Neil Barrett launches capsule collection for Harvey Nichols

New York - Neil Barrett returned to his archives of past designs recently at the urge of department store Harvey Nichols, who the designer has created a 12-piece capsule collection for.

The collection, titled Originals: Vol. #1, will arrive at Harvey Nichols during the first day of London Collection: Men's at Harvey Nichols' men's wear pop-up shop, Project 109. The space is located in the new 28,000-square-foot men's space in Knightsbridge.

Originals: Vol #1 will also roll out to the other Harvey Nichols stores in Britain.

The idea for the collection came about after Barrett met with Harvey Nichols group fashion buying director Anita Barr.

“I was born in the U.K., my inspirations are British, so for this collection I pulled from the archive — or my memory — if I couldn’t actually find it in the archive,” said Barrett to WWD. The designer is an alumni of Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art in London.

In 1999, Barrett founded his company, which is based in Italy. Prior to that, he worked for Gucci and Prada.

Neil Barrett looks to archives for Harvey Nichols capsule collection

The pieces he picked for this retro inspired collection are from the past 10 years.

Looks include shirts and jackets bonded with silk bands like tuxedo stripes, tailored trousers with a ribbed cuff and ankles, a jacket with a magnified and deconstructed chevron pattern, and a buffalo leather jacket. In addition, there are also leather detailed coats, t-shirts, jacquard suits, color-blocked shirts, and double-bonded sweatshirts.

Price points for the collection range from 265 pounds or 382 dollars to 1755 pounds or 2530 dollars.

70 percent of Barrett's business is wholesale, with the remaining 30 percent coming from retail. His brand is sold through 400 doors worldwide and 15 monobrand stores.

Aside from his capsule collection with Harvey Nichols, Barrett is also launching a new ski collection that will hit stores in October. For the collection, he is working with the same factories he did when worked for Prada Sport 16 years ago.