Collaborations and Releases with Fortela, Dehen 1920, and Studio D’Artisan
This week, we bring you the first solid fall curation to set the tone for the season in palette and style, with character and color-rich pieces that can transform an ensemble, refresh a wardrobe, and enhance a collection with each addition. Across Fortela, Dehen 1920, and Studio D’Artisan, these elite-level producers approach the archive not as something to imitate, but as a standard to refine through better materials, sharper proportions, and a deeper understanding of how clothing lives today.
We have several knitwear masterpiece collaborations with Dehen 1920, a full trouser-to-outerwear assembly from Fortela, and Studio D’Artisan rarities ready for regular rotation. With inspirations ranging from the English countryside, Vietnam militaria, vintage sportswear, modern luxury designers, Japanese workwear, and mid-century archival denim, this drop makes historical references feel immediately relevant in style.
Fortela
From the archives of Alessandro Squarzi comes another collection of hits that evolves core heritage inspirations with an X-factor elegance. The new Amedeo Balmacaan Coat is refined from fit to finish in a Camel Houndstooth Check milled by one of England’s finest cloth producers, bringing countryside outerwear into Fortela’s sharp Italian register. For a middle-to-outer layer, the Navy Cashmere Wool Twill Tristan Coat elevates the chore jacket into a solid, luxurious replacement for casual tailoring, while the Burgundy Natural Boiled Wool Kenny Overshirt takes militaria to la Moda with rich texture and color.
For foundational trousers with a twist, the debut of the Wide Straight Silver Utility Pant brings a cleaner and more dimensional utility form into the mix. Paired with our favored New Fatigue in Olive and Khaki Italian Corduroy, this Fortela assembly delivers trousers and outerwear that are as comfortable as they are chic, turning familiar references into refined daily wear with character at every angle.
Dehen 1920 x Division Road
Our Shawl Cardigan is one of the longest-standing collaborations with Dehen 1920, now in its nearly decade-long run as a seasonal standard in the Division Road wardrobe. Each year, we take the rare new yarn color and apply to these long-standing winners, allowing options in form while keeping the fit, density, and heirloom knit quality intact. As those who have one can attest, it is the best kind of Mr. Rogers-to-style-icon fit, and we are pleased to channel the former for the latter in the new Burgundy Shawl Cardigan.
A more recent hit in our knitwear collaboration roster is the Barrister Cardigan, our wry response to the strange modern spectacle of legal fights over varsity stripe language on a garment detail with deep athletic and institutional history. Made with Dehen, one of the original American producers of these sportswear sweaters, the Barrister takes that familiar fashion-house reference back through the source with a refined fit, superior knit quality, and a reverent but improvement-focused approach. In its second release, this collaboration returns in champion combinations that prove archival sportswear can still feel fresh, sharp, and just subversive enough.
Studio D’Artisan
If you are looking for the most authentic version of vintage selvedge denim, then unsanforized, shrink-to-fit denim remains the truest form of raw. Despite the mental hurdle for many, we keep bringing it with Studio D’Artisan, as this archival version of selvedge is increasingly hard to find for purists and those who want the most personalized denim fit possible. The Ishikawadai Denim arrives as a limited edition in the 1101 Regular Straight, inspired by a 1950s silhouette, and the Wide Straight 1102, channeling a 1940s cut.
The yarn is spun from Texas-grown fibers on the oldest operational machine in Japan, which runs extremely slowly and applies little tension to the cotton, resulting in a heavyweight-by-vintage-standards 13.5 oz. denim that feels like a time capsule from fabric to fit. Also hallmarking the antique is the Blue Noragi Sashiko Workshirt, featuring jacquard patchwork in shades of olive and blue combined with an intricate sashiko-stitched pattern for artful reinforcement. Together, these SDA rarities offer the kind of textile-driven, historically faithful pieces that satisfy collectors while remaining completely ready for regular rotation.
