We've long been fans of Camiel Fortgens, so we teamed up with the Amsterdam label on a small capsule: a short sleeve shirt, shorts, a track jacket and track pants.
The idea started in the Dutch gabber scene, beloved in Australia and home to the hakkûh dance (hakken, to Aussies), a bond between two countries on opposite sides of the earth. Throughout the '90s, tracksuits from a brand called Australian came to represent that tight-knit scene, and we ran the look through Camiel's lens.
Nylon was the core of that look, so we went the other way, with up-cycled, overdyed lightweight cotton check from previous Camiel seasons. The track set is crisp SS21 gingham left over from the C.F. office, overdyed olive, with contrast UP THERE green zip tape. The shirt and shorts revisit the check from our first season with Camiel (SS24), originally light brown and rinse washed in indigo blue, with the reverse side showing to bring out the blue.
The story has a local side too. In the early 2000s, the Melbourne Shuffle formed in our home state of Victoria, and for the campaign we worked with one of its most regarded names, Francis Vo, aka francisvoxo, whose teenage films shot in backyards and garages spread through MySpace, Bebo and OG YouTube.
Inside every piece you'll find our upside-down UP THERE label.
The collection is available online and in-store now.
