Fila/Wallpaper* collaboration
Back in February Fila, the Italian sportswear company, commissioned Wallpaper* to design part of its new Global Limited Edition collection. The brief was to reinterpret the classic ‘Settanta’ polo shirt and jacket – the combination favoured by Björn Borg – in a way that paid tribute to Fila’s sporting past, especially the 1970s, while remaining au courant.
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After discussions with Fila and a thorough trawl through their archives, a Wallpaper* team, headed by Bespoke art director Andrew Wren, came up with more than 20 designs, which were eventually narrowed down to two.
The first, ‘Grandslam’, pays homage to Borg: the front of the ‘Settanta’ polo knit sports gold pinstripes and a solid block of glyphs, which, on closer inspection, reveal themselves to be the scores of each of Borg’s championship matches. On the reverse are his runner-up results. For the jacket, the right sleeve was wrapped with the winning scores in gold, and the left sleeve with the silver runner-up scores.
For the second design, ‘Richie Tenenbaum’ polo shirts, Wallpaper* was inspired by Luke Wilson’s character – a former tennis great in the film The Royal Tenenbaums – to create an understated cut. The blue and white striped design is given a serve of humour with a graphic pair of sunglasses printed on the chest pocket.
Fila launched the full Global Limited Edition (500 mens' and 250 ladies’ pieces) collection in June at selected global outlets. We don’t know if it will improve our serve, but it’s a set to love.
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Jack Moss is the Fashion Features Editor at Wallpaper*, joining the team in 2022. Having previously been the digital features editor at AnOther and digital editor at 10 and 10 Men magazines, he has also contributed to titles including i-D, Dazed, 10 Magazine, Mr Porter’s The Journal and more, while also featuring in Dazed: 32 Years Confused: The Covers, published by Rizzoli. He is particularly interested in the moments when fashion intersects with other creative disciplines – notably art and design – as well as championing a new generation of international talent and reporting from international fashion weeks. Across his career, he has interviewed the fashion industry’s leading figures, including Rick Owens, Pieter Mulier, Jonathan Anderson, Grace Wales Bonner, Christian Lacroix, Kate Moss and Manolo Blahnik.
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