Daniel Poole x PRETTYNICE "DPPN" World Sound Systems Capsule Collection
DP, founded by Daniel Poole, became popular in Europe and Japan in the 1990s. Traces of DP can be seen in parties, dance clubs, selection stores and streets around the world. After 2000, DP chose to suspend all clothing business. He returned to his family and worked in interior design. After the brand was suspended for 16 years, Daniel Poole began to notice that people on the European streets were dressing more and more uniformly and was no longer interesting, so he came up with the idea of restarting DP. , hoping to bring some freshness to the static clothing market.
After the brand was relaunched, PRETTYNICE and Wavey Garms, a street culture unit rooted in London, approached DP almost at the same time, hoping to work together to continue DP's classics. At this moment, it is still led by Daniel Poole, and the brand maintains DP, which operates independently, and then cooperates with Wavey Garms. After discussion with its leader, Andres Branco, he decided to fly from London to Taipei to communicate with the PRETT YNICE team and discuss the possibility of cooperation.
Andrés Branco of Wavey Garms is a influential figure in contemporary London street culture. In addition to running a well-known local vintage boutique, he is also the planner of many important underground parties. As the creative chief of the team, he has strong cultural resume capital. An drés Branco has been recognized by many people in the industry and is responsible for participating in many special projects for well-known brands, such as the casting and styling of the Nike Air Max Plus III 20th anniversary project. He also personally worked with The North Face UK and The Face Magazine. Project model.
With the help of Daniel Poole and Andrés Branco, the PRETTYNICE team came into contact with many classic DP Archives that are regarded as fantasy items. At the same time, they also gained a deeper understanding of the cultural context of the brand. After further discussions and continuous revisions, they completed the graphics that PRETTYNICE is good at. In terms of processing and fine auxiliary material craftsmanship, as well as clothing styles, many of DP's classic items are reproduced. Finally, together with DP, we completed this confident work, DPP N-World Sound Systems!