TOM OF FINLAND BY RUFSKIN

RUFSKIN DESIGNS LIMITED EDITION TOM OF FINLAND APPAREL LINE

SAN DIEGO, CA USA. RUFSKIN, LLC, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MENSWEAR LABEL IS COLLABORATING FOR THE 2ND TIME BY FORGING A COLLECTION

OF CUSTOM PERFORATED MATTE RUBBER APPAREL FEATURING IMAGES AND INSPIRATION FROM THE WORKS OF THE ICONIC ARTIST TOM OF FINLAND. THIS NEW

PAIRING WILL ALSO COINCIDE WITH RUFSKIN'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION THIS YEAR.

HEAD DESIGNER HUBERT POUCHES CONCEPTUALIZES TOM OF FINLAND'S IMAGERY BY REINTRODUCING 3 PIECES ACHIEVED USING A CUSTOM SUBLIMATION TECHNIQUE

FROM THE MOST POPULAR STYLES FROM THEIR PREVIOUS COLLABORATION, INFUSING THEM INTO DESIGNS USING CUSTOMIZED PERFORATED MATTE FINISH RUBBER.

THE COLLECTION FEATURES A FEW SIGNATURE STYLES LIKE FLARED CHAPS AND PANTS WHICH ARE A TYPICAL REPRESENTATION OF TOM OF FINLAND CHARACTERS,

WHICH CAN ALSO BE SEEN ON THEIR LOGO PATCH, A SILHOUETTE OF A MAN IN THE SHADOWS SMOKING A CIGARETTE. "THIS SHAPE SPEAKS VOLUMES TO ME," SAYS HUBERT

POUCHES. "THE SILHOUETTE IS THE SPIRIT OF THIS COLLECTION BY STRIKING THIS SEXY, CONFIDENT AND HUSTLER-LIKE POSE. IT REPRESENTS TO ME HOW STRONG AND 'BIEN

DANS SA PEAU,' HOW A PROUD MAN SHOWS OFF HIS SEXINESS."

THE GARMENTS ARE SIMPLE, WITH A SHARP CONSTRUCTION IN THE PURE RUFSKIN STYLE WITH A STRONG INFUSION OF TOM OF FINLAND'S ESTHETIC.

SOME KEY PLAYERS LIKE OUR "BUTTLESS" LEGGINGS AND BIKER SHORTS AND SIGNATURE PIECES LIKE BODYSUITS AND SINGLETS BRING A "FETISH" VIBE TO THIS GROUP.

RUFSKIN ALSO IMPLEMENTED A SERIES OF ACCESSORIES LIKE HARNESSES, A TOM BELT, AND EVEN A "HIP BAG" AS A COIN D'ŒIL TO TOM'S DRAWINGS. THE WHOLE LINE IS

MADE FROM BLACK "RUBBER", MIXING SOLID AND PERFORATED SECTIONS THAT EMPHASIZE THE CONSTRUCTION OF EACH DESIGN.

"SIX YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO CREATE OUR FIRST COLLABORATION WITH THIS ICONIC GIANT OF GAY CULTURE AND FABULOUS ARTISTRY," SAYS HUBERT POUCHES.

"TOM'S ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE INFLUENCE ON ME AND MY HUSBAND. WE SHARE THE SAME TASTE IN HIS ESTHETICS AND REPRESENTATION OF GAY CULTURE THROUGH

HIS NUMEROUS YEARS OF WORK AND HOPE THIS NEW CAPSULE COLLECTION HELPS CONVEY JUST THAT."

RUFSKIN WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY AT THE TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION AND CULTUREEDIT FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE

THIS SECOND COLLABORATION.

THE COLLECTION LAUNCHES ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, 2022 AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AT RUFSKIN.COM, THE RUFSKIN STORE IN SAN DIEGO, AND THROUGH

CULTUREEDIT cultureedit.com IN LOS ANGELES.

ABBOUT: ESTABLISHED IN 2002, RUFSKIN IS A MEN'S FASHION LABEL THAT DESIGNS AND MANUFACTURES APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

FOR WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION. THE LINES INCLUDE DENIM, SPORTSWEAR, SWIMWEAR, UNDERWEAR AND ACCESSORIES.