Carhartt WIPs Us Into Shape

To illustrate the edit, Carhartt WIP tapped photographer Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek to provide a glimpse into the lives of artists Rita Lino, Frederik Fialin, and Steffen Grap, at home and at work in their respective studios.

A Portuguese visual artist whose personal work often interrogates a “natural obsession” with the self, Lino plays both the subject and voyeur in her images. She describes her photography as animalistic, intimate, and narcissistic. Since 2015, Lino has published four books further exploring her corporeal fascinations. Lino wears the Women’s OG Detroit Jacket, OG Michigan Coat, and Pierce Double Knee Pant from the SS23 collection.

Danish furniture maker and designer Fialin has adopted a straight-forward approach to his practice. With a focus on minimalism and functionality, his work honors the inherent qualities of materials that he uses, which range from steel and beech, to recycled plastic. Pictured in his studio, Fialin wears this season’s Detroit Jacket and Simple Pant, as well as the Michigan Coat and corresponding Double Knee Pant in lazurite blue.

Steffen Grap is a photographer and artist from Berlin, whose work draws on the idiosyncrasies of skateboarding, relaying them for a wider audience through the mediums of photography, airbrush, collage, and wheat-pasted posters. The latter has seen Grap hijack billboards around the city to display his own work, rendering these sites of advertising and commerce as his own personal canvas. Steffen wears items from the brand’s SS23 collection that focus on reimagining utilitarian classics, including the Skyler Shirt Jacket, Wesley Bib, and Craft Pant.