Fresh from its recent collaboration alongside Logiquest, Universal Works has returned with the latest collection from its “Hotel Deluxe” concept.
Describing the fictional hotel as a “place full of characters you’d actually want to be stuck in a lift with” the new release hones in on a range of slouchy summer staples inspired by skate park culture, Lake Como luxury and the music of The Specials.
The Spring/Summer 2022 installment from the label’s laid-back series incorporates some of UW’s signature pieces, including the Bakers Jacket—made using a pale indigo Handloom Denim—and the ever-popular Kyoto Work Jacket, which has been reworked in both olive corduroy and a light stone.
Elsewhere, sunny sky blue cotton’s are injected with future-proofed Japanese Paisley print, shirting is also made up of either piquet or a jersey mix, while down below the Hi Water Trouser is crafted from…