Eli Russell Linnetz of ERL Named as Guest Designer For Pitti Immagine Uomo 104

by SHOWstudio on 12 April 2023

The young designer follows in the steps of Martine Rose, Ann Demeulemeester, Grace Wales Bonner, Rick Owens and more.

The young designer follows in the steps of Martine Rose, Ann Demeulemeester, Grace Wales Bonner, Rick Owens and more.

Born in Venice Beach, California, Eli Russell Linnetz is becoming a reckoning force in the industry and has secured many accolades to prove it. With a background in screenwriting, his only-recent turn to fashion in 2020 saw him offer a colourful and unique take on American staples with his Paris-based fashion label ERL, a move that was quickly met with approval from fashion's hard-nosed critics.

A look from his A/W 21 menswear collection found a temporary home in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition In America: A Lexicon of Fashion curated by Andrew Bolton, an achievement swiftly followed by many others as he was announced as GQ's Breakthrough Designer of the Year in 2021 as well as receiving LVMH's Karl Lagerfeld Prize in 2022. If all this doesn't ring a bell, then maybe the designer's recent collaboration with Dior does, in which he guest designed the Spring 2023 Men's collection with Kim Jones.

Now, following in the footsteps of fashion greats, including Ann Demeulemeester Jil Sander and Craig Green, the young creative has been announced as the next guest designer for the men's trade show in Florence, Pitti Imagine Uomo, showing the ERL S/S 24 collection with a fashion show on June 14. 'It's with great excitement to be joining the long list of heroes that have walked these streets before me', the designer said in a statement. 'To stand on the shoulders of giants — the California waves swelling high into the sky then crash down upon Florence. The birthplace of renaissance and magic — beauty born from thin air. Peer through the magic spectacles as the journey continues…'

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