Sacai Enters Its Workwear Era With Carhartt WIP Collaboration

The collection between the Japanese label and the cult American workwear label drops in stores on Sep 8.

sacai carhartt — The colour scheme for the Sacai x Carhartt WIP collection features the latter's signature khaki as well as pretty baby blue and classic black. Credit: Sacai

By Imran Jalal, 23 Aug 2023

As one of fashion's most prolific collaborators, Chitose Abe of Sacai knows what makes a tie-up tick. Her popular outings with Nike, the dreamy Tomo Koizumi tie-up, the playful project with artist Kaws and the reinvention of Cartier's classic Trinity fine jewellery collection are some of the top-of-mind collaborations from the past that come with that desirable collector's item cachet.

For the Fall/Winter 2023 season, Abe is turning her focus on one of the linchpins of the workwear scene, the American label Carhartt WIP. Already, this partnership with the Michigan-born brand will continue for a sophomore season in Spring/Summer 2024.

But back to the debut collection which will launch at Dover Street Market Singapore as well as on Sacai's e-store on Sep 8. The designs cover both womenswear and menswear and span ready-to-wear, accessories and costume jewellery.

Layering is a big element of this collection. For instance, many of the outerwear pieces resemble hybrids of Carhartt WIP's water-resistant duck fabric jackets and Sacai's signature nylon twill jackets. Among them is a playful design that looks like Carhartt WIP's iconic Michigan jacket has been worn over one of Sacai's nylon bomber jackets. To give you a better idea of what you can expect from the collection, keep scrolling on.