Rolf Ekroth Spring/Summer 2023 Camp Broken Arm
Rolf Ekroth revisits the summer camps of his childhood for Spring Summer 2023. Memories of ice-cream booths, friendships formed hastily in the height of summer and clothes that carry the smell of campfire smoke, even long after the camp is over, manifest in a sentimental yet sharp collection of wearable keepsakes.
Having fallen into listening to the Beatles again, Ekroth suddenly came across Let it Be. The song flooded him with vivid childhood memories of listening to a camp counsellor playing it on a weathered acoustic guitar. A nostalgia for the long summers of his childhood became the foundation for a collection that feels like an intimate trove of souvenirs. Shapes and colours borrowed from his father’s early 1990s wardrobe and the ragtag outfits of children sent to faraway summer camps to learn new skills and co