HAVANA CLUB x ARIES ARISE
Collab
Havana Club x Aries Arise announced their collaboration and partner with photographer Joshua Gordon, to launch a multi-media project called ‘Butterfly’ among which the production of a limited-edition bottle.
ARIES ARISE
Havana Club & Aries Arise present: Butterfly
Havana Club has teamed up with high-end fashion brand Aries Arise to give birth to a cultural project supporting Joshua Gordon in the creation of a new art piece on the street scene of Cuba, accompanied by a capsule collection of merchandising to be launched on November 2019.
Conceived and produced by Aries in collaboration with Havana Club, “BUTTERFLY” is a photography project shot over a month around the drag and trans community of Havana, Cuba.
All images are the result of Gordon’s immersion into the sub-culture of his subjects. The result is a raw but poetic series of portrait images shot on polaroid, super-8 and 35ml and a 22-minutes-long film.
Set alongside this documentary are a series of images shot in studio in London by Gordon in collaboration with Aries creative director Sofia Prantera and famous stylist Jane How. Inspired by the iconic branded content of 70’s publications like Playboy, the images see Havana Club’s Giraldilla symbol recreated with body paint and gaudily branded, cross body sashes and ribbons.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Events in Milan, London, Berlin and Tokyo throughout November 2019 have showcased the work alongside the sale of a collectable coffee table book.
The unisex capsule collection of merchandising branded Aries x Havana Club was launched alongside. Key items featured Joshua’s Cuba photography, hand drawn illustrations and bespoke graphics and reworked logos across tees, socks, cap and shirt.
Aries x Havana club have also collaborated on a design for the release of a limited-edition Havana 7 bottle, and HC3 and HC 7 glasses which has been sold and seeded using different channels.
All merchandising and books could be purchased on Aries Arise website as well as select global stores including: 18 Montrose London, Slam Jam Milano, Sporadic Berlin and GR8, Tokyo.
OTHER PROJECTS
LIMITED EDITIONS
HAVANA CLUB X BURNA BOY
Havana Club and Burna Boy celebrate the power of culture and communities with a Limited Edition of Havana Club 7. Honouring one’s roots is something that the artist and Havana Club share, from Nigeria to Cuba, and Burna Boy wanted to make sure the limited edition bottle reflected this pride in one’s origins.
HAVANA CLUB X DAILY PAPER
Havana club and Daily Paper launched a limited capsule collection and ‘creative workhouse’ for young talent.
Seminal rum brand Havana Club and streetwear force Daily Paper have collaborated to launch a limited-edition streetwear collection and exclusive competition for young creatives. The distinct collection pays homage to the Cuban heritage of Havana Club, infused with the distinctive aesthetic of Daily Paper. The collection was launched on January 26th 2019 at an exclusive event in Belgium.
HAVANA CLUB X SNEAKERNESS
Havana Club associated with SNEAKERNESS TOUR and went all around Europe to give sneakers aficionados a proper fair with their favourite brands/designers and lots of experience around them. A limited-edition bottle was designed by the Sneakerness creative team and seeded/raffled to a lucky few.
HAVANA CLUB SESSIONS VOL. 1
In June 2019, Krisy, Darrell Cole, K1D and Saskia travelled to Cuba with Havana Club, the authentic Cuban rum brand, heading into the studio with Cuban artists Daymé Arocena and Kumar to record a brand-new EP, titled “Havana Club Sessions Vol. 1”. A limited edition bottle was produced for the release of this album using the design of the cover for the creation of the label.
HAVANA CLUB X TOMORROWLAND
Havana Club TML XV has been crafted from a special blend of the finest rums bases in Cuba, and each of these bases has been ageing for a minimum of 12 years, and up to 40 years, in casks that are 60 years old. The result is a rare, limited-edition release of just 2,000 bottles that have been revealed at Tomorrowland festival in July 2019. The complex, dark rum can be enjoyed neat or with ice to highlight the richness of its flavours, including aromas of sweet tobacco, vanilla, butter toffee, caramelised tropical fruits, cinnamon, and other dark spices.
HAVANA CLUB X PLACES+FACES
Havana club and Places+Faces unveiled a new streetwear partnership and launched a limited capsule collection. Havana Club & Places+Faces share a mutual love for meeting new people, travelling around the world, and street music parties! The collaboration highlighted a lifestyle that both rum drinkers and fashionistas have made their own. The common objective of our collaboration was therefore to make La Havana nightlife known to the world as well as allow people to feel its authentic vibe.
HAVANA CLUB X ARIES ARISE
Havana club x Aries Arise announced their collaboration and partner with photographer Joshua Gordon, to launch a multi-media project called ‘Butterfly’ among which the production of a limited-edition bottle.
HAVANA CLUB X 99 GINGER
99GINGER and HAVANA CLUB collaborated with local underground collectives from around the world… It was no the perfect opportunity to connect with our foreign namesakes, in order to bring our audiences together around a common vibe and energy. We also created a merchandising for artists, including, of course, a bottle Havana Club 7 x 99GINGER!
HAVANA CLUB X SKEPTA
Havana Club and Skepta: an exclusive collaboration inspired by the brand’s Cuban roots and Skepta’s Nigerian heritage. At the heart of the collaboration is a new limited-edition Skepta Havana Club 7 bottle, which has been designed to support their shared global community.
HAVANA CLUB X RETROSUPERFUTURE
Retrosuperfuture and Havana Club come together to celebrate Havana as an inspiration: the culture, the city and the acetate. Throughout a capsule collection and a series of e-events, we cheer to the arts and craftsmanship of today’s scene. From Havana: the city, the rum, the material, stretching globally throughout 5 cities: Milano, Berlin, Moscow, Shanghai and Havana, Cuba.
