Image via The North Face
Now that Valentine’s Day festivities are wrapped up, it’s time to love yourself again. Whether you’re looking to shop for yourself this week or still looking for another gift for your significant other, they’re plenty of great drops to shop from right now. Supreme returns with the release of new box logo hoodies for its first drop from its Spring/Summer 2022 collection. Rick Owens is once again collaborating with Champion on a range of fashionable essentials. Across the Atlantic, Palace is set to release its third drop this season, which includes another great run of Gore-Tex jackets. Of course, the most anticipated drop this week is The North Face’s collaboration with Kaws, which is set to drop this Thursday.
Check out details on how to cop these releases, and others from Gucci, Jil Sander, A Ma Maniére, and more, below.
The North Face x Kaws
Release Date: Feb. 17
Where to Buy It: Available at The North Face stores, select dealers like Dover Street Market, and on thenorthface.com
Price: $55-$550
The North Face will release its highly anticipated collaboration with Kaws on Friday. The collection marks the brand’s very first line of products to ever be designed alongside the revered graffiti artist. The collection has Kaws reinterpret some of the most iconic silhouettes from The North Face. This includes the artist’s take on icons like the Nuptse puffer and The North Face’s 1986 Mountain Jacket. The collaboration is rife with bold colors, patterns, and iconic “XX” motifs that Kaws is globally recognized for. Basecamp Duffle Bags, Mountain Light Pants, and Nuptse Puffer Pants are other icons featured within the collection. The collaboration will also celebrate newer styles from The North Face such as an Freeride jacket and fleece that are perfect to wear for winter sports. T-shirts, hoodies, beanies, balaclavas, and mittens will also be available.
Gucci Pineapple
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: gucci.com
Price: $480-$3,600
Gucci’s latest decorative motif consists of pineapples and roses. The pattern define one of its most colorful men’s ready-to-wear and accessories collections this season. Gucci’s Pineapple collection boasts a mix of collegiate and streetwear apparel. Ready-to-wear pieces includes everything from formalwear to fleece tracksuits. Sneakers and leather accessories also feature the pineapple motif positioned against Gucci’s iconic GG monogram.
Jil Sander Cannolo Bag
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: jilsander.com
Price: $1,290
The Cannolo bag is Jil Sander’s newest statement bag. Available in small and medium sizes, the bag features an adjustable belt and a sculptural round buckle. It can be quickly turned into a hand bag, shoulder bag, crossbody bag, or pouch. The playful qualities of the versatile bag allow it to be adjusted for both formal and casual wear. It comes in black, natural, medium brown, dark purple, light pastel green, and light pastel pink colorways.
Rick Owens x Champion
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: Rick Owens stores, rickowens.eu, and through select retailers
Price: €95-€625 (approx. $107-$709)
Following their first two capsule collections from 2019 and 2021, Champion and Rick Owens have joined forces yet again. The collection features unisex pieces made from “Bio Cottons” and “Bio Nylons.” Key pieces within the collection include sweatshirts, sweatpants, and T-shirts. Mesh shorts and lightweight outerwear pieces are also available. All the pieces feature the collaboration’s unique Champion logo. Swimwear, socks, athletic-inspired caps, headbands, and a new balaclava are also available. The collection is rounded out by backpacks, tote bags, and pocket purses.
Supreme Spring/Summer 2022
Release Date: Feb. 17
Where to Buy It: supremenewyork.com
Price: TBD
Supreme returns this season with a hefty drop to kick off Spring/Summer 2022. The very first Supreme drop of the year will include the return of beloved “Bling” box logo hoodies with rainbow lettering, striped rugby tops with racing patches, jacquard denim puffer jackets with a “Fat Tip” graffiti marker monogram from the brand’s archive, hoodies, and graphic T-shirts. A standout T-shirt from the brand’s upcoming drop features the work of Andre Charles, a New York graffiti artist who was well known for painting a graffiti character dubbed “The Famous Baby” around the Lower East Side.
Palace
Release Date: Feb. 18
Where to Buy It: Palaceskateboards.com and Palace stores
Price: TBD
Palace is set to release their third drop this season. Faux fur jackets, Gore-Tex shells, multifunctional trousers and shorts, new Tri-ferg hoodies, caps, and more will all be available.
Arc'teryx Veilance
Release Date: Available Now
Where to Buy It: arcteryx.com
Price: $150-$850
Arc’teryx Equipment has just dropped its newest pieces from their SS22 Veilance line. Once again, Veilance offers high-end technical apparel that fits inside a modern wardrobe. New styles include the Lexer Coat, a thigh-length coat with a fishtail hem that is constructed out of 3L Gore-Tex fabric with Gore C-Knit Backer Technology. The Survey Jacket is also another new hardshell design that boasts the same Gore-Tex specs. There arelso new Secant styles such as the Secant Trackpant, a lightweight performance jogger constructed out of a stretch Fortius softshell fabric; a fast-drying, breathable, fabric that repels water and light wind. There are also new Spere styles like the Spere LT shorts, a lightweight water resistant short in a relaxed
silhouette that boasts ergonomic patterning to provide freedom of movement and breathable TerraTex materials that are wind and weather repellant. Standouts include “revised” updates to iconic Veilance styles such as the Deploy LT jacket.
