How Craig Green Is Revolutionising ECCO.kollektive

Craig Green doesn’t just design—he engineers, deconstructs, and reconstructs, pushing the boundaries of form and function with surgical precision. His award-winning abilities are on full display in his first collection with ECCO.kollektive, ECCO’s ongoing collaborative platform. Unveiled at Green’s S/S 25 show in London last year, the collection was a masterclass in material innovation.

In collaboration with the ECCO Leather Atelier, leather was transformed into articulated, layered jackets—monumental compositions that blurred the line between clothing and architecture. Think wearable exoskeletons, crafted through a meticulous process of dissection and reconstruction, each piece a study in texture, weight, and movement.

Beyond showstopping outerwear, Green also reimagined ECCO’s Joke shoe, an archive silhouette from the late 1970s, through his signature utilitarian lens. The lace-up moccasin is at once nostalgic and radical, thanks to the fusion of ECCO’s cutting-edge material science with Green’s uncompromising design ethos. ‘Exploring ECCO’s iconic footwear archive was an incredible opportunity to reinterpret their existing design language,’ Green explains. ‘Our goal for this project was to respectfully challenge the original Joke design in order to create something both forward-looking and practical.’

ECCO’s Apparition Leather®, a transparent yet pliable material, is paired with the softest suede, while ultra-thin leather reinforced with Dyneema®—a fibre up to 15 times stronger than steel—ensures an unexpected but functional level of durability. And as if that weren’t enough, Green is also pioneering a world-first Super Critical CO2 dyeing technique, a breakthrough that could significantly reduce chemical and water usage in leather production.

With ECCO.kollektive’s focus on pushing material innovation and Green’s relentless pursuit of redefining functionality, this collaboration is less about seasonal fashion and more about rewriting the rulebook of leather craftsmanship. Craig Green isn’t just working with ECCO—he’s revolutionising it.