ERL's Eli Russell Linnetz Has "Always Liked Taking Risks"

Last night, Eli Russell Linnetz's ERL shook Pitti Uomo 104 with retrofuturistic surfers and skaters. For the Californian designer's first-ever runway show, real-life embodiments of Venice Beach's society walked a green-laden catwalk in ERL's most promising and daring collection to date, almost as if they were masquerading to fit the brief. But this was Linnetz's dream all along; picking up confidence and learnings from his collaboration with Dior's Kim Jones to now create the Spring/Summer 2024 ...