ALLIED Feather plus Down (AF plus D) is proud to announce the US drop of their first ever down jacket capsule collection.
Originally released exclusively to the Japanese market, this collection of four jackets will be available in the US on ALLIED's Zero Degrees North website (zeronrth.com), ALLIED's recently launched product, design, and creative innovation lab. These jackets blur the line between outdoor performance and fashion-forward aesthetics, bringing together ethically-sourced down from ALLIED, industry-leading down garment manufacturing from MN Inter-Fashion, and the finest downproof textiles from Pertex.
"We often thought it would be interesting to see what we could accomplish from a product perspective with our knowledge of materials, incredible partner relationships and intimate awareness of the trends of both the new outdoor and fashion industries," said Matthew Betcher, Creative and Marketing Director for ALLIED. "Coming together with one of the finest Japanese manufacturers of luxury outerwear and some of the best down proof fabrics available, it was, in our eyes, a potential opportunity to produce a small "no holds barred" capsule collection of products unparalleled for performance, fashion and sustainability."
Japanese culture has long embraced the collision of urban and outdoor style and these four jackets each embrace this sensibility and aesthetic, making Japan the perfect home for the collection. Building a Japanese design within one of the finest Japanese outerwear manufacturers who have worked with some of the most innovative and cutting edge fashion and technical outerwear lends this collection a level of design and innovation that marries nicely with innovative fabrics and the best down insulation in the world. Having been sold through select retailers in Japan this past fall, it is currently available to the North American market via zeronrth.com.
