Boo! Supreme and Stone Island's Fall/Winter 2023 collaboration is kinda scary. Which is actually pretty fitting: if you're gonna drop some limited edition clothes ahead of Halloween, why not get a li'l spooky?
And I mean a l'il spooky in the way that Goosebumps is spooky.
Supreme x Stone Island Fall/Winter 2023 first leaked in mid-October ahead of the collab's release on October 26, revealing blurry glimpses of spiderweb-encrusted T-shirts and jackets that wear a tinge of pumpkin orange. All it needs is a big Jack Skellington face.
Actually, the drop is objectively one of the better Supreme x Stone Island releases. Remember the Mona Lisa-printed Sup Stoney jacket from SS22? Yeah... Supreme x Stone Island FW23 is good stuff.
There are reversible puffer-style jackets, high-vis layering pieces that reflect camera flashes, leather jackets with removeable hoods, and the aforementioned spiderweb bits that feel terribly Halloween-y in a very good way.
It's a nice mix of the top-tier Stone Island stuff that Supreme fans crave season after season, bringing together technically-treated nylon pieces blessed with Stoney's inimitable dye wizardry and even a few odd items that hearken back to Stone Island's retro sportswear days.
The reason that this seasonal collaboration is all so popular among both Supreme sycophants and Stone Island stans is simply because it's both vivid and versatile, the Sup Stoney golden ratio.
Like, I enjoy the funky Supreme bits as much as anyone — hello, Supreme Tamagotchi — but I, like the average Sup buyer, also appreciate Supreme walking the line between weird and wearable. The new Stone Island drop does this neatly, delivering goods you can wear any time of year but only getting better around Halloween.
Maybe the scariest thing about this drop is how quickly it's all gonna sell out.
Supreme's FW23 collection has been its strongest in a long while, by fans' standards, going by the comments on the leak posts. Heck, mine too, and I've catalogued the recent wariness of even the most devoted Sup diehards.
Beyond the always-good in-line stuff, the label has dished some headline-worthy collabs with everyone from longtime partner Nike to the estate of MF DOOM — about time!
Even a team-up with old-head Japanese toy brand BOUNTY HUNTER delivered some delectable wearables. Supreme x Stone Island FW23 is more of the new, in a good way.
