Brand: Highsnobiety
Release Date: Available Now
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Editor's Notes: Having messed around in lecture halls to shoot our last drop, for this release, we tapped up-and-coming New York students to model our preppy-inspired collection.
The next generation of art and fashion creatives, the students put our newest range of winter-ready garments to the test in city. Whether it's hanging in a bodega, browsing in the garment district, or heading into college, the group showed us how they style the newest drop.
Like our other collections, this release sees our in-house label remix classic shapes and formal styles to provide them with a new twist.
Starting off with the outerwear, we're dropping our take on a long mac coat, available in either light brown or navy, with white contrast stitching found across the body that subtly elevates a wardrobe staple. A style that we previously dropped in lightweight Japanese nylon, this time around a water-resistant, more heavyweight matte nylon has been utilized to defend against increasingly chilly temperatures as winter arrives.
Joining the mac is the Garage Jacket, a more minimal take on a workwear style found in wool-blend fabric, and a shirt jacket crafted from moleskin, a heavyweight, densely woven cotton that provides a similar look and feel to suede.
In matching autumnal green and brown hues, along with some light blue pops of color, is a range of pieces to layer under these jackets. Starting with thermal fleece hoodies and mock-neck fleeces, there's also a classic striped poplin shirt and a warm quilted shirt — as well as a knitwear-focused collaboration with iconic collegiate retailer J.Press.
An iconic American label that built its name by forging a more casual approach to preppy styles in the early 2000s, we have created a range of slouchy-fitting fuzzy sweaters and thick cardigans with a matching range of scarves, beanies, and baseball caps.
All of this, plus wool dress pants, nylon caps, cargo pants, and more, will be available to shop on November 16. To learn more about the students modeling the drop, get to know them below.
Kenneth Vanish, Fashion Institute of Technology
What is one of your favorite fashion trends right now?
Right now, my favorite trend is the fact that there are no trends. I feel like we went through so many during the pandemic that everyone kind of got tired, everyone just wants to embrace their own individual style right now. I think that's so cool because we can learn from other people but we're not totally copying someone's style, we just take different elements and we make them our own.
What are some of your aspirations after you graduate??
My number one aspiration is to be the creative director of a fashion magazine because I love photography, I love videography, I love styling; I have so many different interests and I feel like that (job role) incorporates all of them. Doing each and every one of those individually right after I graduate is also a minor aspiration I have.
Sydney Rawls, Fashion Institute of Technology
What's one of your favorite fashion trends right now?
My favorite fashion trend has got to be balletcore, I grew up as a ballet dancer, so I'm glad to see it come back. I like the Miu Miu shoes and all of that stuff.
What are some of your aspirations after you graduate?
Honestly, I'm not fully sure. I'm kind of just going with the flow and seeing where life takes me but I definitely want to get into advertising, digital media within fashion, do lots of photoshoots, and work with magazines.
Joey Vermouth, Cooper Union
Who are some of your biggest inspirations in art?
Jean Michele Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, Banksy, and Piet Mondrian, just to name a few.
What are some of your aspirations after you graduate?
I want to work on my TikTok, grow it, get as many followers as possible, and maybe sell some hoodies and shirts with my art on them.
Chloe Franzen, Fashion Institute of Technology
What are some of your favorite brands right now?
Right now? I really liked the most recent MM6 Margiela collection.
What are some of your aspirations after you graduate??
After graduation, I want to do freelance fashion design and just work on specific projects.
Jacob Marley, Fashion Institute of Technology
What is one of your favorite fashion trends right now?
My favorite fashion trend is cowboy boots, and also Chelsea boots.
And what's your least favorite fashion trend right now?
My least favorite fashion trend is baggy clothing. Something like Balenciaga, even though I think Demna (Gvasalia) is an amazing designer.
What are some of your aspirations after you graduate?
One of my aspirations is to work for the military to develop a sustainable fabric that we can use as an alternative to nylon.
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