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Welcome to Retail
Connect, the first in a series of videos
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we're shooting on products and other
topics, all in the world of dunhill.
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The first thing we're going to be doing
is looking at Rollagas.
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As you can see, you've got a fantastic
collection of Rollagas pieces here.
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And of course, Rollagas is a major launch
for us in a top focus in terms of sales
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across our global retail network.
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So today we're going to be talking
to a number of key people in the business
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across the design, product development
and merchandising teams.
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And they're going to give you
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a real insight
into Rollagas, the design inspiration,
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the products, the materials
and how we created
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the really interesting design.
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So Wouter, it's great to have you
in this video as head of menswear,
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to give us some real insights
into the design inspiration.
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So thank you for coming along.
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No problem!
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So Rollagas of course, has some
very unique pieces,
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some very strong dunhill
design inspiration and detailing.
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So can you tell us a little bit
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about the inspiration
behind the creation of Rollagas?
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Yeah, so dunhill has a very
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big extensive archive, with
loads of beautiful hardware products,
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but it's especially the lighters
that we find interesting.
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Every season
we find a new inspiration in the lighters.
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And we kind of wanted to celebrate
the Rollagas lighter
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by making a collection that really
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captivates this texture on the lighter.
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Yeah
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And create a collection
where you can really find a link
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that goes directly back to the archive
but also to the manifesto,
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Hmm
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and use that pattern across,
a huge variety of menswear products.
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Mm hmm. Great,
we have certainly got a wide variety!
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Yes, exactly!
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So Wouter, what did
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you find interesting about the texture
that you found on the archive lighters?
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Well, at dunhill, we have done around
thousands of different textures,
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and it's not the only type of lighter
that we do.
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But when we went to the archives,
this one really jumped out.
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Mmm
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It's a lighter from the seventies.
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Yeah
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It's this one.
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And amongst
all the other lighters that we saw
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where, you get a lot of these more retro
looking textures.
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This one felt very minimal
and kind of like, instantly
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looked like a pattern that we could use
across the menswear category.
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Yeah.
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So at that time
we were looking for a new quilt pattern.
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And so this felt a little bit
less difficult.
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But also what you can see
is that the lighter shape
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is also a rectangle
and it's the same within.
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So what we like, it's
kind of almost a repeat of the
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It keeps repeating
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of the Rollagas lighter
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Yeah, yeah
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So what we also do within the collection,
we look a lot at this
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rectangular setup and we are starting
to use that for pockets.
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Right.
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So it's not just around as like
a quilt pattern or in a woven texture,
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but it's also now
being used for a different details.
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Yeah.
So it's a shape that works really well.
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Yeah, and for a lighter from the seventies
that withstand
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the test of time
and still looks great today.
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It does.
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It's kind of perfect for us to use,
because it's kind of like,
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for me it was the perfect one.
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Amongst a draw
of a hundred different lighters.
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I think it's certainly stands out,
fantastic.
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Thank you!
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So why is the Rollagas lighter
an important icon for dunhill?
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Well, we have several iconic
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lighters at dunhill,
so the Rollagas is just one of them.
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Before the shapes of the lighters were far
more like round and more like this.
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And I'm sure Harley will tell you
a lot of history about that.
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Yeah
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But what was special
was when this lighter got introduced
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in the fifties,
it was brand new, it was lightweight.
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The functionality of it was
was kind of like brand new
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where here the lever comes goes up, there
it's just in the palm of your hand.
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It's kind of like ergonomic, the perfect shape.
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Yeah and works perfectly!
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Exactly!
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So it was an instant success
back in those days.
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And then you can see how it functions
here.
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Like you can see the internal.
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It was brand new,
everything was more compact.
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So it was kind of like ahead of its time.
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And for dunhill, it became successful
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because loads of celebrities
like Elvis Presley or
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Sean Connery used the lighter in James Bond
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Yep
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So it became picked up by multiple people
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and because of that,
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it became even more successful
and I think that's why it's iconic.
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Yeah. Thank you!
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So will we see Rollagas design inspiration
for future collections?
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Yeah, a hundred percent!
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I feel it's already been kind
of an iconic graphic language for us now.
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Yeah
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This pattern
we have actually used since SS20.
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So it's quite a long time ago.
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Yeah
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That's
when we used it in show collection.
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But actually, within the collections,
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we use it in liners, in multiple things
for quite a while.
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Yeah.
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And now we're starting to explore
how we can use this pattern
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in different variations.
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So we're looking into
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knitwear patterns, jersey patterns,
but also fabric development.
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So we've introduced the shirts with
this pattern and we starting to evolve.
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And from finding these new techniques,
you always start to think about
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what are the possibilities
for the coming season.
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So yes, a hundred percent!
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So we are definitely going to see Rollagas
in future collections. Fantastic!
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Thank you!
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Well, thank you for joining us, Harley
as lead designer for hard products, it's
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great to be able to get your insights
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into some of the hardware pieces
on the Rollagas collection.
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And one of the things
I wanted to talk to you about
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was the T-bar zip puller and we've
seen this on a quite a few collections,
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but it features quite prominently
on the Rollagas collection as well.
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So what is the design inspiration
behind the T-bar zip puller?
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Well, as you know
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The main inspiration for the collection
is the Rollagas lighter.
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But for this,
we actually looked at the other lighters
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and more specifically,
the Turbo and the Unique.
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Right.
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And what we looked at here
was the componentry on the top,
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and we literally dissected components
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off these lighters and overlaid them onto
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leather swatches and bags and garments,
actually.
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Well, I've got one of those Turbo lighters
here, actually.
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So you actually physically
took that to pieces?
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Yes, so yeah, literally took this element
here, the bar, and played with it really.
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Yeah essentially,
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so we can get a rough idea of a silhouette
that we can play with.
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Yeah.
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So actually,
if I put that against the bag,
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I can actually really start to see
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that kind of literal inspiration
there
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Sure, and as you go deeper,
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you can see that this is slightly changed
and what we wanted to do here was to
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really put a signature shape
or a signature kind of detail,
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which is the hex rivet, essentially, which
gives a nod to our automotive heritage,
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that you find in cars
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and engines.
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Right ok, fantastic!
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So that's a
that's really interesting, actually.
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I didn't think that would be
that much information to sort of
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say about the zip puller,
but it just goes to show
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how much thought goes into creating these
and this attention to detail.
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Thank you very much.
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So, Harley, this season
we see some innovative new clip
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hardware seen on the Lock
Clip Rollagas collection.
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So what's the inspiration behind that?
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So for that, we took our already
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iconic Lock Bag lock,
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and we basically took the
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details and transferred
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or extended it, let's say, into a side
release clip.
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If we go deep into the details
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Yeah
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We can see I've used the same styling here, such
as the dome head rivets that we echo here.
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Yeah
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The hinge, the actual hinge area here
which we echo here as well
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and the overall styling of these cuts and
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and chamfer details that you can see
see here.
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Yeah
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But essentially
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this is a very classic attache lock.
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Yeah
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But we wanted to transfer it
into a more modern and versatile
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locking or closure for bags
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Yeah
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Yeah, well, it certainly suits the overall
look of the bag.
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I think it works really nicely against
the overall look and feel of the piece.
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Looks fantastic!
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