ERL’s Fall/Winter 2025 collection reflects not just a wardrobe but a study of resilience and reinvention. Designed in Venice Beach yet presented in Paris, Eli Russell Linnetz distills the Californian spirit through research into memory, disaster, and recovery: the fires in Los Angeles become the conceptual blueprint, stripping fashion back to its “essentials”. Pastel coats in technical fabrics, shearling-lined tailoring, nylon suits, and knitwear echo both ease and sophistication, treating garments as structures that balance fragility with permanence. Accessories like the cult Vamp shoe reappear in new materials – corduroy, frosted foam, suede – alongside skater belts in exotic leathers, pushing ERL into a dialogue between skate culture and luxury. What results is not simply a season but a framework for the modern American man, where casual optimism collides with architectural precision.