How do you update a classic? By collaborating with an equally classic brand. Ligne Roset – the French, family-owned furniture company – has made the iconic Togo sofa since 1973, with very few changes. Constructed from 100 percent foam, its slow-slung, “toothpaste-tube” profile is instantly recognisable.
Now, Ligne Roset has collaborated with Hugo Boss, the German-owned fashion house, to come up with a new take on the 53-year-old design. Their response? To bring what Boss creative director Marco Falcioni describes as a “made-to-measure suit in our home – a seating experience where comfort, craftsmanship and contemporary sophistication meet”.
The limited-edition fireside chair comes with a matching footstool: it’s the first Togo to be made with a mixed-material construction – featuring leather on the back and a softer textile on the seat. It comes in two classic colourways – grège, which features a combination of tan leather and cream upholstery, and graphite, a more muted charcoal look. Both feature distinctive stitching inspired by Boss’s tailoring.
The run debuted at European design fairs in April, and will be available in New Zealand this spring. “This collaboration with Boss reinterprets the Togo through a new lens,” says Antoine Roset, CEO of Ligne Roset, “where craftsmanship meets the precision of tailoring to create a piece that is expressive, comfortable and distinctly contemporary.”
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