KARhartt : L’Art de l’Automobile x Carhartt WIP

Following the presentation of its Spring/Summer 2021 collection (article available HERE), the legendary American workwear brand Carhartt WIP unveils a collaboration with the French label L’Art de l’Automobile. A collection of clothing and accessories has been developed by the two partners.

L’Art de l’Automobile is a lifestyle brand run by the Parisian luxury car dealer Arthur KAR : the man who transposed his passion for cars into a clothing collection.

The collaboration presented is conceived as an ode to the Carhartt heritage combined with KAR’s design sensibility. It’s based on the idea of a mechanic’s uniform, a double wink to both brands. Both to Arthur Kar, who as a youngster skipped school to join his father and helped him repair cars, and to Hamilton Carhartt, who in 1911 decided to diversify into car manufacturing and created the Carhartt Cars brand.

The items are embellished with an exclusive logo featuring the collection’s name, KARhartt, a play on words resulting from the combination of the two labels. The capsule is dressed in a palette of colors referring to the trees of Lebanon, the country where Arthur Kar grew up. The raw green is also a nod to the rare Italian all-terrain vehicle, based on the Fiat and dating from the years 65-70 : the Ferves Rangers. This car appears as a colorful print on some pieces, such as the short-sleeved t-shirt available in white or black and the black cap. The green cap features the new KARhartt logo. The centerpiece of the collection is the reworked Michigan jacket and Single Knee pants, which are available in a raw green.

This collection is completed by a pack of vintage stickers and an essential accessory for a mechanic, the Nalgene bottle in lime color with a white cap. (Nalgene is an American brand specializing in the manufacture of products and containers for laboratories, in addition to being the benchmark for gourds.)

The collection KARhartt : The Art of the Automobile x Carhartt WIP will be released on February 25, 2021, at selected retailers, in Carhartt WIP stores and online at carhartt-wip.com, as well as on KAR website lartdelautomobilekar.com. Don’t sleep !

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