AUTUMN / WINTER 12
COLLECTION STATEMENT
Shaun Samson’s Autumn-Winter 2012 collection is an exploration of social and anti-social groups through sports teams and urban street tribes. Traditional sportswear fabrics such as mesh and sweatshirt fleece are finished in unconventional and unexpected ways with hand tacked collar facings, invisible zips and slashed necklines. These non-traditional menswear features are as Samson quotes: ‘interesting and beautiful finishes’. Latino influences are celebrated with calligraphic gothic lettering on oversized silhouettes, and Samson’s iconic needle punch felting is also presented. He continues fabric experimentation in this collection with faux fur by its use as appliqué, which obscures graphics in an exciting and playful way. Samson has specially teamed up with Timberland this season, whom have exclusively sponsored customised boots using their Design Your Own function online.
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