Italian fashion has in so many ways laid the foundations for creating some of the highest quality garments on earth. Honing a craft for generations, true fashion excellence starts at the fundamental building blocks, the yarn, the fabric, the garment-dyeing process. The understanding of which will ultimately dictate what can be achieved as any finished product. A fact that is all too often lost in today’s hype-driven fashion systems where a brand’s social media savvy and ability to manipulate the hype game is more a measure of its success than what’s actually on offer.  

Enter NEMEN®, the Milan based brand that’s one of the few modern brands to take that knowledge and heritage and push it forward, evolving Italian fashion towards new grounds of expression.

Like the palindromic nature of its name, Nemen keeps an eye on the past whilst looking towards the future. It’s all still made in Italy and the brand has an incredible pedigree. Leonardo Fasolo, its head designer and creative director, has worked alongside such luminaries as Carlo Rivetti of Stone Island, extensively studied the Massimo Osti archive, worked with Paul Harvey of CP Company, and one of the few to have collaborated with Errolson Hugh of Acronym. Established in 2012 Nemen’s focus lies completely on the product. Trying to constantly research and push the possible within fashion-forward, to never before seen aesthetic landscapes. 

It was with great pleasure that Collater.al had the opportunity to shoot and produce the NEMEN look book for their new FW19 collection. Shot by our own Marco Mendia the NMN FW19 collection presents NMN’s latest developments within its realm of constantly innovative research. Some of the season’s definitive pieces include the new Zephyr and Dare jackets. The Zephyr with its clean and minimal off-center zipper design draws inspiration from Asian silhouettes. Where the Dare jacket is the season’s ultimate wet weather protector. Other highlights include the Crash Vest and Futura Kimono as well as a range of Down Jackets for the colder winter months. The collection combines great silhouettes with advanced dyeing techniques such as the triple Tie-Dye method used on the BLADE Goose down jacket. The NEMEN FW 19 collection is available now via the Nemen site and their select retailers worldwide. Check out the Collater.al shot look book below.

Text by Peter Dahlgren
Photo by Marco Mendia