Situated at 23 Rue du Four the boutique is open Friday and Saturday from 11am – 7,30pm, and Sundays from 2pm – 7pm. Carhartt WIP for La Haine 25th Anniversary. The space is harmonious, balancing raw industriel materials with more subtle elements and soft use of natural and in-store lighting. The store in Saint-Germain-Des-Près is the brainchild of Andrea Caputo, the Milan / Shanghai based architectural ‘cluster’ that combines designers, architects and researchers in one collaborative hub. Carhartt Work In Progress (Carhartt WIP) forms a division of the American brand Carhartt, one of the first companies to pioneer workwear in the USA. Since 2010, Carhartt WIP has worked with a number of like-minded collaborators, including A.P.C, Converse, Fragment Design, Junya Watanabe, Nike, Underground Resistance, and Motown. Now operating in over 80 stores worldwide, Carhartt WIP now boasts a span of projects, including it’s own skate team, it’s own radio station and music department a published in-house magazine all whilst supporting an array of artists. It was notably Mathieu Kassovitz’s ‘La Haine’ that was one of the first films to feature the label, coinciding with its rising popularity in underground music and cultural scenes throughout Europe. The La Haine x Carhartt WIP collection will be released on Decemin Carthartt WIP stores and on the website. Beginning its life as an American workwear label, Carhartt WIP (Work In Progress) has expanded and grown since its founding in 1989, thanks to its fanbase in a number of shape shifting subcultures. It will be exclusively « friends and family » and for the members of the film crew.
The collection sees the brand collaborate with Matthieu Kassovitz, the director and creator of the seminal 1995 film La Haine, which recounted a whirlwind 20 hours in the life of three friends from Paris’ banlieues. As It’s fourth store in the capital and the first on the infamous rive-gauche, it’s an indication of the evolution of the customer of the iconic streetwear label. Carhartt WIP for La Haine 25th Anniversary is now live, available exclusively from both our online shop and select Carhartt WIP stores. Comprising tees and hoodies, featuring either Gilles Favier’s on-set behind-the-scenes photographs or quotable lines from the film, as well as a Hubert-style beanie, it’s a fitting anniversary tribute to a film that remains very much in the here and now.Ĭarhartt x La Haine is available from and selected stores.Carhartt WIP announces the opening of a new store in the heart of Saint-Germain-Des-Près, Paris. Though it can hardly be considered a cult film (it won Best Director at Cannes in 1995), its popularity bears all the hallmarks of one and Carhartt’s capsule is testament to that fact. Acepto el procesamiento de mis datos personales según la Declaración de protección de datos en el contexto de mi cuenta de cliente, mis pedidos y cualquier otro uso que pueda hacer de una compra, recibiré el boletín informativo Carhartt WIP por correo electrónico sobre productos similares hasta nuevo aviso. Shot in black and white with an excellent score and a number of unforgettable scenes, La Haine has embedded itself within popular culture. The three main characters of Vinz, Saïd, and Hubert (played by Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaou) may have been fictitious but the lives they led and people they represented were anything but. Set against a near constant threat of violence, the film is both an insight into the festering social inequality that prevailed under Jacques Chirac in the 1990s and a more universal story of life on the peripheries, lost youth and urban disaffection. Consisting of seven pieces, the collection. La Haine follows 24 hours in the life of three friends from the suburban banlieues of Paris. Carhartt WIP for La Haine 25th Anniversary is now live, available exclusively from both our online shop and select Carhartt WIP stores.