Considering Deus Ex Machina‘s moto DNA it comes as no surprise that they’ve linked up with Specter Design, the Utah-based craftspeople cooking up future-vintage concepts centered on vintage car building. Having known each other for nearly 20 years, these two creative forces have come together for a limited-edition collection that honors the art and utility of both vintage cars and classic mid-century American workwear.
Made up of 15 pieces, the Deus Ex Machina x Specter Designs collaboration covers a lot of ground while remaining anchored in the charm and sensibility of vintage goods. The Specter Tools SS Shirt & Bucket Hat champion the flavor of maximalism found in the 1960s with a yellow-centric multi-colored palette scrawled with graphics of car tools and branding from both Specter & Deus. Calming things down is the Specter Work Pant, a loose, straight-leg silhouette that comes in both Indigo & Natural colorways, the latter of which can be paired with the Specter Smock Shirt, which comes playfully emblazoned with a ‘rare birds’ print on the back, in reference to the term used to describe rare or unique cars.
Further highlights can be found in the Specter Club Jacket —a rich navy corduroy blouson that looks straight out of a 60s car club with its contrasting chest embroidery and short boxy fit — and the Specter R&D Crew, a dual-toned sweatshirt knit on vintage knitting machines to achieve the tubular composition found on vintage sweatshirts. All of the organic cotton T-shirts in the collection are also knit on these machines, leaving them with no side seams and more vintage characters than your standard tee.
Garment dyes and enzyme washes feature through the collaboration to give garments that ‘lived in’ feel and make them comfortable for springtime speeding right off the bat.
The full collection is available at Deus Ex Machina from $54.
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