Frenckenberry and Axel Huynh craft a reversible cat’s eye beanie
A playful collaboration yields a knitted beanie that transforms from solid black to striking cobalt blue, its cutout eye mask reversible and distinctly theatrical.
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Frenckenberry and Axel Huynh have conceived a beanie that plays with duality and disguise. The cat’s eye reversible beanie moves between two distinct identities: one face shows black knit crowned with an electric blue eye mask, the other revealing a fully black iteration. The eye cutouts are generously scaled, lending the piece an almost theatrical quality, somewhere between masquerade and streetwear provocation.
The beanie itself is constructed in a substantial knit that speaks to considered craft rather than disposable trend. The reversibility is not mere gimmick but genuine construction, allowing the wearer to shift mood and presentation without changing pieces. The electric blue, when revealed, carries an almost neon intensity against the neutral monochrome of the black knit beneath, creating visual contrast that rewards the swap.
Shot with cool precision by photographer Davide Carson, the beanie demonstrates its transformative potential across two looks: one stark and minimalist, the other punctuated by that unexpected chromatic shift. The collaboration between Frenckenberry’s aesthetic and Axel Huynh’s sensibility yields something neither precious nor overtly playful, but rather sophisticated in its restraint and confident in its singularity.
Imagery courtesy of Frenckenberry (@frenckenberger).
