Tool manufacturer Fiskars releases debut streetwear collection
Finnish heritage tool manufacturer Fiskars is making its first foray into fashion with a collection of "modern garden-wear staples".
The 11-piece clothing line was designed by Aalto University graduate Maria Korkeila and presented as part of the Pitti Uomo menswear collections in Florence this month.
It features multi-functional, unisex fashion and accessories, including a jacket with stab-proof pockets whose sleeves, hem and hood can be detached to turn it into a vest, and a tool belt that can be converted into a bum bag.
"When you look at the products that Fiskars offers they are polished, streamlined and highly functional in a no-bullshit kind of way," Korkeila told Dezeen.
"Occasionally, they are even futuristic but at the same time so familiar, rooted in tradition and history. It's timeless, progressive and traditional all at once. I wanted to take this idea and translate it into clothing."
The palette of the workwear-meets-streetwear collection oscillates from dark green and brown shades, to the traffic-cone-orange colour that Fiskars is renowned for using in the handles of its tools.
In several parkas and bucket hats, the contrasting shades are also combined to form a minimalist camouflage pattern.
It's not just the collection's earthy colours that pay heed to the great outdoors, but also the very materials from which they are made.
"As the pieces are intended to be used in nature and while nurturing it, I thought it was extremel...
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