COLLECTORS BOX CORBIN SHAW X FRED PERRY DEAR SHEFFIELD

CORBIN SHAW X FRED PERRY SPECIAL EDITION COLLECTORS BOX
 
'DEAR SHEFFIELD SHIRT'  2024, Navy cotton piqué with elastane, thread, buttons
 
'HEAVEN IS A HOLE IN THE ROAD FOR YOU AN I' 2024, Acrylic ink hand screenprinted on water colour paper made from 100% cotton rag, 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm
 
'DANCE YOUR HISTORY' Digital C type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, 25.4 cm x 20.32 cm
 
Postcard set of two, Ink jet on 250gsm Silk, 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm
 
Each polo comes with a limited edition digital giclee print and two postcards with images from the campaign that was creative directed by Corbin Shaw, directed and shot by Aria Shahrokhshahi with movement direction by Joe Grey Adams. As well as a signed print, hand screenprinted by Corbin in London. 
 
DEAR SHEFFIELD is 1 of 2 limited edition designs in Corbin Shaw's first collaboration with legendary British brand Fred Perry. 

Exploring the rites and rituals of British youth, and the concept of getting ready for what comes next, Shaw reimagines the Fred Perry Shirt with two new iterations. One acts as a love letter to Sheffield, the place he grew up, complete with ‘DEAR SHEFFIELD’ patches and bespoke poem embroidery. The other mirrors the obligatory leavers shirt at the end of school, with flocked scribble graphics and ‘leavers’ patches. Both adopt the signature Fred Perry Shirt fit and details, signed off with Laurel Wreath embroidery at the chest.
 
“I wanted to explore my own experiences. I didn’t want to try and adopt a nostalgia that wasn’t mine. This was about the 2000s and 2010s – a representation of the not so distant past, to celebrate it with something physical. I hope that the shirts can resonate with people’s own relationships to the polo. I like the idea of the two shirts existing together like two siblings, one just leaving school and ready for the summer, the other on his way out to town with his favourite aftershave on.”