Tatler Hong Kong

LABEL LOVER

PALM ANGELS

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When Moncler art director Francesco Ragazzi made a trip to Los Angeles to take photos of the skateboard­ers at Venice Beach, he was so struck by what he saw that his career path changed forever. One of the images he captured—an angelic, long-haired skateboard­er suspended mid-air in a halo of sunlight—was so powerful that it inspired him to produce a coffee table book. Rizzoli published Palm Angels, a celebratio­n of American skateboard­ing culture, in 2014. Pharrell Williams wrote a foreword for the book, which features striking black-and-white photograph­y and created a lot of buzz. Ragazzi took his obsession with the subculture further by designing a line of ready-towear clothing, with his debut Palm Angels collection arriving for autumn/winter 2015 to much acclaim. The new season’s unisex designs deliver an assortment of upscale, skate-inspired apparel and accessorie­s—a lively combinatio­n of an Italian sartorial slickness and the laidback vibe of southern California. With its slightly preppy ’70s-inflected blazers, flared trousers, buttondown­s, biker jackets and tees adorned with California­n iconograph­y, Palm Angels captures the rugged grace of LA skate culture perfectly.

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