Jacob Cohën Collaborates With Emerging Designer Matthew Adams Dolan – WWD – Pen 18

Denim Frenzy: Italian luxury denim brand Jacob Kohn, led by artistic director Jennifer Tomasi Bardelle, is partnering with American designer Matthew Adams Dolan for its first women’s capsule collection for spring 2023.

Jacob Kohn, in collaboration with Matthew Adams Dolan, will feature designs created primarily using denim, a fabric often employed by the designer for some of his recent looks.

“Working with Matthew was a truly thrilling experience,” said Tomasi Bardell. “I am sure that our collaboration is the first step towards Jacob Kohn’s true opening to the world of fashion, while remaining faithful to the stylistic code and DNA of the brand.”

A sketch of Jacob Kohn by the Matthew Adams Dolan Collaboration.

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The artistic director, whose husband Nicola Bardell relaunched the brand in 2012 before dying in an accident, said: “In Matthew, I saw the creative flair that has always characterized Nicola’s work.”

The collection will be distributed in selected Italian and international retailers.

Adams Dolan is an emerging designer who launched his name brand after graduating from Parsons School of Design. He collaborated with Rihanna, who enlisted him to consult on his Fenty x Puma collection.

The collaboration with the artist continued until the launch of his Fenty brand in 2019 with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. In 2018, the designer was selected as one of nine finalists for the LVMH award.

Adams Dolan said, “The collaboration with Jacob Kohn has given me the opportunity to discover an Italian company capable of speaking an international language, focusing on quality, creative identity and luxury details capable of making a real difference. ” “Here I was able to fully express the codes that have always described my style.”

In 2020, the Jacob Cohn brand partnered with Italian fashion manufacturer Sinev, to form Jessie Industries, for production in the Italian Veneto region, between the cities of Schio and Piové di Sacco, and for the distribution of its collections.

Originally published at Pen 18