For winter, Ronnie Fieg continued constructing upon the “return to traditional Kith,” that he offered on the runway again in September. It’s a extra mature and thought of providing this season, and never simply because the lookbook opens with Fieg himself sporting a tobacco brown double-breasted swimsuit—with matching tonal shirt and tie—from the model’s ongoing Giorgio Armani collaboration. (Get this on Jeremy Sturdy, stat!)
Fieg relishes the winter collections as a result of he can actually take pleasure in his love for materials and layering, and this season was no exception, with an emphasis on blown-up takes on traditional textures like bouclés and chain stitches, and workhorse materials that deceive the attention, like a tightly knit felted terry used for a really ’80s outsized cropped sweatshirt with a cropped match, or a patchwork suede and leather-based jacket that was really fake however had the proper worn-in patina of a classic piece. A spectacular felted wool swimsuit with a boxy, cropped double-breasted jacket and creased pants had the suave drama of a Beuys however made for every-day. A pair of herringbone trousers had a gentle drape and a barely stiff hand that made them one of many standout items of the gathering.
Elsewhere, a collaboration with the Japanese label Ssstein yielded some super-cozy, steal-from-your boyfriend/husband/good friend/no matter fuzzy sweaters, and silk wool swishy button-down shirts. Whereas it was one among Fieg’s extra subdued collections by way of coloration palette, Kith’s signature funky items have been have been nicely represented: the assertion leather-based bomber jacket, a devastating darkish inexperienced pony coach jacket, a cool tapestry fleece, and a pair of pleated denims with darts at the back and front of the hem with a barely carrot form. “This is among the best-fitting pants I’ve ever had,” Fieg stated, which is after all one of many many the reason why he continues to get it proper every season; as a result of he makes garments he really wears on a regular basis, and never simply in picture shoots.
