Moncler as Streetwear? Fragment Says Yes

An absolute titan in the world of luxury outerwear, Moncler famously does the most when it comes to winter wear, bringing its famed coats into just about every fashion niche with the help of celebrated designers and style connoisseurs like A$AP Rocky, Rick Owens, and Luke and Lucie Meier of Jil Sander — a few of the very cool residents of Moncler’s City of Genius.

And in a new collaboration with fragment design, Moncler steps back into the streetwear sphere.

Here, fragment founder and longtime Moncler friend Hiroshi Fujiwara turns classic Moncler staples into ultra-wearable pieces that follows Fujiwara’s Americana doctrine.

Nylon varsity jackets blend collegiate style with Moncler’s signature down materials, a perfect cross between a puffer coat and a letterman jacket.

The collection also includes traditional varsity jackets and knit cardigans that wear large “F” logos, furthering the preppy vibe inherent to Fujiwara’s Moncler partnerships.

On the whole, fragment design’s Moncler is just cooler than previous iterations. Or maybe that’s lighter: Contemporary Moncler classics, like the Maya 2 and Everest 2 coats, are reimagined 50 percent lighter.

The collection, available February 20 on Moncler’s website, sticks to a neutral color palette, never straying too far from white, gray, and beige.

Despite the muted color range, though, the collection keeps things light, literally, with kitten and bunny stitches by Korean illustration studio Nayeon & Rang, while Nietzche and Aristotle quotes lend some conceptual weight.

Enlightening and lightening!