”With me, Melvin is a little monster – always up to no good, but with my partner, he becomes this cute puppy who just wants to sleep and cuddle.” – Charlie Salvo, Menswear Senior Designer at Acne Studios and Melvin, French Bulldog
The autumn/winter collection from Acne Studios is centred around dogs. Jonny Johansson, creative director at the brand, recently became a dog owner and discovered that dog owners are a subculture in their own right. He invited British artist Lydia Blakeley to contribute with her paintings of dogs, which are seen as prints throughout the collection, and then asked the photographer Anders Edström to take portraits of Acne Studios co-workers together with their dogs.
”Rubie and I never dress functionally. That’s too boring." – Sahara Widoff, Conceptual Director at Acne Studios and Rubie, Miniature Dachshund”Kenzo is extremely social and likable. Especially towards men, for some reason she really loves men.” –Pontus Björkman, Wholesale Director at Acne Studios and Kenzo, Yorkshire Terrier
”I think he’s proud of me because I care and I’m really precise about his pee and poo-hours.” – Edouard Schneider, Global Communications Director at Acne Studios and Pumba, Miniature Dachshund”Jasper can be very inspirational to me because he doesn’t care about his own limitations. He just does things.” – Ioana Ciocan, Technical Designer at Acne Studios and Jasper, French Bulldog
”I hope Kwaito thinks that I’m perfect just the way I am.” – Amanda Dharma, Digital Merchandise Assistant at Acne Studios and Kwaito, Pug”Stevie is a named after Stevie Nicks and I would describe her as a food crazy power woman, she’s definitely the one wearing the pants and boots in our relationship.” – Jonathan Fortes, Sales Associate and Supervisor at Acne Studios and Stevie, Akita
The collection itself is, according to the brand, a reimagination of vintage workwear. See some of the pieces here:
