Disappearing from the radar since leaving Givenchy in 2020, Clare Waight Keller is making a comeback by designing an impeccable clothing collection for Uniqlo.
This is the collaboration that no one expected. Uniqlo announced an upcoming collection with the designer Clare Waight Keller. The one who imagined the collections of the house Chloe for six years before taking over from Ricardo Tisci at Givenchy from 2017 to 2020, has been discreet since leaving the Parisian house. It is alongside the sign of the group fast-retailing his new challenge awaits.
September 15, 2023, the first day of the London fashion week, will be unveiled the first pieces created with four hands by the Briton and the Japanese clothing giant. The line, titled Uniqlo:C, includes 34 clothes and accessories available between 12.90 and 129.90 euros. Sunny yellow pleated skirts, oversized wool jackets, fleece coats, felt caps, knit dresses, corduroy pants… So many basics of the women’s wardrobe that whisper “quiet luxury”, to which Clare Waight Keller has infused a delicate couture twist.
Uniqlo: C, a new impetus for the brand
Curiosity, conversationcity dweller, clarity, connectioncreativity and Claire, obviously. This is what the C stands for in the new line made in Uniqlo. “Uniqlo:C marks an exciting new chapter in Uniqlo womenswear design. I believe Clare’s wealth of experience and her designs that fully appreciate the modern woman will usher in a new standard of the LifeWear philosophy.”, says Yukihiro Katsuta, the general manager of Fast Retailing and responsible for R&D for the clothing brand. This collaboration, which should last several seasonslike the one that links the No. 1 in Japanese fast fashion to the designer Christophe Lemaireis a way for Uniqlo to renew its ties with the high-end and luxury ready-to-wear. JW AndersonJil Sander or even Ines de la Fressange have also been working for many years with the Japanese brand. Clare Waight Keller, for her part, says: “Being able to work with the Uniqlo team to create a new sensibility for my womenswear collection on such a global scale is a truly exciting opportunity.” A way to test the popularity of its designs on a large scale before launching its own label?