Cinematic Clothes for the Everyday (EXCLUSIVE)
Nick Wakeman, creative director of British label Studio Nicholson, and Hideki Mizobata, director of Japanese institution BEAMS' BEAMS Plus menswear line, found common ground in film and television. Specifically, in the wardrobes of 1970s cinema.
Their debut collaboration draws from those icons, characters, and actors known as much for their roles as for their excellent on- and off-screen wardrobes. Peter Falk’s rumpled Columbo overcoat; George Peppard’s tailored polish; Diane Keaton’s layered ease.
These clothes suggest backstory and personality. They are not flashy. They are not trend-driven. They feel lived-in.
As such, the collection refines design cues from those cinematic references into everyday uniforms.
Think of the swagger Falk carried on screen: Studio Nicholson and BEAMS Plus channel that energy into a gabardine coat, hand-glued by Japanese craftspeople.
It doesn't take a film enthusiast to catch the casual charm of the “Lisa” shirt and its paired denim, though a fashion obsessive will clock the fabric. The indigo denim is woven slowly on shuttle looms in Okayama, giving it both strength and depth.
The dialogue between cinephile and fashion obsessive continues across the capsule. A BEAMS-coded preppy blazer and a heavyweight loopback sweatshirt recall Annie Hall’s cool refracted through an East Village lens.
A tailored "Alvy Singer" pleat pant in supple toffee corduroy sits next to a soft blazer that feels as at home in Manhattan’s cinematic universe as it does in BEAMS’ lookbook.
Shot on the streets of Tokyo, the lookbook plays more like film stills than a campaign. Models bike through alleys, linger in stairwells, and wait in train cars, like stylish production stills.
The 19-piece collaboration lands because Studio Nicholson brings its architecture and atmospheric mood while BEAMS Plus brings Ivy codes and domestic craft. Available September 18 via Studio Nicholson’s website, the capsule sharpens the picture.
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