Vancouver-based Arc’teryx, the cult outerwear beloved by athletes and celebrities alike, has unveiled a new three-shoe capsule collection designed to make mountaineering a whole lot more fun for the feet. The brand’s new products – called the Vertex Alpine, Sylan and Kragg – are the first shoes that Arc’teryx has designed and manufactured independently .
The new 132-by-132 cm silk square will be printed on 100 per cent mulberry silk, featuring Riopelle’s duck with an orange in three corners and one in the centre. Each will be signed by Yseult Riopelle, the artist’s daughter, who said the silkscreen of the aquatic duck was first inspired by a flag the artist drew for his boat, the Serica. Riopelle died in 2002. Arbour turned 101 this year.