COLLABORATION
MOOSE KNUCKLES AND ECKHAUS LATTA GO COAST TO COAST
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
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by KRISTOPHER FRASER
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COURTESY of HINTON GROUP
Moose Knuckles has gone from the Canadian North to the United States’ coast-to-coast. The outerwear brand has collaborated with bicoastal, Brooklyn-born fashion brand Eckhaus Latta for a 10-piece collection that takes Moose Knuckle’s classic and fuses it with Eckhaus Latta’s unique approach to design playing with lines, shapes, and proportions.
“Mike and Zoe are incredible, fearless creatives, who inspired us with their beautiful work centered around craft and community,” said Joseph McGee, vice president of women’s design at Moose Knuckles. “We saw a synergy there with Moose Knuckles, as we too strive to deliver our community fearless, functionable fashion. The collaboration with Eckhaus Latta has been an artistic and technical exploration where, together, we reimagined our classic Moose Knuckles outerwear in new and inspiring ways, using techniques not seen in our collections before.”
Moose Knuckles x Eckhaus Latta
Moose Knuckles got a taste of the Eckhaus Latta DNA with a lightweight quilt blanket jacket, raincoat, and hoodie in muted tones of coconut milk, stretch limo, and white asparagus. Moose Knuckle’s RDS certified down is seen clearly for the first time in the brand’s history thanks to the quilt pieces being cut in transparent nylon and filled with a light, hand-dyed mélange down, giving a visual effect unique to this collaboration. Who said history was only made at night?
While down is regularly used in Moose Knuckles outerwear, in this collection it’s crafted in a new hyper-light form, disrupting the technical process, and incorporating a bespoke blend of hand-dyed feathers in classic Eckhaus Latta silhouettes. Additionally, Moose Knuckles x Eckhaus Latta offers convertible windbreaker jackets and a matching pant donned as multifunctional separates. A little mix and match moment is always fun.
