Italian premium denim label, Cycle, presents their SS12 men’s collection inspired by the lively and colorful scenarios, both real and fancy, of the South Seas. Set in the Indian Ocean, the collection is based on adventure stories in the paradise islands where European and Indian cultures meet and give life to the themes, fabrics, shapes and colors of the collection.
Lodge:
The most formal part of the collection, ‘Lodge’ is set in an Indian Ocean resort developed in a classic color palette and includes dyed linen suits and double-breasted jackets, jersey and Japanese denims, trench and raincoats. The logo itself is enriched by motives hinting back at the traditional symbols from India. This theme features a versatile pant, easy to wear for the day and Cycle-stylish for the evening, detailed with zippers that make it more sensual and tailored to silhouettes, and to complete the look are sweat-shorts and preppy-classic chinos.
Black Sea:
Inspired by fantasy “warriors of the seas”, Cycle Man is a modern pirate reigning the Indian Ocean. The pieces in ‘Black Sea’ capsule collection are characterized by extreme worn-out and washed treatments in various dark oil color variations, and must have items include leather jackets with an oiled effect achieved through a special manual treatment. The collection, with a color palette ranging from oil green to black and butter, includes jeans, logo t-shirts and stripped ‘piratesque’ sweaters with a dirty, oiled, worn out appearance. Suede sneakers from Cycle’s debut footwear collection complete the interpretation of today’s metropolitan world with the reign of the sea.
Full Moon:
A capsule collection based on a group of friends in the Indian Ocean, on a quest for the perfect “Full Moon Party”, an all-around-the-clock party on the beach that revives the mood of the 80’s and brings back to the real world. The collection is designed in bright, vibrant colors; prints are developed in acid-fluo variations; and this time the fil rouge is a SMILE logo, dripping here and there, revisited and reinterpreted in colors and variations. Bright orange, in a range of hues, is the unquestioned key-player of the “Full Moon Party”. Key highlights include fluo pink and orange sweatshirts and hoodies, sneakers, tees with prints of the Cycle smile logo and jeans in a ‘papaya punch’ fluo orange.
Castaway:
Lost in a far-away land out at sea, the ‘Castaway’ capsule collection completes the trip through the South Seas: faded, destroyed and worn-out pieces matched by the most extreme broken, mended and treated denims. The collection is rich in sun-faded pastel colors, ranging from chinos to denim shorts to chambray shirts and jeans, all “creatively” worn-out through extreme treatments that enhance their dirty, destroyed look; T-shirts and vests with deeply sun-faded colors and aged look.
About CYCLE
Founded in 2000, CYCLE sprang from the decision of the creative directors Andrea Bertin (menswear) and Elena Boaretto (womenswear) to reinvent and recreate, according to their lifestyle, pre-existing ways of being, giving them “cyclicity”. Thus the idea of mixing shapes and fabrics, finishing and washes, to create, for instance, outerwear with details taken from knitwear, shirts, or even sweatshirts, mixed with fabrics with classic weaves and patterns, processed according to modern techniques typical of the manufacturing industry of Veneto.
CYCLE’s style formula combines sartorial feel and street wear; from denim garments to outerwear and knitwear, dresses, shirts, leather goods. The five-pocket jeans is the garment most representative of the company and almost all denim products are made with the best Japanese fibres, with finishings by the best Italian companies, like Lavanderia Martelli. The same care is given to the choice of elements like rivets and buttons. In this sense CYCLE epitomises the cult of jeans, holding to the belief that knowledge of material is essential to making a good product, and this means choosing very carefully suppliers and technologies.
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