London-based streetwear label Palace is well-known for its thriving roster of collaborations, which tend to sway towards the unexpected and the offbeat (Crocs, Wedgwood and Harrods have all previously had the Palace treatment). Others, though, make perfect sense – like a just-revealed collaboration with Vivienne Westwood, which revels in the two brands’ shared spirit of independence and rebellion, rooted in their home city of London.
‘Palace is independent, Vivienne Westwood is independent, and we admire independence,’ says Lev Tanju, Palace’s co-founder, who worked with Vivienne Westwood creative director Andreas Kronthaler on the limited-edition collection. ‘Collaborating with Vivienne Westwood, it’s a massive thing for us: we love them, and we always have. To bring this collection to life was a dream come true and we wanted to shoot the collection in London, our shared home.’
