C.P. Company unites with Kiko Kostadinov on offbeat utility wear that transforms to your needs
C.P. Company expands its collaboration with cult Bulgaria-born, London-based designer Kiko Kostadinov with a three-piece collection
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In 2020, cult Italian sportswear brand C.P. Company united with Bulgaria-born, London-based fashion designer Kiko Kostadinov on a limited-edition jacket. A bold signal green, the ‘Sinesis’ jacket combined C.P. Company’s technical expertise (protective Co-Ted nylon fabric, a utilitarian design) with Kostadinov’s conceptual approach, which is defined by unexpected combinations of colour and texture and unorthodox pattern-cutting.
C.P. Company x Kiko Kostadinov
Four years on, the second chapter of the collaboration has been revealed by C.P. Company in a much-anticipated launch (both brands are well known for their devout followers, meaning launches regularly sell out and become rare fashion ‘grails’). The capsule, which was released yesterday (12 March 2024) comprises three limited-edition pieces under the C.P. Company x Kiko Kostadinov name: a modular jacket, cargo pants and a hoodie. C.P. Company describes the pieces as encapsulating Kostadinov’s ‘pioneering approach’ to design.
The pieces themselves capture the underlying strangeness which pulsates throughout Kostadinov’s work: the pullover jacket is crafted from cool, industrial steel grey Flatt-Nylon (an emerised, sanded nylon with tough Mais gabardine) with a central fastening allowing the style to metamorphose into a zipped bag (which can then be worn as an accessory to the jacket in its altered state). A longer back with curved hem, meanwhile, reflects the silhouettes in Kostadinov’s own collections.
The hoodie comes in an electric shade of green with contrast stitching and mesh inserts and is titled ‘Sinesis’, in reference to the designer’s original jacket for the brand. Completing the capsule is a pair of cargo pants, a panelled style in the same steel grey emerised nylon and Mais gabardine as the jacket. It’s completed with slanted flap utility pockets.
The collaboration, which is captured in a series of polarised images photographed in a studio and amid nature, is available now on cpcompany.com and in the brand’s flagship stores in Milan and London – we would advise moving fast.
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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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