Anche quest’anno in occasione delle fiere berlinesi il team di Civilist ha presentato una nuova collaborazione mega contestualizzata. Questa volta con gli inglesi di Pointer.
Il contesto ve lo raccontano qui sotto i ragazzi del noto store di Brunnenstrasse:
After WWII, Berlin was divided into four parts, governed by the allies. British and US troops were called the Berlin Brigade. The French were busy drinking wine, the Russians drinking Vodka in the East of Berlin.
Cold War came and stayed longer then a Berlin winter. So the British invented a special insignia for their uniforms. A red circle symbolising the Russian Army surrounding the island of Berlin. Allegedly, the British forces named this sign “The Asshole”.
Then British came up with an idea for an urban camouflage. The repetition of different sized squares were effectively to disguise the shape of a tank. The colours chosen resembled the shades found on buildings, windows and doors. Reactions from the soldiers went from amusement to acceptance. A Corps Commander even said: “I can‘t see your fucking tank, must be a good idea”. The paint scheme was adopted subsequently by all British forces in Berlin. Each vehicle was painted to the same pattern.
20 years after the British troops left Berlin, Gareth and Greg from Pointer came to the Civilist store. Civilist Owners Foley and Hesse were born and raised in West-Berlin, in the British district. After a beer or two all came up with the idea of a fraternisation. A tribute to the influence of the British in Berlin.
Risultato della collaborazione è una mini collezione composta da due modelli casual di Pointer, la Benson e la Cyril , un parka in British Millerian fabric e una maglietta con taschino, il tutto in blu navy e con l’originale pattern camo a scacchi utilizzato dall’esercito inglese durante la guerra fredda. Tra selezionati rivenditori Pointer e da Civilist a Berlino.
