JW Anderson and Pleasing design a balloon-inspired assortment of nail polishes and extra

At the moment (4 December 2024) JW Anderson launches an uplifting, balloon-inspired capsule assortment with magnificence and life-style model Pleasing. The collaboration features a particular version run of metallic nail polishes in 5 totally different shades – plus nail stickers and nail decals – marking the primary time that JW Anderson has explored the wonder enviornment.

Jonathan Anderson and Harry Kinds have been in artistic dialog for the previous decade, turning into buddies within the course of. (The latter based Pleasing in 2021 with a spread of sustainably-made merchandise such because the ‘Pearlescent Illuminating serum’, ‘Pleasing Pen’ eye and lip oil and ‘Excellent Pearl’ nail polish). The musician and actor’s post-boy band picture, which has playfully explored gender norms by way of clothes and make-up, has been formed by lots of Anderson’s whimsical designs.

The JW Anderson and Pleasing capsule assortment is right here

Such items embrace a customized jumpsuit (nodding to the diagonally-striped, one-shoulder attire from JW Anderson Resort 2022) worn by Kinds in album paintings for Harry’s Home shot by photographer Hanna Moon.

And, after all, the viral rainbow cardigan from the JW Anderson S/S 2020 menswear assortment, which precipitated a #HarryStylesCardigan knitting pattern to blow up on TikTok. The crocheted patchwork garment is now a part of the V&A Museum’s everlasting assortment and is referenced within the Pleasing x JW Anderson collaboration with the ‘Bunch of Balloons Knit Cardigan’.

‘Based on the again of friendship and mutual respect, that is one in all our most particular collaborations so far. JW Anderson is a model we really feel so aligned with when it comes to perspective, creativity and vitality – and has been a model we’ve needed to collaborate with for a while,’ notes Harry Lambert, Kinds’ long-time stylist and the artistic director of Pleasing.

As Pleasing CEO Shaun Kearney reiterates in a press release: ‘What makes [the collaboration] much more significant is the non-public connection between Harry and Jonathan – a friendship and artistic synergy which have impressed the items on this assortment. Collectively, we’ve reimagined iconic designs by way of the lens of each manufacturers, crafting a capsule that celebrates individuality, playfulness, and the colourful communities that assist us.’

The Pleasing x JW Anderson assortment is already accessible to buy on-line. However, it’ll additionally seem in choose brick-and-mortar JW Anderson shops and two Pleasing vacation pop-ups working in New York and Los Angeles from now till the top of February 2025. (The addresses for each places are listed beneath).