‘Bold and bright color-block shades seen across padded gilets, while T-shirts and trousers tap into the joyful mood of the season.’ ‘Sergio Zambon worked with Nigerian artist Karo Akpokiere on the collection’s statement prints, featuring comic-like logos and newsprints from 1952,’ explains Luke Raymond. The men’s pieces draw inspiration from Tokyo, where a fast-paced lifestyle requires functional details, elevated via trend-led updates such as pops of color. Here, our senior fashion editors Luke Raymond and Celenie Seidel talk through the key highlights. With both men’s and women’s lines - designed respectively by Sergio Zambon and Veronica Leoni - the new 2 Moncler 1952 collection blends performance details with a fashion-forward approach. The latest collaboration with Moncler Genius comes courtesy of FARFETCH, as we present an exclusive livestream event called The Green Room, where our host, writer Raven Smith, is joined by editorial director Emma Hope Allwood to unpack the inspirations behind the pieces of the latest 2 Moncler 1952 collection. Moncler Genius is a project where the world’s leading designers are invited to reinterpret and experiment with Moncler’s identity on a monthly basis. Never one to stand still, Moncler has proven itself to be continually relevant with the now-discontinued Thom Browne-designed Gamme Bleu range, and the launch of its Genius brand that is produced in collaboration with prolific designers including Palm Angels, Simone Rocha, Craig Green, Hiroshi Fujiwara and Rick Owens. In the 1980s, Moncler’s down jackets began to take on the iconic look that survives to this day: original stitching, metallic lacquered finish in a range of colors, buttons instead of zips and a range of fur trims, satin finishes and reversible fabrics. Since then, the now Italian-owned outerwear stalwarts have equipped expeditions up K2, Makalu and French downhill ski teams, as well as the world’s first lone expedition to the South Pole. However, it wasn’t until a collaboration with famous French mountaineer Louis Terray and the subsequent formation of a performance line ‘Moncler pour Lionel Terray’ - a complete range of expedition equipment - that the brand as we know it today was formed. Building on this functionality, Moncler’s first foray into down jackets was actually made for the workers in its small factory. The sleeping bags were renowned for their durability and quickly became sought after among mountain holiday-goers. Moncler started as a sleeping bag company in Monestier-de-Clermont in 1952, taking inspiration for its name from the French alpine village.
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