PRESS
V MAGAZINE
DECEMBER 2019
Today, The Prince Estate is releasing a special collaboration with Prince’s late-career clothing designers Cathy Robinson and Lori Marcuz, better known by their studio name Call & Response. The duo dreamed up an evocative, hand-crafted collection of custom jackets, vests and hand-dyed tunics for Prince’s most devoted fans.
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