Cockerel

Cockerel is a fashion label based in Prague. It creates limited series of original woollen sweaters for men and women, together with interior furnishings such as pillows, blankets, shawls, lampshades and hand-blown vases with knitted covers. All of our products are made of a 100% extra-fine Merino wool called Cashwool ®, supplied exclusively by the world-famous company Zegna Baruffa, which makes its yarns in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. This soft, luxurious wool was born out of intensive research in the late 1970s, and it combines aesthetic beauty with a material of the highest quality. The secret of Cashwool ® lies in the expert selection of the raw materials, with only the finest parts of the fleece chosen to create a soft, fluffy and luxurious-feeling yarn.

DESIGNER LENKA KOHOUTOVÁ FOUNDED COCKEREL AS HER PERSONAL PROJECT IN AUTUMN 2011. SHE LAUNCHED THE BRAND AT THE FROM THIS YEAR’S END OF THE WORLD EXHIBITION AT DOX CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART IN PRAGUE HTTP://WWW.DOX.CZ, PRESENTING A COLLECTION OF MEN’S AND WOMEN’S KNITTED SWEATERS AND ACCESSORIES THAT REFLECTED THE DOMINANT TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY CZECH GLASS AND PORCELAIN DESIGN. THIS CONFRONTATION BETWEEN CLOTHING AND PRODUCT HAS REMAINED SIGNIFICANT IN THE BRAND’S SUBSEQUENT PROJECTS. AS WELL AS CLOTHING, LENKA’S DESIGN WORK ALSO INCLUDES UPHOLSTERY FABRICS AND LAMPSHADES. PLACING A COLLECTION IN A GIVEN SETTING AND STYLING THE INTERIOR AND AMBIENCE IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN COCKEREL’S APPROACH HTTP://WWW.COCKEREL.CZ.

THE NAME COCKEREL DOES NOT JUST REFER TO THE BRAND’S STRONG COLOURS AND HOW LENKA KOHOUTOVÁ WORKS WITH THEM. IT IS ALSO A TRANSLATION OF HER SURNAME, HIGHLIGHTING A CONNECTION BETWEEN FAMILY TRADITIONS AND CRAFTSMANSHIP – THE ESSENCE OF SMALL SERIES PRODUCTION – THAT RECALLS THE FIRST REPUBLIC.

THE BRAND QUICKLY BECAME POPULAR IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND BEYOND FOR ITS BOLD COLOURS, QUALITY AND FINE MATERIALS, PRIMARILY WOOL, COTTON AND SILK. CLEAN LINES AND SIMPLE FORMS, ALSO EXTENDING INTO PRODUCT DESIGN, ARE THE LABEL’S SIGNATURE. WITH ITS FOCUS ON WOMEN’S FASHION, COCKEREL WAS NOMINATED IN THE CZECH FASHION DESIGNER OF THE YEAR CATEGORY FOR TWO YEARS RUNNING.

LENKA KOHOUTOVÁ’S EIGHT YEARS OF INTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH MASS PRODUCTION BETWEEN 2004 AND 2011, WHEN SHE WORKED AS A DENIM DESIGNER FOR MAJOR FASHION CHAINS AROUND THE WORLD (PRAGUE, PARIS, HONG KONG), RESULTED IN HER WANTING TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH FABRICS, PRODUCING INDIVIDUAL DESIGNS FOR A SOPHISTICATED CLIENTELE. FROM 2012 TO 2015 SHE ALSO WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT IN THE FASHION DESIGN STUDIO AT THE ACADEMY OF ARTS, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IN PRAGUE HTTPS://WWW.UMPRUM.CZ.