Release Date: Available Now
Where to Buy It: rabarts.org
Price: $150
Rob Cristofaro, the founder of the pioneering New York City streetwear brand Alife, has been well known for breaking artists such as Kunle Martins, Jim Joe, Dash Snow, Todd James, and many more over the years. His latest venture, RAB Arts, is a catalyst for cultural production that is particularly focused on downtown New York. Bark at The Moon is a new photography book that is also RAB Arts first major release. The book is filled with photographs by Blake Kunin, a New York photographer who gives intimate access into the underworld of graffiti vandalism. Action shots of writers such as ADEK, BK, CH, EASY, GOOG, GUSE, HOUND, LEWY, MALVO, MERCH, MQ, and more are prominently featured throughout the 285-page book. “Blake Kunin’s photos scare the living daylights out of me. My love of chaos and anarchy on the streets has been ongoing for decades,” said the revered artist Barry McGee aka Twist, in a press release. “These photographs let me study, in comfort, the bold lines & gestures that still resonate with me to this very day with more urgency than ever.” While street graffiti fans will surely enjoy this book, it will give outsiders a in depth look into graffiti’s secretive culture. All pre-orders will ship in April of 2022 and the first 300 orders will come with a signed 9” x 12” risograph print.
Flaneur Homme
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: flaneurhomme.com and boutiques including Flannels, PL Line, and Labels
Price: $125-$825
Flaneur Homme’s latest collection pulls inspiration from Post-WWI America with a collection thematically inspired by the Roaring ‘20s. The unisex collection is filled with classic silhouettes with clever twists. There are racer jackets with python print, leather windbreakers, and panther-print workwear jackets. Knitwear includes black and white striped mohair sweaters and leopard print cardigans.
A Ma Maniére x Lanvin
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: amamaniere.com and A Ma Maniére stores
Price: $450-$890
A Ma Maniére has just unveiled a collaboration with Lanvin. The A Ma Maniére x Lanvin collection reimagines heritage garments from the French fashion house through the lens of modern culture. It includes refined fleece sets, tailored tracksuits, fine cotton basics, and an assortment of one-of-a-kind Lanvin Bumper and Tennis High and Low footwear. Each is accentuated by A Ma Maniére and Lanvin branding.
Converse x Come Tees
Release Date: Feb.17
Where to Buy It: Converse.com and select retailers
Price: $50-$110
Come Tees, a Los Angeles-based streetwear brand run by artist Sonya Sombreuil launched in 2010, is well known for being one of the first brands to establish the trippy, hand-drawn, DIY streetwear aesthetic. Now, Come Tees has a large collaboration with Converse that includes Converse Shapes apparel and a Chuck 70 sneaker featuring digitized works of Sombreuil’s handmade art. Two all-over prints from Come Tees are applied on Converse Shapes T-shirts, hoodies, and shorts. A Chuck 70 sneaker features tri-panel graphic blocking with each panel housing a unique design.
Midnight Studios
Release Date: Feb. 17
Where to Buy It: midnightstudios.live
Price: $175-$2,000
Midnight Studios is set to drop their Spring/Summer 2022 collection titled “Welcome to the Machine.” Shane Gonzales’ reborn collection for the brand establishes key themes and silhouettes that will become staples in upcoming seasons. Standout pieces include classic suiting with custom beading details, velour tracksuits with leather piping, and matching denim sets with Western details. There are faux fur coats that compliment the pearl button detailing seen across faux mohair sweaters and knit tank tops. T-shirts and tank tops with signature collection motifs are also available. There’s also a wide range of accessories within this collection including a Brooklyn box trunk bag inspired by a ‘90s boombox. Baseball hats and bucket hats with Midnight Studios logos round out the collection.
Kappa
Release Date: Available now
Where to Buy It: kappa-usa.com
Price: $55-$110
Inspired by American NASCAR and the spirit of car racing, Kappa has released a “Race” capsule collection that features a range of tracksuits, fleece, T-shirts, bottoms, and headwear in an iconic red and blue color palette. The garments reimagine sponsorship logos as Kappa motifs that are turned into embroidered patchwork and all-over print patterns.
The New Blue Collar Everyday Items
Release Date: Feb. 18
Where to Buy It: thenewbluecollarnyc.com
Price: TBD
New York’s The New Blue Collar is dropping off a new round of essentials later this week. Hoodies, bucket hats, and tote bags are all up for grabs in a variety of seasonal colorways. Each features minimal “New York” embroidery written in cursive and the brand’s signature apple logo.