January 2023

WOOL-CHARITY: After tapping artist Lucien Smith to front its fall 2020 ad campaign, Woolrich is dropping a capsule collection of archive-drawn workwear pieces that can profit Serving the People, Smith’s nonprofit organization. The Latest York-based painter and film director, known for his abstract artworks painted with fire extinguishers, visited the Woolrich archives and in a four-handed effort chosen three signature patterns for the outdoors-y capsule. They include the black and red “Hunting Check” motif worked for a half-zippered polar fleece; the 1987 camouflage pattern “Shadowbark” applied to a nylon jumpsuit and double-faced blanket equipped with handles and straps, and Woolrich’s signature solid vivid orange, which decks a Ripstop nylon puffer and a woolen overshirt. A merino wool beanie and scarf in archive...