Helmet Head | Lagerfeld x Ruby Ltd Ed

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Jérôme Coste, the Creative Director, of French luxury helmet company, Les Ateliers Ruby, has collaborated with fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld since 2008 on a line of sumptuous head gear. Helmets in fashion aren’t exactly groundbreaking. Remember the Prada Fur helmets from 2006? Or Agatha Ruiz de la Prada’s helmets for Italy’s Lem?  Photog Matt Irwin’s supposed obsession with helmets? Or how about those completely impractical Pac-Man helmets from Giles Deacon? 

The fourth iteration of Mr. Lagerfeld’s fully functional helmets on the other hand, range from this reasonably priced $1,800 black and white tweed model to $7,000 white rabbit fur covered one — like the ones we saw on the runways last fall. For the cost of one helmet, you can purchase a stylish Vespa GTV 250 to match. Unlike Vespa however, Ruby doesn’t offer a payment plan.

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