Seattle label Manta Ops, originally featured in our Under The Radar series for upcoming brands, is back with more streetwear bangers. "Healing Winds" is Manta's third collection, and just like the young label's previous ventures, it revolves around gloomy, dystopian graphics and modern interpretations of classic streetwear garments. However, this time the brand has taken the unusual step of collaborating with Cambridge University.
Highlights of Healing Winds include button-less flannel shirts with kimono-style cuts and dramatically fringed seams, alongside some waxed denim jeans with similar fringes running down the sides. The brand's hoodies, meanwhile, have had their seams cut off at the cuff and waist. That aforementioned linkup with Cambridge University includes tees and hoodies, the proceeds of which will be donated to the I Am Adaptive charity for disabled and handicapped athletes.
The real focus of the line, though, is Manta's trademark eerie, unsettling graphics, which include attack dogs, ghostly figures and X-rayed hands (sick). The lookbook has been photographed, styled and edited by the brand's founder, Ramza.
Shop the collection now over at the Manta online store. For more streetwear news, check out every piece of Gosha Rubchinskiy's forthcoming SS17 collection, which drops next month.
