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By Zoe Whittall
June 14, 2010
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First look at Douglas Coupland’s fashion line for Roots

Author and visual artist Douglas Coupland announced via Twitter today that he is teaming up with Canadian clothing and leather goods company Roots to design a limited-edition clothing and accessories line. On the video promo for said collaboration, Coupland expounds on his thoughts about Canadian culture and identity, a theme he has explored in visual art and non-fiction books for over a decade.

The Roots press release names Coupland’s collection Canada Goes Electric. A visual example:

Irony alert: no word yet on if this clothing line celebrating the meaning of Canada will actually be manufactured in Canada. The Roots website is dodgy on the physical locations of its factories abroad, though goes to great pains to feign being down with ethical labour practices.

  • Rose

    They do manufacture their leather goods right here in Toronto. It’s in a very nondescript part of the city. I was part of a shoot there and was surprised that they had not outsourced that part of their business to Asia.
    The conditions were NOT like being overseas. Most of the women we spoke with seemed very happy and took great pride in the work they were doing.

  • http://www.roots.com JC

    Just to confirm Roots did disclose in a national Globe and Mail article on Friday, June 11th that the items in the collection will be manufactured in Canada, India and China.

    See the following link.
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/for-douglas-coupland-clothes-make-the-renaissance-man/article1599780/

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