Behind the Seams With C. P. Company
What makes a C. P. Company piece? Yes, there is innovation, technical rigor, and instantly recognizable silhouettes. But C. P. Company is also a brand with a deeply loyal community—one that follows its evolution with near-devotional focus. For its Spring/Summer 026 collection, C. P. Company gives that community—and subsequently, us—a true insight into its creative process.
Behind the Seams, the brand’s community-driven editorial project which debuted earlier in the year, features a diverse group of talents, from former footballer Djibril Cisse to fashion designer Robyn Lynch. The troupe recalls their own relationship with C. P. Company, from their earliest memories of the brand to their thoughts on its most recent offering. The aim is to reflect how the brand’s values are experienced, interpreted, and carried forward by those who engage with it most closely.
“I first discovered C. P. Company in my grandfather’s wardrobe, and later in my parents’ one,” says vintage collector Giulio Marchioni, citing the brand’s focus and inspiration on archive pieces as one of the main reasons for his early attachment. For Marchioni, this ongoing dialogue with the past is central to C. P. Company’s enduring appeal.
Robyn Lynch, too, resonated strongly with her visit to C. P. Company’s home, drawing similarities between her own design process and that of the brand. “It’s really interesting to see,” the designer says, how the initial designs are manipulated all the way through to finished product through “fabric dyeing, pattern cutting, wear testing, and then to [...] final garment.”
In terms of the garments themselves, the Goggle and Mille jackets form the backbone of the collection. For the C. P. Company devotee, these two pieces are part of a staple diet: here, innovative garment-dyeing techniques meet patina washes in the brand’s signature lived-in look, alongside the use of advanced recycled fabrics.
The collection’s interrogation of color is one of its most compelling features. The brand has never been one to choose color frivolously; rather, each shade is selected, interrogated, and analyzed with a level of precision rarely found elsewhere.
This season, the shade placed under the spotlight is indigo blue. In a dedicated denim capsule, fabric-specific treatments and experimental dyeing techniques find the brand in negotiation with the very concept of color—giving, taking, brightening, and darkening, until a full and subtle spectrum has been explored. This is the kind of meticulous, nerdy artistry appreciated by a select few: by design, exactly those community members featured as part of the Behind the Seams campaign.
Taken together, the editorial series and the Spring/Summer 026 collection present a thorough interrogation of quality, craftsmanship, and precision—core values that continue to define C. P. Company, and especially resonant when seen through the lens of the brand’s trusted creative community.
Discover C. P. Company's SS026 collection here.
