Parisian
showroom owner Philippe Natali, who is working with fashion designer Franck
Pouch to create an "unformatted design project" have just launched a
new menswear collection under their collaborative name SOME[THING]. Titled 'Man
in the Storm', the pieces are a reflection on a life at sea and the men who
brave long periods floating on the ocean. The pieces are "inspired by the
passionate and restless poetry of the ocean and its old sailors, explores the literal
and figurative effects of the storm on men".
The
designs are layered up and raw edge with distressed qualities that make them
look vintage or lived-in. The label said that their designs
feature "tailored and precise cuts, precious fabrics and dark color
range face oversized volumes, layers, raw materials, waxed effects, grunge
finishings and electric hues, to create new harmony and contemporary outfits,
out of modern male contradictions."
On
their label itself and the ethos behind it, the company explain that they hope
to do something different: "SOME[THING] is an unformated design
project that aims to create a proposition breaking away from the usual
constraints of brand’s collections to explore new modern alternatives".
The new
collection also marks the beginning of their partnership and the duo hope to
explore their own take on men's fashion: "This season, for the first
time, Philippe Natali, owner of N10_ & Franck Pouch (Former
Creative Director at THE INDIVIDUALIST(S)), team up to propose a contemporary
male wardrobe, mixing traditional menswear elegance to casual and streetwear
references, with a twist of insolence".
