XIMON LEE FOR H&M

    

What do you get when a menswear collection featuring very volumous and monochrome garments wins the 2015 H&M Design Award? Exactly this!

From October 22^nd (this Thursday) the Ximon Lee collection for H&M will be available in (selected) H&M stores, and there’s a few reasons why we’ll be camping in front of those big glass doors the night of october 21^st.

First of all, not only is this the first winning menswear collection to win the award, it quickly turned into a unisex collection which makes it H&M's first ever unisex collection - that’s two firsts in one collection. Ximon Lee is a graduate from Parsons School of Design, and boy did he make us happy by winning this award.

The 8-piece Ximon Lee collection is a very volumous collection with a monochrome color palette. Going from a slim pair of trousers to an oversized fitted sweater, the collection has it all. The garments are made out of high quality rough looking complex bonded fabrics and have an overall undergroud/urban citylife feel to them.  To create an oversized silhouette, Ximon used a layer of foam that sits between two layers of denim in both a heavy twill denim jacket and a pair of wide shorts. The collection also includes a printed cotton top and a pair of structured denim trousers with chunky zips, embroidered with blue metallic thread. Jersey leggings have a denim feel, while an all-over print on a jacquard knit creates the effect of huge ribbing.

Because we know very well that pictures say more than words, check out the pictures below to discover this unisex collection that was crafted so beautifully by the genious hands of Ximon Lee and the H&M designers team. If ever you guys plan on camping outside of the H&M store on the 21^st of october, come say hi! We'll have hot chocolate!

All pictures by H&M, edited by Studio Latckers.