Have you ever wondered what the future of travel might look like? Harper Collective, founded by actor, musician and activist Jaden Smith and entrepreneur Sebastian Manes, has partnered with German fashion house MCM, to combat plastic waste while promoting stylish and sustainable travel.
As Hypebae reports, Harper Collective upholds their commitment to sustainability with their latest collaboration, featuring hard-shell rolling travel cases. This luggage collection includes three unique silhouettes, “Cabin,” “Cabin Expandable” and a large check-in case. Each wheeled suitcase is made from an innovative material composed of 70% recycled ocean plastic, including fishing nets and post-consumer plastic.
MCM’s iconic cognac Visetos wraps the new lightweight aluminum handles, while the interior features MCM’s signature recycled, quilted nylon and upcycled webbing straps from three different decades. The luggage tags are crafted from reused Maxi Visetos material and each piece includes a blockchain-linked NFC chip provided by Temera, an Italian IoT solutions company, that also serializes and authenticates each item.
The collaborative project was sparked by Harper Collective’s launch summer 2023 at Selfridges Oxford Street, an iconic London landmark and a luxury shopping experience (and voted the World’s Best Department store), that features both affordable and premium brands. Reportedly that deal with Selfridges inspired MCM to create a personalized luggage set that combines fashionable and sustainable travel which was successfully unveiled at Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2024.
“The MCM brand was founded during a time of innovation, exploration and discovery across culture, travel and technology in Munich, 1976. This inspired our Smart Luxury philosophy where sustainability is our ultimate goal. As a leading luxury fashion house, it is our responsibility to do things better for our planet and society.” says MCM Chairperson, Sung-Joo Kim.
The collection is promoted by a CGI campaign, beautifully conceived by Jaden Smith himself and featuring artwork by the graffiti Japanese artist Inagaki which references the 2024 MCM campaign “From Munich to Mars.” The eco-conscious capsule is now available on the MCM website, the Harper Collective website and the MCM shop in Selfridges London.
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