Roots and Douglas Coupland team up for 'Roots x Douglas Coupland' collection

Douglas Coupland may be best known as the author that popularized the term "Generation X," but he's also an artist, a designer, and a Canadian, so it makes a bit of sense that he would team up with that most iconically Canadian clothing retailer, Roots, for a new clothing line. The result of that collaboration is "Roots x Douglas Coupland," which is apparently inspired in part by Canada's history in telecommunications, and by Coupland's idea that "what really links Canadians together is that we're all far apart." Of course, that hardly means the collection is just for Canadians. After all, who can't appreciate a wireframe beaver t-shirt or a motherboard tube skirt?

[uckApple Posted Jun 22nd 2010 4:34AM]

@xstephx

Are you sure?

[uckApple Posted Jun 22nd 2010 4:46AM]

Lol @ post deletion.

Sorry, but I am just really really excited about the iPhone 4

[somekid64 Posted Jun 22nd 2010 4:59AM]

I wanna see the Rogers or Telus logo on those designs, or maybe the CN Tower :p

[brianshall Posted Jun 22nd 2010 11:10AM]

Apparently, all of big, open wide Canada is downtown Vancouver. Now we Americans know.

[bobfromguam Posted Jun 22nd 2010 12:09PM]

I can see how roots was really trying to shake the boring Canadian stigma in this commercial.

[funnyunkle Posted Jun 22nd 2010 4:04PM]

Ummm hey Engadget -- Roots is not as iconically that Canadian anymore...

Budman and green are american draft dodgers.
The Clothes and shoes and watches and bags etc...are made out of Canada now in similar clothing sweatshops.

Doug is canadian but spent most of his time out of Canada. I like his stuff though... the made in canada series he did was awsome. i'm a microserf forever