Gorpcore styling has some specific formulas. For example, " jacket " is often a regular item. However, in the newly launched clothing line of ROA Hiking, this "formulaic binding" has been weakened and is good at creating avant-garde x Young designers of outdoor functional items have revealed their ambition to define the "new Gorpcore aesthetic".
ROA clothing series will be on sale,
and weaken the "jackets",
peek at the new Gorpcore?
html At the beginning of 2000, ROA Hiking used the Slam Jam platform in Milan to showcase its 22 autumn and winter series, including multiple pairs of ROA shoes that will be released in the second half of the year. In a "corner" of the exhibition space, the brand's first The "clothing line" was launched; Patrick, the creative director ofROA, later released multiple catalogs of the clothing line on his personal social media, which fascinated many Gorpcore enthusiasts and mountain Mood Board accounts;
has similar original design intentions to shoes. ROA uses the perspective of balancing "outdoor hiking" and "urban commuting", and uses three design directions of avant-garde, daily life, and brand sense to show the Gorpcore style that "no longer revolves around jackets"; the "two-color knitted long sleeve" in
FW22, or The most representative item combines avant-garde asymmetry and splicing design into functional clothing that reduces friction and maintains temperature. It retains "knitting traces" in many places to form pleats and three-dimensionality, as well as a structure like an "exoskeleton" , and leave the ROA logo on the sleeve.
ROA is not limited to the production of "jackets". Instead, it has "digbed deeply" into Gorpcore clothing and selected early outdoor clothing-down jackets and sherpa jackets. It uses high-quality Italian workmanship, supplemented by contour patterns and rocks. Color;
In addition to functional clothing, many daily items have become "new Gorpcore choices" from the perspective of ROA, and many wonderful details have been added, such as "pleated tailoring" at the elbows of jackets and hidden zippers. Pockets, etc.;
ROA's "famous hiking point mountains" graphic logo used on shoes was transplanted into this clothing to enhance the logo and also enhance the brand sense.
FW22 series will be released in August. Slam Jam, which strongly supports ROA, will be one of the purchase channels. Recently, ROA also announced its second clothing series at Milan Fashion Week , which also weakened the gap between jackets and Gorpcore. "Strong binding", with more mature performance and comprehensive upgrade;
In the second quarter of SS23,
will have a more avant-garde design,
and upgraded high craftsmanship,
complete new Gorpcore aesthetics:
director Patrick has also been frequently in In social media, this series was shared, and the design upgrades made the first season like a beta test version, while the "new Gorpcore aesthetics" created by this ROA became more complete.
Gray, haze blue, spring orange...
This season’s color tone upgrade
The most avant-garde "exoskeleton long sleeve" in the first season, this season has chosen the versatile and iconic "grey" and "haze blue" Contrasting colors, and produced two versions of loose and women's short vests, giving the already avant-garde Gorpcore clothing a more fashionable appearance;
's ROA color upgrade this season is indeed more obvious and has not been used The previous dark color was borrowed from the color matching of the book and exhibition "The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020", and the "spring color palette" was used, so you can see that some of the trousers that follow the first season's version have a soft orange color. , yellow blessing.
Focus on tailoring and fabrics,
emphasizes "down" and other single products,
The importance of the new Gorpcore
The practicality of ROA this season is more "visual", for example, in the jacket, a brown transparent mesh cloth is used, which can be felt The expressiveness of this item in terms of lightness and texture;
Down jackets and down vests are also sewn with great skill, using slightly arched tailoring to increase the space for pockets and strengthen the role of "down items" in the new Gorpcore aesthetics. The key role of the beige stand-collar jacket is to use white fabric as the pleats on the long sleeves, and to display tailoring in contrasting colors, constantly demonstrating ROA's high craftsmanship; from
ROA's perspective,
shoulder bags, gloves and other accessories are used
ROA Clothing The rich accessories such as shoulder bags, gloves, and stockings in the line are constantly used in the catalog, which also makes the new Gorpcore shape more layered. The two-color shoulder bag of SS23 is carried out with 4 "diagonal zippers" Combining practical and avant-garde design, many people are looking forward to the FW22 reflective shoulder bag that will be released;
SS23 / FW22
SS23's contrasting knitted gloves, and the "skeleton knitted top" scarf and shorts style with the same craftsmanship mid-calf socks, , etc., all accurately fill the gap in fashionable Gorpcore accessories;
's debut FW21 is about to be released in anticipation, and the fully upgraded SS23 is quite ambitious and attempts to define the "new Gorpcore aesthetics". It is also like the official launch of the ROA clothing line. The new creative director Patrick Stangbye has given the brand an innovative side and assembled many "Rookie Gorpcore designers" for the clothing line.
gathers outstanding LVMH graduates,
and Slam Jam designers,
is the ambition of the ROA clothing line: When the
clothing line was announced, the creative director also shared the team involved in the design: Giovanni Nordio, Gregorio Nordio, Filippo and Davide;
Filippo once designed the "Double Zipper Jacket" in Anar Mar Jason AW21, and was named a 2022 Outstanding Graduate by the LVMH Prize. In his design, you can see his "reform" of functional clothing structures, which has a unique Eyes;
On the left, Filippo Bendati is wearing an AMJ jacket
On the right, Filippo’s graduation design
The Nordio brothers graduated in 2020. In their previous designs, they preferred high-end fashion production, and have also participated in the production of Fila x Slam Jam clothing. Good at creating pioneering vision with sports and functionality;
Fila x Slam Jam
gathers these outstanding young designers to produce clothing lines, which also gives ROA a younger vision and creativity, and extends to the shoes of FW22 and SS23 seasons. Among the models, such as "hiking soles loafers " and "contour pattern shoes";
ROA Hiking SS23
Gorpcore trend is still gaining popularity, and many traditional brands are also renovating Gorpcore with new product lines or joint names. "Packaging", and in the ROA clothing line, the new generation of the behind-the-scenes team and the designs they present allow us to see ROA's ambition and ability to define the new Gorpcore aesthetic.
