A sleeveless leather hoodie, zip-off leather cargo pants, a football helmet with the KA emblem, and a motorcycle on a SoHo corner. That is the KA Baller 2.0, and New York is where it was always going to be photographed.
The KA Baller 2.0
The KA Baller is the piece that carries the KOLJA ANNUSSEK idea furthest: a football jersey rebuilt as leather, with sculpted shoulders and the KA emblem on the chest. The 2.0 takes it somewhere new. Khaki Italian stretch nappa leather instead of black. The sleeves cut away, so the shoulders carry the whole silhouette. Cargo pants that zip off at the knee into leather shorts. And the KA helmet, the one object that says exactly where this comes from: the field.
Like every leather piece, it is made to order and handcrafted in Paris, cut to the person who will wear it.
Riding New York
I teamed up with my friend, model Damaris Barkley, and took the look through SoHo: cobblestones, cast-iron fronts, a graffiti wall, a motorcycle. No studio, no set. New York is where the culture behind this brand comes from, and the KA Baller belongs on its streets the way a jersey belongs in a stadium.
Damaris Barkley in the KA Baller 2.0 with the KA helmet, New York.
The full series, sixteen photographs, is in the Projects section: KA Baller riding New York. It sits next to the Collection Two editorial shot in the same city, and the New York film in the Films chapter.
See the KA Baller in Paris
The KA Baller in black and in khaki, the leather cargo pants, the helmet and the New York photographs on canvas are all in the KOLJA ANNUSSEK private showroom in Paris, by appointment only. Leather pieces are made to order and priced after a fitting; a piece bought in the showroom is final.
Book your visit at koljaannussek.com/contact or write to vip@koljaannussek.com. You can also reach us directly on WhatsApp.
Private Showroom Paris. By appointment only.
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