‘Between London and Seoul’: Stefan Cooke crosses continents with Stable Homme assortment

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‘Designed between London and Seoul’ runs the tagline for a brand new collaborative assortment from British label Stefan Cooke – led by the eponymous designer and co-creative director Jake Burt – and South Korean menswear model, Stable Homme. Some 5 years within the making, having been delayed by the onset of Covid-19, it sees Stefan Cooke’s sharply outlined aesthetic, mined from the subcultural silhouettes of the 2000s and its music scene, meet the innate ease of Stable Homme, a stalwart of South Korean style. Since its creation in 1988 – the identical 12 months as Seoul was placed on the map as host of the Olympics – its founder Woo Younger Mi has drawn inspiration from the eclectic gown codes of town’s streets, which could span work- and sportswear, mountain climbing apparel, or Americana.

Which is why it was necessary for companions Cooke and Burt to go to Seoul, regardless of the gathering having largely been designed in London, the place the pair dwell and work. ‘We visited in March to evaluation the preliminary prototypes and stood in a room with their design workforce for 3 days to make the edits and notes collectively,’ they inform Wallpaper*. A few of the items, which span leather-based jackets and hoodies adorned by ceramic studs, utility jackets and denim shirts, have been ‘stress designed’ on the spot, a course of solely made doable by ’the extraordinarily skillful workforce Stable Homme have’. Afterwards, it was a whistlestop tour of town – Cooke and Burt needed to depart to launch their collaboration with Mulberry in Tokyo the subsequent day – visiting markets, ‘consuming unbelievable meals and purchasing for analysis’ (in addition to partaking in native liqueur with the workforce).

Stable Homme designed by Jake Burt and Stefan Cooke

(Picture credit score: Pictures by Theo Sion, courtesy of Stefan Cooke and Stable Homme)

The gathering itself started with acquainted influences, centring round three songs they each ’listened to on repeat’ of their respective hometowns ‘circa 2009’: A Picket Field by Manufacturing facility Flooring, Drum Courts by These New Puritans and Redlights by Salem. It led them via what the pair name an ’American Attire doorway’ – a reference to the Los Angeles-based label synonymous with the period’s type – a temper bolstered by a analysis journey that noticed them rifling via the charity retailers and thrift shops of Maine and New York.

Supply: Wallpaper

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