The new 8 Moncler Palm Angels collection

Last September, Francesco Ragazzi of Palm Angels was introduced as one of the new members of Moncler's Genius Project designer line-up. The preview of his collection took place in Spazio Maiocchi, where an artificial dune inspired by the Santa Fe desert was rebuilt, inside which was hidden a vintage shop where archival and new garments coexisted in the same space. A whole preview of the 8 Moncler Palm Angels collection that has now been presented in full. Ragazzi's approach was idiosyncratic, mixing Moncler's mountaineering elements such as down jackets, sweaters and snow boots with the aesthetics of the desert, symbolized by palm trees, bandana motifs that cover the classic Baden down jacket, tropical and animalier patterns and western fringes that decorate one of the models of the collaboration-in-collaboration between 8 Moncler Palm Angels and Moon Boot.

The result is an extraordinarily colorful collection in which all the design signatures of Palm Angels (the maximalist prints, the eye to American aesthetics, the all-Italian interest in construction and materials) blend seamlessly with the classic Moncler DNA finding common ground in the redefinition of that border area where functionality meets luxury and cultural expression. In this case the work of Ragazzi took place on the archetypes of dressing: the down jacket, vest, the Hawaiian shirt, the cardigan, the sweater, the suit, the sweatshirt and the Moon Boot. Each of them has been subverted and rethought: if the down from time to time is shortened, changes texture, is enriched with suede inserts or turns into a bag; the Hawaiian shirt stretches and becomes a coat; acetate trousers have pinces and sharp-cut hem sweatshirts.

Another very important feature of the collection is the use of fabrics with low environmental impact in a selection of down jackets, shirts and vests: these are Econyl regenerated nylon, organic cotton and recycled raw materials such as metal and polyester that make up the synthetic surfaces of the products.