Early subsequent month, Rizzoli will publish a e-book celebrating Ambush’s tenth anniversary. “Typically you neglect the issues that you simply labored on; we are usually extra future-focused, we really feel like, ‘okay the previous is up to now let’s transfer on’, however I used to be realizing that there’s so many issues we have now performed that individuals haven’t actually linked to or they neglect we had performed them,” Yoon Ahn defined. “I needed to make use of this assortment to make it form of a homecoming, bringing again our personal archives and remixing them.”
The lineup is traditional Ambush. Extra grown-up than latest collections, however no much less playful. There are tracksuits galore; in velour with a lace trim for a extra “female really feel,” in tie-dye and color-blocked cotton, in washed technical materials, and in coated cotton. “It’s about ease of motion and being lively,” she mentioned. “These are all those that I’ll see on the road.” A flight jacket-turned-hoodie had an unexpectedly elegant vitality thanks not solely to its silhouette however the shine and coloration of the material. “It was washed and handled a number of occasions to present it a very worn-in vibe,” she mentioned.
Hardcore Ambush followers will acknowledge among the items like jackets and shorts comprised of collaged soccer scarves and jersey, and a workwear shirt and denims in a woven diamond-print denim, from the huge Ambush archive. “Releasing the e-book made me really feel like, okay, that was one chapter, and now from right here we’re going to leap into a brand new house.” Right here’s to the following decade.