SSENSE x Off-White™ c/o VIRGIL ABLOH 2015 Spring/Summer "BEFORE and AFTER" Capsule Collection

After previewing the collection yesterday, SSENSE has released its exclusive collaboration with OFF-WHITE c/o VIRGIL ABLOH titled “BEFORE and AFTER.” The unisex collection features a range of all-white apparel and accessories that have been subtly tie-dyed with orange, red, blue and purple, meaning that no two pieces are exactly the same due to the unique dyeing process. The pieces also features OFF-WHITE’s signature hazard line pattern throughout. The collection is available now, exclusively from SSENSE, with pieces ranging from $360 to $1,600 USD.

Furthermore, SSENSE sat down with Abloh for an interview with the designer about the range. While an excerpt appears below, the piece can be read in its entirety here.

Let’s start from square one. Tell me about the genesis of this collection.
The beginning, for me, started as a place to do something new. Working with SSENSE all started with an email. It was just like, what about creating a special capsule collection? I could have approached it as a more robotic thing. But I thought it was a unique opportunity to put me and Pierre Debusschere together under the SSENSE umbrella. I’m such a fan of Pierre’s work. I had been admiring of his aesthetic for a long time. So I wanted to put that on display instead of simply doing clothes and making a video about it.

I wanted it to be intertwined, so that it’s a collaboration between him and I as much as it is specially for SSENSE. The clothing was created at a 50% capacity, and only after we did the film would the 100% identity of the clothing be finished. And that’s the concept not only of the film, but of the clothes. I work on the silhouettes, fabrics, and details, and then, through the process of making the film, the color gets applied. There’s multiple layers of inspiration behind that, but the surface one being that through the process, you get this effect of color. And when you watch the film it completes the reason of why.