Winter in Switzerland 

I, the Moon, want to tell you about something I saw one winter in Switzerland.

It happened in a valley ringed by mountains said to be full of magic, and by trees that have watched stories begin and end. Every night I gazed down at that land, paying close attention to the tracks left across it, reading them as if they were a book.

I could tell the footsteps of those who walk with patience, of those who know exactly where they’re going, of those who stop to play for a while, of those who set out in search of a new idea.

One day, two artisans arrived. Their tracks were different: they were full of curiosity. Little by little, they explored the place and made friends with everyone in the village.

They carried a notebook with them. They spent their lives traveling, and in that journal of sorts they wrote down what happened to them, what inspired them, and what they might make from everything they saw.

One afternoon, a woman from the village told them that night would be very special: “Tonight the Moon reveals her secrets in the dreams of those who are ready to know them.”

After hearing this, the two artisans waited eagerly for darkness to fall.

When at last they fell asleep, I showed them the mountains in all their colors: the green of the pines, which in their dream deepened until it turned to gold, and the earth beneath the snow, a red as vivid as sunlight. I also let them see my smile, traced in a crescent moon.

Dawn had not yet broken when they woke. Together they wrote and drew in the notebook the whole range of colors I had given them: a portrait of winter and of the mountain.

Then they moved on to other lands and began dyeing all sorts of garments in the colors that had been revealed to them. They knew they were onto something new.

I held them close. So did the Earth.

Process

Tíscar Espadas returns to Loona for a fourth time with our Collaboration 65. Since founding her label in 2019, the Spanish designer has called her collections chapters: each one grows out of the last and carries it forward, like pages of the same book.

 We’ve followed her since Chapter V, and every season reminds us of what drew us to her work in the first place: garments made one by one in Madrid workshops, given whatever time each stage of the process requires. Today she runs the label with Kevin Kohler, who joined the project in 2021.

 Chapter VIII, the focus of Collaboration 65, is set in winter in rural Switzerland, where Kevin was born. The sky is clear, an almost transparent moon rises in mid-afternoon, and flocks of black birds circle overhead. The snow holds the footprints of whoever passes by, and in the distance the pale grass fades into fir, larch, and Swiss stone pine. Tíscar and Kevin went back to those villages again and again and got to know the people who live there. That is where the collection’s colors and silhouettes came from, along with its characters, who walk and stop to look around.

 The landscape shows in the pieces. The Walker Coat, long and enveloping, is made of green felted wool lined in organic cotton, with a detachable collar that ties at the front. The Herrador Sweater is hand-knit in terracotta merino, with slits at the sleeves and sides. The Caballo Suit Pants, in linen and cotton, reveal their white lining at the hem, and the Blake Shirt does the same when its sleeves are rolled up over its brown floral print. The chapter is rounded out by the Crossedgreen Shirt with its draped collar, the corduroy Zimmermann Hat, the Blackorange and Longestnight scarves, and the Crinkle Belt.

 These are gender-free, limited-edition pieces, made to last and to be worn alongside those from earlier chapters. How to wear them is up to you.

 Four collaborations in, we’re still learning from the way Tíscar and Kevin work. With deep respect for their craft, we welcome Chapter VIII and our Collaboration 65.