What Needles consistently does best is to blur the distinctions between the familiar and the unanticipated. Recognizable points of reference like vintage, utilitarian and military create a clearly defined set of expectations, but in the hands of designer Keizo Shimuzu, they become raw materials for artfully reimagined and reconstructed, new pieces.
Needles’ Spring/Summer 2019 collection offers new styles of perennial favorites, like their butterfly logo emblazoned tracksuits, and rebuilt, one of one vintage shirts, alongside a noticeably loose and casual aesthetic, in spirit and construction, marked by 1970s leisurewear influences.
