Rapha kicks up Layered Dust collection for summer

As summer kicks into high-gear, Rapha’s releasing a limited Layered Dust run of its new lightweight line. The tones are inspired by the American Southwest, but the brand tapped Canadian Maghalie Rochette to help release the collection.

The new Layered Dust collection includes trail t-shirts, 3/4 jersey and long sleeve tech T-shirt and the women’s lightweight tank.

As the name suggests, the colourful collection is inspired by layers of sediment settled from years of kicking up the dust. But here’s Rapha’s description of Layered Dust.

“The summer season brings to mind the golden-red vistas and otherworldly plateaus of the American southwest. World-class singletrack weaves in and around the sandstone formations in a desertic setting which bears few options for respite from the shimmering sun overhead, except for the occasional solitary juniper or pinyon. There is no escaping the warmth of the day – better to embrace it and keep charging into the heatwave

The sandstone formations here are sculpted by the elements over millennia, but we have only a short time on this Earth to seek thrills and push our progression to the limit. The abstract designs in this capsule are an homage to that sense of timelessness and immediacy. Ochre red dirt and vibrant turquoise are remixed in a textured pattern that evokes a sense of kinetic action. Your moment has arrived. Get out there and kick up some dust.