Ezra Ketter Smith | Canyon

Erza Ketter Smith’s latest drop is a capsule debut showing his conceptual work in the form of a trouser, a top, and a hat; all a gender fluid collection that juxtaposes hard and soft. A steppingstone to wider offerings compared to his one-off work created for the social media experiment PAW* A Piece a Week. His strengths in the merging of utilitarian shapes and constructions with organic raw and rustic toned fabrics bring together a tactility to the preciousness, essentially hard design and soft fabrics. All this whilst maintaining a touch on whole fabrics, can not wait to see what he builds on.

The Dual Mule Trousers are loose and dynamic with a hidden details of blue and white seersucker acts as a chevron when re-buttoned. The shape of easy cool and breathy leisure. His corresponding Canyon Long-sleeve with its mid-weight linen and bateau neck firmly drapes along with the copious amount of buttons that line up asymmetrically along the left arm.

Ketter Smith’s inspiration was drawn from his surroundings rather than seeking it out. A recent solo road trip along the West Coast deepened this practice, with the Badlands and Grand Canyon leaving the strongest impressions. Much of this capsule was also inspired by Bob Dylan’s “Let Me Die in My Footsteps,” a song whose call to embrace the land feels especially urgent today.

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