Richard James | Autumn Winter 2022-2023 | Lookbook
Autumn Winter 2022 - 2023
“This is a munificently manly collection that takes us - via the wondrous joy of an exquisitely attired wedding and the ennobling, requisitely ruggedly dressed sacrifice of the deer hunt - from steel mill to saloon bar and the wanton waste of war."
Our AW22 The Deer Hunter collection corrects its cable-knit beanie and sets its sights on
the mountainous American outdoors and small town ‘70s Pennsylvania in the company of
the steadfastly compassionate collective of proud Slavic émigré steelworkers that starred
in Michael Cimino’s seminal 1978 film of the same name.
These are the characters that a moved Andy Warhol - himself a son of Slovakian émigrés -
referred to as “my people”, and commemorated with his screenprint Coming Home/Deer
Hunter in the very same year the movie was released.
This is a munificently manly collection that takes us - via the wondrous joy of an exquisitely
attired wedding and the ennobling, requisitely ruggedly dressed sacrifice of the deer hunt
- from steel mill to saloon bar and the wanton waste of war.
Outerwear sees cooler weather functionality finely balanced by sumptuous touch and
texture in the form of Primaloft-lined PFC-free hooded hunting jackets and wool jungle
jackets, brushed cotton overshirts and shearling gilets and reefers. Waffle knit mohair,
wool and cashmere and big woollen rope knits add immeasurable softness and warmth.
Tailoring follows in the same vein, with wool and cashmere injecting opulence, while the
availability of every piece as a mix-and-match separate ensures perfect practicality.
Period peacockery comes into play with the plushest velvet evening wear and ruffle-front
dress shirts.
Serene, anchoring base colours of ivory, navy and aubergine are lifted by breakaway
accents of magenta, flame orange, camel and tobacco. A sharply realised geometric
period print adds pinpoint punch on pockets squares, scarves and the back yolk of a half-zip
cotton jersey top.