Gossip Girl's Evan Mock collaborates with RVCA

RVCA is debuting a collaborative collection with skater, surfer, and model Evan Mock, launching three ready-to-wear capsule collections over the course of Summer and Fall 2021. Oahu native Mock is a RVCA Advocate who signed in November 2019. A devout skater and surfer, Mock captivated the fashion world after appearing in a skate video shot by Tom Sachs in 2019. Sachs sent the video to singer Frank Ocean, who posted it, sparking Mock’s runway casting for Louis Vuitton, a campaign with Calvin Klein, touring the world photographing Travis Scott, and his acting debut as Akeno “Aki” Menzies in HBO Max’s upcoming reboot of Gossip Girl. True to the RVCA balance of opposites, Mock’s meteoric rise in fashion is balanced by his deep skate and surf roots.  

“It’s been rad watching Evan grow from a young kid ripping around the North Shore surfing and skating to accomplishing big things in a big way all around the world,” said RVCA founder PM Tenore in a statement. “Team Wi-Fi for life.”  

“RVCA low-key was always the company I wanted to ride for because it was such a family affair,” said Mock in a statement. “Pat just gets it, and everyone at RVCA accomplished everything I wanted for the collection. I feel so happy to have my name attached to it. It’s very rare. This is a special one.”  

The capsule collections each represent a time of day, beginning with a morning collection dropping June 15 that focuses on Palaka. “From the start of doing the collection I immediately thought of Hawaii and then I thought of family,” Mock said in a statement. Palaka is a historic Hawaiian checkered cloth, a classic plaid that has origins in durable workwear. It is a uniting and instantly recognizable print. Mock’s twist on this traditional pattern, occasionally referred to as Hawaiian denim, includes a woven red-and-white shirt and short combo, a fringed beach towel, and a checked fin, in addition to a series of Hawaiian-themed t-shirts. This the collection is deeply tied to Mock’s local identity. Mock’s father is Steve Mock, the founder of Island Fin Design, and his sister, Alana Spencer, is a part-owner of Slowtide Towels, both of which are part of the collection.  

The second collection is noon-inspired and drops on August 31. This capsule features a running rabbit graphic with a pink lei on a jacket, hat, tees, and a hoodie, all classics with Mock’s mark. The red embroidered RVCA logo is a workwear-inspired detail on a chambray button-down, zip jacket, and a pair of white pants flexible for skate-to-red carpet.   

Finally, the collaboration rounds out with a night collection, dropping October 26. Pieces in this capsule drop include a red-and-white Hawaii varsity jacket, a black shore leave classic Hawaiian shirt, black utility pants and trunks, a nostalgic air show t-shirt that harkens to the Hawaiian skies, and a simple RVCA embroidered logo snapback with the word SORRY, a reference to Mock’s brand Sorry In Advance, on the back.  

The collaboration film series and the campaign is filmed and shot by the multi-disciplinary artist, author, photographer, filmmaker and longtime skateboarder Julian Klincewicz, photographer and documentarian Michael Cukr, and videographer Irie Culkins. The first film in the series combines gorgeous lo-fi grainy film, abstract analog captures of Mock riding waves at home in Hawaii, and black-and-white footage, all directed and edited by Klincewicz. The film also features an unreleased track by acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Caesar.