Acne Studio London. The trendy Swedish label’s first UK shop is based in a five-story townhouse in the heart of London’s Mayfair. Of the new space the label’s founder and creative director Jonny Johansson said “Ever since we formed ACNE we always talked about a house with different levels of creativity to house all of our artistic endeavours. The Studio will be more than just clothing it will be a house of differing creativity”. Guests at the opening included Daisy Lowe, Julia Restion-Roitfeld, Jamie Winstone, Ben Grimes and more.
Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz and Stockholm-based Acne Jeans has teamed up on a denim collaboration.
Acne Paper is published twice a year by Acne and is a collaboration between Acne Jeans, Acne Film, Acne Digital and Acne Creative.
This season the women’s and men’s Acne collections have been on separate journeys, inspiration-wise, although they keep the playful and irreverent take on fashion that is so important to Acne. Similarly, Acne wardrobe concept is in constant focus, allowing the wearer to pick and choose from a palette filled with exotic textures, unusual fabrics and unexpected colours, with the intention of creating a look entirely one’s own.
Acne Clothing continues to evolve and is well deserving of a place in the fashion world’s top eschalons. The brand is confident enough to be genuine and avoid the pitful of pretentious postering, so common amongst its contemparies. Hats off to Acne and its Autumn/Winter 08 collection.
This classic shoe, which is available in both a high-top and a low-top version, takes its cue from a marriage between an archetypal Tretorn sneaker worn by tennis legend Björn Borg and a specific gym shoe used by the Chinese military in the 1960s and subsequently dug out of a New York vintage store.
This spring Acne is proud to introduce the first line of POP Chinos. The chinos are created under our new design program POP Classics, where garments that are considered timeless are given new relevance through contemporary design interpretations. All chinos comes with signature bright colored lining on the inside.
The Gentleman’s Jeans is a pair of blue, elegant jeans, created for a mature man of work and leisure. The jeans has been designed by Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom from Fantastic Man together with Creative Director Jonny Johansson at Acne, in a style that has been seen before on our fathers and uncles, but now updated and made wonderful for today. The Gentleman’s Jeans is available in a limited edition at Colette in Paris, in selected Acne Studios and at the Acne Store
Acne Jeans Autumn/Winter 2007 Collection is now available at selected stores. Imagine the defiant and fearless gaze of Patti Smith coupled with the energetic bedlam of Emir Kusturica’s portrayal of the Eastern European gypsy, and you have the two bedrocks of Acne Jeans new Autumn/Winter Collection.