Generation X author moves from fiction to fashion
Douglas Coupland launches new line of clothing promising to 'explore a new way of seeing Canada'
Madonna's done it, so has Kate Moss – even Liam Gallagher's launched his own clothing line. But at last, fashion is taking a more literary bent as Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland collaborates on a limited collection of clothing and accessories.
From jackets to scarves, caps and bracelets, the Roots x Douglas Coupland line is intended, said the author of Generation X and Girlfriend in a Coma, to "explore a new way of seeing Canada" far removed from "birch bark and moose and Mounties".
"I've never really seen too much difference between writing or making visual art or designing furniture or clothing. It's still my brain – I'm just using different parts of it for different things," said Coupland on the Roots website.
"I began doing writing projects and art and design projects to explore a new way of seeing Canada. Roots is one more way of continuing this exploration. I want to present a wide-open Canadian sense of colour, adventure, communication and openness that defines our country."
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