The idea of winter bathing, of soaking in warm steaming pools or plunging into ice-cold waters, and perhaps finishing with a sauna at the end of it all, was the inspiration behind a new collaboration between Copenhagen-based label Tekla and Auralee, Ryota Iwai’s Tokyo fashion label which celebrated ten years in business earlier this year.
In particular, it was the ritual of the Japanese onsen – whereby bathers soak in the thousands of curative geothermal pools across the country – which informed the collection’s mood. ‘The collection is inspired by the experience of returning from an onsen on a cold evening and the desire to take its gentle warmth with you,’ say Tekla of the collaboration, which spans towels, sleepwear and enveloping outerwear (the brand is best known for its pyjamas, bed sets and home textiles, which are inspired by design titans from Alvar Aalto and Mies van der Rohe to Le Corbusier).
