Paul Smith Teases Collaboration with Lee

Paul Smith gave a first look of its upcoming collaboration with Kontoor Brands-owned Lee this week in Florence during Pitti Uomo.

The collaboration is part of the British brand’s Spring/Summer 2025 collection. On Instagram Paul Smith described the partnership as a “tribute to Paul’s long-standing love for the specialist denim brand.”

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The collaboration reimagines Lee’s utilitarian workwear denim with a Paul Smith twist. The indigo chore jacket and jeans are elevated with a matching faded pinstripe—a nod to Paul Smith’s roots in suiting. The pieces features a co-branded patch a pocket.

Paul Smith’s Spring/Summer 2025 collection is inspired by the 1960s artistic scene in London’s Soho neighborhood. The designs offer a “new vision of English style by way of classic Italian tailoring,” the brand stated. Looks include unstructured blazers in cotton canvas, loosely knotted neckties, suits cut from houndstooth and Prince of Wales fabrics and tops with painterly prints.

Paul Smith presented the collection at the historic Villa Favard, which was temporarily transformed into “Bar Paul,” a recreation of the all-night Italian cafes the brand’s namesake frequented in the ’60s.

Lee recently collaborated with Heydude, Diesel and Schott NYC.