J.Lindeberg’s Davey Adesida Capsule to Launch April 27

J.Lindeberg’s limited-edition capsule collection with New York-based photographer Davey Adesida will be released worldwide on April 27 in select company stores and online. The 29-year-old Adesida was born in Nigeria but is now based in New York, where he became familiar with the work of Jens Werner, J.Lindeberg’s creative director. He reached out, they developed a friendship, and as a result, Werner selected several of Adesida’s images of the East and West Coasts to use on the capsule collection. “Davey reached out to me since he had seen the work we have put into J.Lindeberg the past two years,” Werner explained. “He expressed he really liked my artistic expression and I felt the same way when I was introduced to his work. I also love analogue photography as it reminds me of my grandfather who did analogue photography for almost 50 years, so when that idea came up for this collaboration, it felt natural.” The capsule consists of one T-shirt in two colorways and one shirt, all with photo prints from Adesida’s work. All pieces are unisex, and prices range from $125 to $260. Werner said as a German growing up in a small village and then moving to New York to pursue a

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