highlights from this collection include custom cut-and-sew pieces such as Knoxville’s green cardigan, a “Keep God Out of California” devil horns beanie, heavyweight all over printed chinos and button ups, a vintage washed military jacket featuring playful drawings with nods to the crew’s history, and an array of printable tees and hoodies celebrating Jackass’s 20-year legacy. The collection is aptly timed to the release of Jackass Forever, which hits theaters Friday.
Randolph x Junya Watanabe
Release Date: Available Now
Where to Buy It: Comme des Garçons New York, Dover Street Market New York.
Price: $510-$610
Randolph has been known to make some of the best handcrafted eyewear in the United States. The nearly 50-year-old brand has been well recognized by engineers and handcraft aviators for the US Military. The brand has recently entered into the lifestyle market through a partnership with Junya Watanabe. The limited-edition collection includes a luxurious case with four hand-selected Randolph eyewear styles to choose from. The brand’s eyewear was highlighted in Junya Watanabe’s Man’s SS22 show. The four collaborative styles include the Aviator in Matte Chrome, the Intruder in 23k Gold, the Concorde in Gunmetal, and the Amelia in 22k Rose Gold. The frames are currently being sold at the stores above. They will be stocked in Dover Street Market Los Angeles on Saturday and will hit other global retailers such as SSENSE later this month.
Sky High Farm Workwear
Release Date: Feb. 4
Where to Buy It: skyhighfarmworkwear.com
Price: $38-$890
Dan Colen’s Sky High Farm label has released a special workwear line for Spring 2022. Shirts, trousers, T-shirts, hoodies, knits, chore jackets, workwear suits, double-knee pants, underwear, and accessories will be available. Pieces within the line include intricate embroideries by artist Marc Armitano Domingo, cartoons by Max Louis Creative and Sky High Farm’s characters illustrated by Joana Avillez. The collection was produced by using vintage, deadstock, and recycled fabrics, and earth-friendly production technologies. Sky High Farm, a 501(C)(3) working to increase access to fresh, nutritious, local food, and addressing food insecurity. The farm grows food exclusively for donation and the charity’s new workwear line exists solely to donate profits to the 501(C)(3) and further its mission. All stores invited to purchase the collection must commit to a guaranteed donation to Sky High Farm upfront, and are encouraged to only buy what they can sell.
