Its a fusion between jazz and touch of punk. When smooth sound of Hard bop meets the distorted sound of electric guitars, its like Miles Davies living in Jimi Hendrix’s electric church. Mix of 70s blacksploitation movies, Photograph of Malick sidebe meets Jamaican rudeboy, cotton club in NYC, illegal jazz clubs of south african township in the 50s.
An early use of jazz was an anti-apartheid tool. Censorship was dramatically increased by the apartheid government , the beginning of dark times for the jazz community.
Nevertheless, jazz has played a vital part in South African culture since its roots. Cigarette butts, smokey rooms, velvet sofas ... soul scenario, it's the vibe of the collection.
The main focus of the collection its to blend tailoring with lounge wear / casual wear. But at the sametime giving birth to a new life, ACF introduces HEAVY METAL WORK its a casual wear range part of AVEC CES FRERES collection.
Includes washed denim,leather,nylon, jersey etc... experimenting on fabrics more in this range, with special laundry treatments such as washing, distress, dyeing etc... While still keeping a very ACF silhouette and details; there is a lot of re-interpretation of iconic house pieces such as rider jacket, bomber jackets, graphic tees mixing them with softer traditional tailoring pieces .
Moving punk tailoring to a new feeling and much more cooler and relax silhouette , clean lines , simple with groove.
The is a comfy easy going vibe with touch of decadency, playing with fabrics such as satin twill, linen blend ,pinstripe wool pike helps to achieve that elegant jazzy sophisticated punk ACF look.
