Alanui and Warner Bros.: Bugs Bunny in intarsia

The oversized cardigan in forest green arrives with an unexpected guest: Bugs Bunny, stitched across the chest in intarsia knit, his cartoon mischief rendered in cream, rust and charcoal. Sylvester perches on the sleeves, one paw raised, the cat’s outline traced in meticulous stitch work that catches the light. This is Alanui’s collaboration with Warner Bros., a meeting of Alpine craft and Hollywood cartoon legacy that feels both improbable and entirely right.

The oversized cardigan in forest green arrives with an unexpected arrival: Bugs Bunny, stitched across the chest in intarsia knit, his cartoon bulk rendered in cream, rust and charcoal. Sylvester perches on the sleeves, one paw raised, the cat’s form traced in precise coloured yarn that shifts with light and wear. This is Alanui’s collaboration with Warner Bros., a meeting of Alpine technical knitwear and Hollywood cartoon that feels both unlikely and oddly natural.

Alanui has spent two decades building its reputation on intarsia knitwear, the kind where coloured threads are hand placed and the resulting image reads as drawing translated into yarn. Based in the Dolomites, the Italian house draws on generations of technical knitting tradition. To render Bugs and Sylvester into that lineage is to test the house’s precision at scale: cartoon characters are thin lines and bold shapes, but worked in intarsia they demand absolute accuracy. A whisker displaced breaks the likeness entirely. The collaboration marks a shift in how the house applies that skill—not to its own graphic codes alone, but to characters with cultural weight in European popular consciousness.

The cardigan is cut generously, almost oversized, which gives the characters room to exist as silhouettes without cramping. Bugs appears full length on the front, his ears rising toward the shoulders, his expression caught in that characteristic, knowing grin. Sylvester’s slighter form wraps around the sleeves, introducing movement. The yarn is substantial and woollen, the kind that softens and settles into wear over years.

Accompanying trousers in cream and camel carry a tonal botanical print, not knitted but deliberately lighter than the structured cardigan above. The proportions are contemporary: gentle taper, cropped length exposing the ankle, ribbed socks with earth toned detail. The forest green body colour is notably sophisticated, neither the expected navy nor brighter. Paired with cream and rust, the palette reads warm and considered, the kind of combination found in Dolomites postcards, where woodland colours dominate.

For those drawn to Alanui’s craft, this collection offers something genuinely useful: proof that technical skill and playfulness do not oppose one another. A cardigan this well made will outlast trends. That it carries Bugs and Sylvester makes it a small act of joy worn and reworn.

For those drawn to Alanui’s craft, this collaboration offers something genuinely useful: proof that technical skill and playfulness are not opposing forces. A cardigan this well made will outlast trends. That it carries Bugs and Sylvester makes it a conversation, a memory, a small act of joy worn every time you button it up.

Imagery courtesy of Alanui (@alanui).