Paul Smith reconnects with Lee

17/03/2025
Paul Smith reconnects with Lee
This spring, British designer Paul Smith has revisited iconic styles by Lee applying his similarly iconic stripes in a collaboration with the Kontoor-owned brand. The connection between the two goes back to the designer’s early days, when he had a shop in Nottingham where he sold his own range along with personal favourites from other brands.

“I used to sell Lee in my Nottingham shop in the 1970s and they were important to me when I was first starting out. Getting clothes over to the UK from the USA was much more difficult to do back then and it was always so exciting to have it in the shop. They’ve got real heritage and being able to partner on this collection has been great. Pairing their expertise in denim and our knowledge of print and design is a brilliant combination,” commented Sir Paul Smith.

The 14-piece limited edition collection includes jeans, denim jackets, western-style shirts and T-shirts, revisited with prints and patterns.

The playful edge of the capsule is illustrated by campaign imagery shot by Anton Gottlob and featuring six friends of Paul Smith, two musicians, a painter, a dancer, a stylist and a lawyer.