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Samuel Ross’ Next Move: A Line ‘Engineered by Zara’

After exiting his A-Cold-Wall brand last year, the Virgil Abloh protégé is the latest designer to ink a deal with the Spanish fast fashion giant, widening access to his new SR_A menswear vision.
Samuel Ross
The collection will feature “functional, refined garments” that reflect the “maturity” of the menswear market since Ross launched A Cold Wall in 2015. (Gabriel Moses)
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It’s been a while since shoppers have been able to get their hands on fashion designed by shape-shifting creative director Samuel Ross, the Virgil Abloh protégé who founded and then exited the pioneering British luxury streetwear label A-Cold-Wall.

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Daniel-Yaw Miller

Daniel-Yaw Miller is a contributing writer at The Business of Fashion. Miller is a New York based journalist, editor and advisor who specialises in sports, fashion and business.

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