Coming soon: Uniqlo X Olympia Le-Tan
There’s something about the French Uniqlo collabs that really hit the mark for me. The Ines de la Fressange collections are consistently good and the Lemaire ones have some great knitwear and bold colour pieces. Just arrived at Colette is a Uniqlo X Olympia Le-Tan collaboration which should be landing soon in international Uniqlo stores. (UPDATE: It’s arrived>>> here!)
As well as printed T-shirts, there’s also a tote that’s printed and embroidered in homage to Le-Tan’s signature embroidered milk carton bags. Some of the embroidery has been carried out by displaced women in Malaysia and Afghanistan as part of Uniqlo’s tie-in with UNHCR, the U.N.’s refugee agency.
“We first starting working on T-shirts and then someone who specifically works in that division at Uniqlo asked me to participate in the program. I asked for it to support women specifically and selected a few geographical regions that are good with embroidery,” says Le-Tan.
As well as the tote, my favourite is the book printed tee. The limited edition Uniqlo X Olympia Le-Tan line is sold in 17 countries, including France, Belgium, Russia, Japan, South Korea, the UK and Germany.
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WORDS: Navaz Batliwalla/Disneyrollergirl
IMAGES: WWD
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